2018 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

123 Valentina Baracco and Virginia Hinze, students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication with a focus on Audiovisual Studies, and Carolina Campo, a graduate of the program. Their productions were awarded grants by the Film and Audiovisual Development Fund of the National Film and Audiovisual Directorate of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC). In the Feature-Length Fiction Debut Film category, the audiovisual project *La estrella*, presented by Hinze, received an award. In the Feature-Length Documentary Production category, the projects *Tierra de niños*, directed and produced by Campo, and *Ese soplo*, directed by Baracco, received awards, while *Perkal*, produced by Baracco, received a special mention. The Television Content: Documentary Series Award was given to the project *Cambalache*, produced by Baracco. April. Nicolás Gambetta, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, academic coordinator of the Postgraduate Programs in Accounting and Taxation. He received the Extraordinary Doctoral Award for his doctoral thesis “Risk management in the banking industry” from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Valencia. July. He was also appointed holder of the AECA (Spanish Association of Accounting and Business Administration) Carlos Cubillo Chair in Accounting and Auditing—Ibero-American Chapter for the 2018–2019 term. April. He also received the Science Award granted by the Directorate for the Development of Science and Knowledge of the Ministry of Education and Culture. December. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2018 Fotogramas from Cambalache, Perkal, and Tierra de niños