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June 2016
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June 30, 2016As part of the Biobusiness course, students in the Engineering and Biotechnology programs presented potential biotechnology business models.
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June 30, 2016The article "Optimizing TTL caches under heavy-tailed demands," authored by researchers from the School of Engineering, was published in June 2016 in the proceedings of the 2016 ACM Sigmetrics International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Science (SIGMETRICS '16). The event, organized by ACM Sigmetrics, took place from June 14 to 18, 2016, in Juan-les-Pins, France.
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June 30, 2016In June 2016, the following visiting professors taught in graduate programs at the School of Management and Social Sciences: Amparo Díaz Llairó, B.A., professor of Human Resources Management at the University of Barcelona, Dr. Jorge Túa, professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), and Dr. Marye Tharp, visiting associate professor in the Department of Marketing at The University of Texas at Austin, United States.
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June 30, 2016Two articles by scholars from the Institute of Education were published in June 2016 in the peer-reviewed journal *GestiónArte*, published by the Network for Support of Educational Management (RedAGE), Issue 3.
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June 30, 2016Associate Professor Víctor Paulós, academic secretary of the School of Technology in the Faculty of Engineering, visited the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom from June 24 to 28, 2016, with the aim of promoting the collaborative development of new online courses.
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June 30, 2016In June 2016, the Institute of Education published online Volume 7, Issue 1 of the peer-reviewed academic journal *Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa*. The journal is indexed in Scielo, Latindex, Dialnet, and Redalyc.
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June 29, 2016Paz González Vallejos, a Chilean student who completed an internship at the Institute of Education, shared her experience.
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June 28, 2016Javier De Haedo, an economist, gave a lecture as part of the "Let's Talk with the Professors" series.
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June 28, 2016“Behind the Scenes of the Book *The Girl Who Watched the Trains Leave*,” by Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg, Eng. Ruperto Long, and Prof. Javier Bonilla Saus.
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June 27, 2016Journalism professors analyze the strategies of the mainstream media
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June 27, 2016On June 27, 2016, the Faculty of Communication and Design hosted the lecture “Food Design 2016 – Functional Aspects: How Form Follows Function in Food,” presented by Maximiliano Izzi, a lecturer in the Bachelor’s Program in Industrial Design. The speaker discussed the second Food Design initiative at Universidad ORT Uruguay. As part of this event, a photography exhibition featuring works by students in the Industrial Design 3: Production Feasibility course of the bachelor’s program was inaugurated.
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June 27, 2016Architect Andrés Eliseo Cabrera, who teaches Bioclimatic Design, Thermal Conditioning, and Workshop 7 at the School of Architecture and serves as project lead for La Casa Uruguaya, delivered a remote presentation titled "Why Not?", at the first meeting of the Ibero-American Network for Social and Sustainable Habitat, held on June 10 and 11, 2016, in Bogotá, Colombia.
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June 27, 2016After 16 years of actively promoting entrepreneurship at the university, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is embarking on a new phase in which it is consolidating its entrepreneurial ecosystem. Located at the corner of Mercedes and Cuareim, its new 150-square-meter facility was created with a specific goal in mind: to provide a collaborative, modern, and functional environment designed to foster students’ entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. This innovation space was formally inaugurated on June 22, 2016, in the presence of the mayor of Montevideo, Daniel Martínez, the president of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), Fernando Brum, entrepreneurs, and university officials.
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June 27, 2016On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., the videoconference “Knowmads: The Workers of the Future” will take place at the School of Communication and Design (1185 Uruguay Ave.).
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June 23, 2016ZHÚ, a startup focused on bamboo, was selected to participate in the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES16) in California, which will take place in Silicon Valley.
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June 23, 2016The experience of "Feriados," from Uruguay's National Television.
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June 23, 2016Interview with Dr. John Branch, professor of Strategic Competitive Simulation in the Master of Business Administration program.
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June 22, 2016The "Communication for Organizations" class visited Sinergia Cowork. Here is one student's account of the experience.
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June 22, 2016Applications will be accepted until Thursday, March 30, 2017. The master’s program is scheduled to begin on April 24, 2017.
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June 22, 2016Under the title “Stereotypes and the Media: A Gender and Human Rights Perspective,” a roundtable discussion was held to examine gender-based violence in all its forms, including those that are not immediately apparent.