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Girl creates low-cost three-dimensional (3D) prosthetic hand in support of the community

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San Juan, May 20, 2024 - Lorena Pachiardi, a ninth-grade student, created and developed a prototype of a low-cost prosthetic hand on a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The project was carried out as part of the “Seeds of Success” program of the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR), which promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education for girls in seventh through ninth grades in public, private and homeschoolers' schools around the island.

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Posiciones para asistentes de investigación para proyectos en salud

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¡Saludos! Tenemos disponible varias plazas full-time (preferible) y part-time para asistentes de investigación para proyectos de salud y estudios clínicos en Puerto Rico, para contratación inmediata. Las descripciones de cada posición están adjuntas. Gracias.

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UPR Mayagüez Campus students begin 2024 with educational experience at Google

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A group of 33 students from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus (RUM) participated in a Google Tech Exchange 2024 educational experience in Mountain View, California in early January. 

"This opportunity aims to empower students studying at HBCUs or HSIs (mostly Latino, Native and African American institutions) to grow in the technology industry. Participants in this program took virtual classes dedicated to developing skills in the field of Computer Science taught by Googlers, that is, engineers and software developers employed by Google with many years of experience in the computer industry," said Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, coordinator of the initiative and member of its academic committee. 

Opportunity for Summer Experience at Puerto Rico in the 2024 Cancer Prevention and Control (CAPAC) Research Training Program

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Greetings,  

We enthusiastically inform you that the “Cancer Prevention and Control (CAPAC) Research Training Program”, funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI grant #5R25CA240120-05), will be hosted by the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center from May 28 to August 2, 2024 in Puerto Rico, USA. 

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STEM Learning Opportunity: NASA Calling on K-12th Graders!

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NASA Seeks Students to Imagine Nuclear Powered Space Missions

Nine-year-old, Luca Pollack of Carlsbad, California, the winner of the kindergarten through fourth grade division of the 2023 Power to Explore student writing challenge, shows off his mission concept.

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UNDER THE SLOGAN "ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY" THE MOLECULAR CENTER HELD AN OPEN HOUSE

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In celebration of Bioscience, the Center for Research on Molecular Sciences (CICiM) recently held an Open House, under the theme of Environmental Sustainability.

Young people from high school to elementary school enjoyed VIP tours, interactive tables, a talk that integrated professors and student researchers on environmental issues, and the show 'The Magic of Chemistry'.

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Puesto en Doctorado en Ingeniería Química en la universidad Michigan Technological University (MTU) para el otoño de 2024

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Puesto en Doctorado en Ingeniería Química en la universidad Michigan Technological University (MTU) para el otoño de 2024

¡Únase al Heldt Bioseparations Lab del departamento de Ingeniería Química en MTU! Buscamos personas altamente motivadas y talentosas para realizar un doctorado de Ingeniería Química. Los estudiantes de doctorado serán supervisados por la Dra. Caryn Heldt.

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Puesto en Doctorado en Ingeniería Química en la universidad Michigan Technological University (MTU) para el otoño de 2024

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Puesto en Doctorado en Ingeniería Química en la universidad Michigan Technological University (MTU) para el otoño de 2024

¡Únase al Heldt Bioseparations Lab del departamento de Ingeniería Química en MTU! Buscamos personas altamente motivadas y talentosas para realizar un doctorado de Ingeniería Química. Los estudiantes de doctorado serán supervisados por la Dra. Caryn Heldt.

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Continúa abierta convocatoria para participar en el 3er Festival de Cortometrajes Microrrelatos de Cambio Climático

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La UPR en Humacao anuncia que este año el Festival tiene el lema En defensa de nuestras aguas. 

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