2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

101 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2020 Mathías Fagúndez, a graduate of the Music Production Technician program, and Santiago Fernández Primiceri, a graduate of the Sound Design Technician program. They are the winners of the Best Sound award in the Short Series category at the Buenos Aires Series Festival, where they competed against more than 600 series from the region for the sound design of the web series Fehler 78. March. Nausicaa Palomeque, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalistic Communication and a faculty member at the School of Communication and Design. Her report “Tell Them Not to Kill Me” won the 4th Marcelo Jelen National Prize for Print Journalism, considered the most important national award in journalism. March. Sebastián Granotich, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design. He won first prize in the global #SafeToPlay challenge, organized by the Wikifactory platform, with his soap ring designed for both children and adults to carry and use for hand hygiene outside the home, anytime and anywhere. August. Diego Edelman and Lucía García Milan, students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Animation and Video Games. They won the award for best animated short film at the 10th edition of the National Student Film Festival (Fenacies) with their short film Goober, created during the Production 1 and 2 courses taught by Prof. María Podestá. September. Lucía García Milan and Diego Edelman, students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Animation and Video Games