2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

109 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2020 Leonel Coitinho, Pablo Mazzotti, and Gonzalo Rojas, architecture graduates and collaborators on the faculty’s Project 7 course, received an honorable mention in the Helsinki Call international design competition for their design of a house in Helsinki. August. Javier Olascoaga, instructor for Architecture Projects 7 and 8. The project “Espacio Memorial Penal de Libertad,” created by Architect Olascoaga together with Architect Raquel Lejtreger, was selected to participate in the 7th Ibero-American Design Biennial, which brings together recent design proposals from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. November. Institute of Education Carolina Olano, graduate of the Master’s in Education. She was appointed as the director of the Gastroenterology Clinic (chair) at the Hospital de Clínicas. February. Denise Vaillant, dean and director of the Doctoral Program in Education. She served on the jury for the sixth edition of The UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers, an international award that recognizes initiatives contributing to the improvement of educational practices. June. She was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ceibal Foundation. May. In addition, she was appointed to the advisory committee for the Doctorate in Educational Research at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. August.