Institutional Updates

October 2022

• ORT’s School of Business and Social Sciences Inaugurated the Mauricio Levitin Chair in Executive Education
  Oct. 31, 2022
  In recognition of businessman Mauricio Levitin’s professional career and his contributions to society and the community.
• Networking with professionals
  Oct. 31, 2022
  On October 28, a meeting was held between professionals and students in the fields of electronic engineering, telecommunications engineering, and electrical engineering.
• "Animation is about bringing something to life, and it's incredibly inspiring—it's like performing magic."
  Oct. 28, 2022
  At Universidad ORT Uruguay International Animation Day through the eyes of our students.
• Graduado was the only finalist from Uruguay in Veromobili Brazil's 2022 Vero de Design competition
  Oct. 28, 2022
  The “Línea Sarandí” product design project, by Julián San Martín, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Industrial Design, and by Dis. Ind. Maximiliano Izzi (instructor for the courses Ergonomics 1 and 2, and Industrial Design 3 and 4), was the only finalist from Uruguay (and from a country outside Brazil) among the five finalist projects selected by the Vero de Design International Competition, organized by Veromobili Brazil.
• Teacher Wins the Vicente Blasco Prize for Fiction in Spanish
  Oct. 28, 2022
  Writer René Fuentes Gómez, a professor in the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay, took first place in a competition that drew 1,772 entries.
• A Job Fair Returning to In-Person Format
  Oct. 26, 2022
  The School of Engineering’s Career Fair took place on October 20. This traditional event, now in its 17th year, returned to an in-person format after being held virtually for two consecutive years due to the pandemic.
• Coordinator presented a paper at the European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems
  Oct. 26, 2022
  Alejandro Adorjan, M.Sc., associate academic coordinator of Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering, presented the article “Human-in-the-loop-based data exploration and curation for supporting hybrid research methodologies” via an online presentation.
• It is possible to use cryptocurrencies in your daily life
  Oct. 26, 2022
  CryptoVerse is a blockchain-focused startup founded by ORT students and incubated at the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which acts as an intermediary between customers and merchants.
• ORT teachers will participate in the E-World Marketing Summit
  Oct. 26, 2022
  Dr. Pablo Fernández and Guillermina Frick, members of the Marketing Department at ORT’s School of Business and Social Sciences, will participate in the e-World Marketing Summit (eWMS) 2022.
• International Library Day 2022
  Oct. 25, 2022
  Dr. Andrea Tejera, academic coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management and the Master’s in Trainer Development at the ORT Institute of Education, visited the Central Library to recommend three of her favorite books to us.
• What are the key factors for successful investing?
  Oct. 25, 2022
  Lecture: “Financial Advice and Portfolio Construction,” by Mauricio Tchilingirbachian, CPA.
• “An Opportunity for Professional Growth”: Second Edition of the Seminar for Doctoral Students in Education
  Oct. 25, 2022
  Universidad ORT Uruguay virtually Universidad ORT Uruguay the Universidad ORT Uruguay Institute of Education, the second edition of the Latin American Dialogues of Doctoral Students in Education seminar took place from October 12 to 14.
• Visit by peer reviewers for the ARCU-SUR accreditation of Systems Engineering
  Oct. 24, 2022
  As part of the ongoing accreditation process for the ARCU-SUR System for the Systems Engineering program, following the submission of the Self-Evaluation Report in May of this year, the faculty hosted a visit from a peer review committee composed of the following academics from October 18 to 20:
• Questa-Torterolo will join the Selection Committee for the National Graduate Programme
  Oct. 24, 2022
  Dr. Mariela Questa-Torterolo, associate academic coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management and the Master’s in Trainer Development, was selected to serve on the Selection Committee for Programme National Graduate Programme , in the Industrial Graduate Programs category.
• A graduate-run agency took first place in the SME category of Great Place to Work Argentina’s “Companies That Care” ranking
  Oct. 21, 2022
  The Argentine digital marketing agency Viví Marketing, co-founded and co-directed by Virginia Dendi, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay, ranked first in the 2022 “Companies That Care” ranking, in the SME category, by Great Place to Work Argentina 2022.
• Journalists' and Media Workers' Day
  Oct. 21, 2022
  As part of the celebration of Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Day, we asked several faculty members from the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication with a concentration in Journalism what they enjoy most about the profession.
• Graduate selected to participate in an exhibition at the Panke Gallery in Berlin
  Oct. 21, 2022
  Liliana Farber, a graduate of the Bachelor of Graphic Design program, is one of the Latin American artists selected to participate in the exhibition *Planetary Atoll: Connecting Latin American Dots*, which will take place from September 14 to November 22, 2022, at the Panke Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
• Coordinator Participated in the Ninth Summit of the Americas
  Oct. 21, 2022
  9th Summit of the Americas 2022: “Integration, Innovation, and Global Leadership.”
• The coordinator gave a lecture as part of the dual-degree program with the Instituto Desarrollo
  Oct. 21, 2022
  Conference: “The Outlook for Finance Over the Next 5 Years.”
• The coordinator participated in the 6th Undergraduate and Graduate Seminar on International Relations organized by the Brazilian Association of International Relations
  Oct. 21, 2022
  Roundtable Discussion: “Latin American Networks: Undergraduate Programs in International Relations.”