During September, the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved $48.7 million in additional federal grants for 12 projects to repair several campuses of the University of Puerto Rico, the agency confirmed. “More than a contribution to strengthen the infrastructure of the UPR, this investment will help future generations benefit from resilient facilities within the Island’s public university system. It is […]
A three-student team representing the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras won the 14th edition of the Enactus Puerto Rico social entrepreneurial competition with a clean watering filtering system called “Remora.” The proposal is based on a machine designed to work with three different filters, which remove chemicals, bacteria, biological contaminants and microplastics from […]
As part of its mission to position Puerto Rico as an Innovation Hub, the Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust Technology Transfer Office is celebrating — along with the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences Campus — the “Technology Transfer Recognition Week” to highlight the incredible potential of this tech transfer process as an […]