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December 2015
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Dec. 30, 2015Second annual graduate school commencement ceremony.
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Dec. 30, 2015The faculty's graduate school was recognized as an "Excellent Business School" by the Eduniversal ranking in the 2015–2016 Official Selection of the 1,000 Best Business Schools.
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Dec. 30, 2015Interview with Natalia Zibechi, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Administration—Financial Management Track.
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Dec. 30, 2015Interview with Luis Ignacio Bordaberry, a graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Management and Administration program with a concentration in Agribusiness.
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Dec. 30, 2015Interview with Gabriel Vainsencher, Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing.
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Dec. 30, 2015Interview with Luis Ignacio Bordaberry, account executive at Banco Itaú and graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Administration—Agribusiness Track at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
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Dec. 30, 2015In December 2015, the Graduate School of the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences was recognized as an "Excellent Business School" by the Eduniversal ranking, in the 2015 Official Selection of the 1,000 Best Business Schools.
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Dec. 30, 2015In December 2015, the School of Communication and Design published the journal *Inmediaciones de la Comunicación* (Volume 10, Issue 10). This issue has on communication, sound, and culture.
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Dec. 30, 2015Pablo Segalerba, a professor in the Taxation Department of the School of Management and Social Sciences, was elected on December 18, 2015, as a member of the Inter-American Technical Commission on Taxation and Fiscal Policy of the Inter-American Accounting Association (2015–2017 term).
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Dec. 30, 2015Two articles, co-authored by researchers from the School of Engineering, were published in December 2015 in the proceedings of the peer-reviewed conference "Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), Latin American Smart Grid Conference," organized by the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The event took place from October 5 to 7, 2015, in Montevideo.
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Dec. 30, 2015In December 2015, two projects submitted by the Institute of Education were approved for funding under the call for proposals issued by the Education Sector Fund: Digital Inclusion, created by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and the Ceibal Center Foundation for the Study of Digital Technologies in Education, with support from the British Embassy.
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Dec. 30, 2015The GPSGAY app, created by Magdalena Rodríguez, a graduate of the Bachelor of Graphic Design program, and Rosario Monteverde, a graduate of the Systems Engineering program, took first place among the 11 finalists in the first edition of Seedstars World Uruguay, which took place in December 2015 at Sinergia.
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Dec. 30, 2015From November 18 to December 10, 2015, information sessions will be held for university degree programs and short-term and technical programs. These sessions are open to the public and provide an opportunity to learn more about each program, including its faculty, curriculum, and career prospects, among other aspects. Classes will begin on March 14, 2016.
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Dec. 30, 2015The article “Silica-enzyme nanohybrids for biocatalysis” (abstract), authored by researchers from the Biotechnology Department of the School of Engineering, was presented at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2015). The event took place from December 15 to 20, 2015, in Honolulu, United States. The paper was published in the conference proceedings.
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Dec. 30, 2015In December 2015, the Institute of Education published the peer-reviewed academic journal *Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa* (Volume 6, Issue 2) online.
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Dec. 30, 2015In December 2015, the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the Republic published Working Paper No. 12/15 , “The Trade Impact of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures on Exports: The Case of Beef and Genetically Modified Agricultural Products (GMOs), authored by Natalia Ferreira-Coímbra, a lecturer and researcher in that department, and Juan Labraga, an associate professor of International Trade at the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences.
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Dec. 29, 2015ViperMed, a startup supported by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, won third place on December 9, 2015, in the Emprendo awards presented by the newspaper El Observador.
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Dec. 29, 2015On December 28, 2015, a reception was held at the Downtown Campus for the members of the La Casa Uruguaya team—composed of students, alumni, and faculty from the schools of Architecture, Engineering, Communication and Design, and Business and Social Sciences—which won first place in the international Solar Decathlon competition on December 15.
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A graduate's startup won third place in the Emprendo awards presented by the newspaper El ObservadorDec. 28, 2015Vipermed, a startup supported by the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), won third place on December 9, 2015, in the Emprendo awards presented by the newspaper El Observador. In the 15th edition, it was voted on by the public from among ten startups selected by the newspaper’s Café&Negocios team. The awards ceremony took place at the World Trade Center, attended by prominent figures from the national entrepreneurial ecosystem. Vipermed is led by Ignacio Oliveri, a graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Systems.
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Dec. 24, 2015The Business Plan for the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program integrates the concepts and methods developed throughout the course and applies them to real-world situations.