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November 2016
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Nov. 30, 2016On Monday, December 5, a lecture titled “Reinventing Natural Products as Drugs Through Synthetic Biology” will be given by Professor Peter Leadlay of the University of Cambridge. The event will take place in the Campus Centro Auditorium at 6:00 p.m.
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Nov. 30, 2016On Thursday, November 24, 2016, the Center for Australian Studies was inaugurated at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
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Nov. 30, 2016On November 28, 2016, the Faculty of Business Administration and Social Sciences hosted the lecture “Living Marketing,” presented by Mauricio Oppenheimer, an associate professor of marketing at the faculty and general manager of Punta Carretas Shopping. The speaker answered questions about marketing practices, his experiences in the market, and upcoming trends. The event was organized by the faculty’s Academic Marketing Coordination Office.
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Nov. 30, 2016La Casa Uruguaya, designed by students and faculty from all of the university’s schools, was recognized on November 30, 2016, in the “Buildings” category of the National Energy Efficiency Award, organized annually by the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining. The purpose of this award is to recognize projects nationwide that make efficient use of energy.
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Nov. 30, 2016The article “Peer effects in the development of capabilities in adolescence,” co-authored by scholars from the School of Management and Social Sciences, was presented at the annual meetings of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association and the Latin American Econometric Society (LAMES). This peer-reviewed conference, organized by EAFIT University and the Central Bank of Colombia, took place from November 10 to 12, 2016, in Medellín.
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Nov. 30, 2016La editorial ¡Que sea para bien! publicó en noviembre de 2016 el libro Sucedió: {diez años de tipografía digital uruguaya} compilado por el Lic. Vicente Lamónaca, profesor de Arte y Estética y Tipografía de la Facultad de Comunicación y Diseño.
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Nov. 30, 2016Two papers, co-authored by scholars from the Institute of Education, were presented at the Second Regional Education Conference of the Northern Coast. This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the University of the Republic, took place on November 19, 2016, in Salto.
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Nov. 29, 2016On Thursday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m., there will be a presentation on T2Video technology and its applications.
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Nov. 29, 2016Two papers, co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, were presented at the 15th Meeting of the Uruguayan Physical Society in 2016. This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the Uruguayan Physics Society, took place on November 11 and 12, 2016, in La Paloma. Abstracts of the papers were published in the event’s Proceedings.
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Nov. 29, 2016On November 21, 2016, the defense of the first dissertation, titled *Teachers’ iTIC Journeys: Educators Exploring Technological Territories*, took place as part of the Doctor of Education program. Prof. Wellington Mazzotti, a graduate of the Master’s in Education program and a professor and graduate advisor at the Institute of Education, is the first graduate of this doctoral program.
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Nov. 29, 2016Dr. María Valeria Grazú, a researcher at the Aragón Institute of Nanoscience at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, participated on November 28, 2016, in the final project defenses for the Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology.
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Nov. 29, 2016On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., the presentation “Video Game Beta Testing” will be held at the Downtown Campus, led by ORT students.
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Nov. 28, 2016Interview with Karen Zimmerman, B.A. in International Studies, Head of the Procurement Division at Leopoldo Gross & Associates
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Nov. 28, 2016Professor Vicente Lamónaca presented his book *It Happened: Ten Years of Uruguayan Digital Typography*.
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Nov. 28, 2016El 23 de noviembre de 2016 se llevó a cabo en la Facultad de Comunicación y Diseño la presentación del libro Sucedió: {diez años de tipografía digital uruguaya} compilado por el Lic. Vicente Lamónaca, docente de Arte y estética y Tipografía 1 y 2 y socio director de TC-Comunicación, estudio de Diseño.
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Nov. 28, 2016On November 30, 2016, the Faculty of Engineering hosted a roundtable discussion titled “The Future of Electric Grids with Renewable Energy Integration and Demand Management,” which took place as part of the launch of the Electrical Engineering program.
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Nov. 25, 2016rector , Dr. Jorge Grünberg, and the dean of the School of Engineering, Mario Fernández, were invited by the Uruguayan Chamber of Innovation Technologies (Cuti) to strengthen ties and improve the educational offerings.
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Nov. 24, 2016He is Wellington Mazzotti, a teacher and tutor at the Institute of Education.
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Nov. 24, 2016From Monday, November 21, through Friday, November 25, projects funded by the Center for Engineering Innovation will be on display in the university lobby.
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Nov. 24, 2016The two winning teams from the 16th ORT Programming Contest, held in September 2016 as part of the Faculty of Engineering’s Student Day, participated in the Latin American Regional Round of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Programming Contest. The event took place on November 12, 2016, at the University of Buenos Aires. They ranked in the top 6.4% and 12.4% among a total of 1,973 participating teams.