Institutional news

February 2004

• Jewish Film Festival
  Feb. 28, 2004
  Universidad ORT Uruguay the first festival of Jewish cinema from the River Plate region, titled "Cine judío del Plata," where it screened the film *A pesar de Treblinka*.
• Audio game for the blind developed by ORT students
  Feb. 28, 2004
  Sebastián Franco and Andrés Segovia, students in the Software Analyst program, developed an audio game for the blind.
• "Issues in Learning": A Seminar for Professionals at ORT
  Feb. 28, 2004
  On February 13, the ORT Institute of Education held the conference "Issues in Learning," led by Dr. Daniel Germán for middle and high school teachers.
• An ORT professor will present a research paper at a global conference
  Feb. 28, 2004
  Professor Inés Friss de Kereki will present her paper , “Learning Environments, Knowledge Management, and Ontologies: A New Combination,” in Chile.
• ORT Signs an Agreement with the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries
  Feb. 28, 2004
  On March 26, Dr. Gastón Labadie and Engineer Jorge San Julián signed the agreement that launched the Uruguay Rural project, organized by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries.
• Universidad ORT Uruguay two new degree programs
  Feb. 28, 2004
  El 18 de febrero tuvo lugar el lanzamiento de nuevas carreras técnicas de la Facultad de Ingeniería, Analista en Tecnologías de la Información y Técnico en Gerencia de Infraestructura Edilicia.
• Néstor Gandelman will visit a U.S. Federal Reserve bank
  Feb. 28, 2004
  Dr. Néstor Gandelman, the academic coordinator of the economics program at Universidad ORT Uruguay, will visit the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, United States.
• ORT student's paper accepted for international conference
  Feb. 28, 2004
  The paper "Design of a Rijndael Cryptographic Processor on an FPGA," by telecommunications engineering student Enrique Zabala, has been accepted for the 10th Iberchip Workshop.
• Inés Friss de Kereki and her article continue to garner international attention
  Feb. 28, 2004
  "Knowledge Management as a Keystone for the Design of Learning Environments " was accepted for presentation at the "34th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference."
• Student exchanges: ORT students in Mexico
  Feb. 28, 2004
  Students from the School of Architecture are participating in a student exchange program with students from the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos in Mexico.
• Expert: A survey conducted by ORT's Department of Economics
  Feb. 28, 2004
  ORT's Department of Economics, in collaboration with the Uruguayan Society of Economists, is launching the "Experta" survey, which is aimed at economists.