Institutional news

February 2003

• ORT Representative Attends International Seminar
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Isidoro Hodara, the academic coordinator of the Graduate Program in International Studies, participated in the seminar titled "Prospects for Integration in Latin America's Southern Cone and Sensitive Areas of the Relationship with the European Union."
• ORT's School of Business and Social Sciences Signs Agreement with International Organization
  Feb. 28, 2003
  The School of Management and Social Sciences signed an agreement titled "Technical Assistance for the Development of a Management Training Center for Civil Aviation in Central America."
• Student exchange: International students will study at Universidad ORT Uruguay
  Feb. 28, 2003
  In the coming days, three students will arrive in Uruguay to take courses at Universidad ORT Uruguay as part of agreements with various foreign universities.
• ORT Kiryat Motzkin pays tribute to astronaut Ilan Ramon
  Feb. 28, 2003
  The ORT Technical Institute in Kiryat Motzkin, Israel, will be renamed after Ilan Ramon in honor of Israel’s first astronaut, who tragically died in the Columbia disaster.
• ORT Graduates Win Awards in National Competition
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Pablo Banchero, Dany Jokas, and Federico Sosa, graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Communication, won first prize in the 2003 City Zooms/Montevideo Video Minute Contest.
• ORT graduates' final project will be presented at an international workshop
  Feb. 28, 2003
  The project "Design of a Programmable Cell Architecture for Filter Bank Implementation in FPGAs" was accepted for oral presentation at the 9th Iberchip Workshop (IWS 2003).
• Academic trips: ORT teachers will visit the Polytechnic University of Madrid
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Faculty members from ORT's School of Engineering will travel to Spain to conduct academic research.
• Conference for the First Cohort of ORT's Human Resources Diploma Program
  Feb. 28, 2003
  As part of the celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the first graduating class of the Diploma in Human Resources program, a lecture titled "Transformations in ANTEL's Human Resources Department" was held on February 27.
• ORT Dean Attends International Conference
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Julio Fernández, Dean of Academic Development at Universidad ORT Uruguay, participated in the international conference on Virtual Universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• ORT's CEO Invited to the Israeli Embassy
  Feb. 28, 2003
  On February 21, the president of Universidad ORT Uruguay, Prof. S. de Grünberg, was invited to attend a luncheon at the Israeli Embassy as part of Prof. Ilan Chet’s visit.
• Latin Union Scholarship for a graduate of Universidad ORT Uruguay
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Ivana Sciuffo, a graduate of the Bachelor's program in Audiovisual Communication, was awarded a scholarship from Unión Latina.
• Exhibition of student work from Universidad ORT Uruguay
  Feb. 28, 2003
  Throughout February, the ORT Downtown Campus will host an exhibition of final projects and works created by students from the School of Design.