Institutional Updates

June 2022

• ORT is participating in the Sustainable Uruguay Expo, organized by the Ministry of the Environment
  June 30, 2022
  Universidad ORT Uruguay with an informational booth at the first edition of the Uruguay Sustainable Expo, which took place from June 10 to 12 and was attended by 17,000 people.
• Photography students visited the CdF
  June 30, 2022
  The Photography Center (CdF), which recently made its entire archive dating back to 1917 available to the public, welcomed photography students from the School of Communication.
• The Executive Branch appointed academics from the Institute of Education to serve on the Advisory Council
  June 30, 2022
  Martín Rebour and Verónica Zorrilla de San Martín were selected to serve on the Advisory Council for University Education.
• Minting Summit: Focus on NFTs and the Metaverse
  June 29, 2022
  One of the most renowned and innovative annual events on blockchain technology, which has been held since 2018, took place.
• Leading an organization through technology
  June 29, 2022
  Leaders from the information technology and human resources industries shared their perspectives on the importance of leading an organization and its various departments through technology.
• Working to improve people's lives
  June 29, 2022
  Because we are surrounded by the work of industrial designers in every object we own, use, or sit on, Universidad ORT Uruguay at Universidad ORT Uruguay all industrial design students, graduates, and faculty on their special day.
• The Meta Challenge gave digital marketing students the opportunity to apply their knowledge to a real-world campaign
  June 29, 2022
  Students competed and applied their knowledge of digital marketing to real-world campaigns. The goal was to secure donors for the Juan Pablo II Jubilee High School and the Francisco High School. They used Facebook Business Manager, as well as remarketing tools and A/B testing.
• Meeting with representatives from Groupe Centrale
  June 28, 2022
  Eduardo Mangarelli, dean of the School of Engineering, and Dr. María Azpiroz, director of International Relations, attended a working lunch on June 21 during the visit to Uruguay by Gérard Creuzet, CEO of Groupe Centrale, and Gilles Fleury, director of Groupe Centrale’s office in Lille, France.
• The Dean attended an event hosted by the Uruguayan-Israeli Chamber of Commerce
  June 28, 2022
  Eduardo Mangarelli was invited by the Uruguayan-Israeli Chamber of Commerce to attend the event “Commercial Challenges and Opportunities with Israel in Technology and Innovation.”
• The dean participated in a meeting between IT companies and educational institutions
  June 28, 2022
  Meeting between information technology companies and educational institutions.
• Organize an event with professionalism, enthusiasm, and a love for the process
  June 27, 2022
  On Tuesday, June 21, the event “Tejiendo lazos” was held at the headquarters of the Latin American Free Trade Association (ALADI), where several key stakeholders in the sector discussed the importance of wool as a product that embodies cultural identity and holds great national and international value.
• WEDO’s new regional ambassador will seek to “empower women in the world of entrepreneurship”
  June 27, 2022
  Sabrina Bianchi, the academic secretary, was appointed regional ambassador for South America by the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization.
• New issue of *Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa*
  June 27, 2022
  Volume 13, Issue 2 of *Cuadernos de Investigación Educativa* is now available: the peer-reviewed, biannual academic journal of scientific research published by the Institute of Education at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
• A much-anticipated vaccine
  June 24, 2022
  ORT’s Department of Biotechnology and the CBI+I, which operates at the university, have developed—in collaboration with the La Buena Estrella veterinary laboratory—the first vaccine capable of effectively combating the native ticks that attack Uruguay’s livestock.
• The Graduate School of Business signed an agreement with the Cambridge Business Association
  June 24, 2022
  Platinum Alumni members who wish to join CBA will receive a 20% discount on the membership fee.
• ORT and AUAS “are on equal footing”
  June 24, 2022
  During his visit to the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), academic coordinator Alejandro Erramún attended classes and even served on examination panels for the Digital Design program. After getting to know the university, its methodology, and the caliber of its students, he stated that in Uruguay “we are not lagging behind.”
• A professor at the School of Architecture recommends books that had a profound impact on her throughout her career
  June 22, 2022
  Architect Andrea Castro, a professor in the History Department of the ORT School of Architecture, presents and discusses the most influential books she has read.
• Informational Meetup on the Santander Explorer Contest
  June 22, 2022
  ORT’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and Banco Santander invite you to attend an informational meet-up about the Santander Explorer competition.
• Cybersecurity: Everyone's Business
  June 22, 2022
  The need for cybersecurity has grown in many sectors, such as energy, healthcare, finance, and transportation, in both the private and public sectors. According to the U.S. website cyberseek.org, approximately 700,000 professionals work in this field, but there is a shortage of 300,000 workers.
• The Omnipresence of the Customer: Impact and Measurement
  June 21, 2022
  Conference: “The Omnipresence of the Customer: Impact and Measurement.”