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July 2015
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July 31, 2015Diego Cazabán, a faculty member in the Biotechnology Department of the School of Engineering and a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Biotechnology, was awarded the Santander Universities Scholarship.
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July 31, 2015From July 20 to 25, a workshop was held, led by Germán Chiazzo, to prepare students for programming interviews and for the competition organized by the school during Student Day.
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July 31, 2015On August 20, 2015, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the workshop “Physics Experiments with Smartphones” will be held at the university’s Downtown Campus.
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July 31, 2015Prof. Ilan Cohn, professor of Differential and Integral Calculus 1 in the School of Engineering, presented three papers authored by faculty members from that school at the 35th Biennial Meeting of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics. This peer-reviewed conference, organized by the Royal Spanish Society of Physics, took place from July 13 to 17, 2015, in Gijón, Spain.
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July 30, 2015PHPday will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Escuela Superior de Informática del Buceo.
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July 30, 2015Two articles by faculty members from the School of Communication and Design were published in July 2015 in the peer-reviewed journal Hispamérica (Volume XLIV, Issue 130).
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July 30, 2015In July 2015, the United Nations Academic Initiative published the essay “Post-2015 Agenda: Culture and Language in the Pursuit of Development” by Eric Bukstein, a student in the Bachelor’s program in International Studies.
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July 30, 2015On July 16, 2015, the awards ceremony was held for the Sustainable Model Homes Competition for Cerro Místico farms, in which architecture students participated as part of the Project 9 course, sponsored by Cerro Místico.
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July 30, 2015On July 1, 2015, the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences hosted the book launch for *Plebe versus Citizenship*.
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July 30, 2015The article "Soft Skills in Scrum Teams. A survey of the most valued by Product Owners and Scrum Masters," authored by faculty and students from the School of Engineering, was published in the Proceedings of SEKE 2015 from the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, organized by the Knowledge Systems Institute, International Center of Scientific Research. This peer-reviewed conference took place from July 6 to 8, 2015, in Pittsburgh, United States.
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July 30, 2015The study “Motivations for social media use across generations” by Gustavo Rubinsztejn, B.Eng., academic coordinator of Marketing; Carlos Pignataro and Dinorah Margounato, associate academic coordinators, and Guillermina Frick, professor of Tourism and Hospitality Marketing in the School of Business and Social Sciences, received funding on July 22, 2015, from the Carolan Research Institute to carry out the study during the period from September to December 2015.
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July 30, 2015Dr. Néstor Gandelman, academic coordinator of Economics at the School of Management and Social Sciences, presented the paper “Peer effects in the development of capabilities in adolescence” at the conference “Human Capital and Skills for Life and Work.” The event, organized by CAF—Development Bank of Latin America and Torcuato di Tella University, took place on July 21 and 22, 2015, in Buenos Aires.
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July 30, 2015The papers "Immobilized enzymatic assembly line for the synthesis of alpha hydroxy acids" and "Nanoimmobilized lipase for the synthesis of ethyl esters from vegetable oil," in which researchers from the Biotechnology Department of the School of Engineering participated, were presented at the peer-reviewed 12th Biotrans 2015 conference, held July 26–30, 2015, in Vienna, Austria.
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July 30, 2015On Fridays, July 3, 10, and 17, 2015, the workshop “Idea Generation” took place at the Faculty of Communication and Design, led by Federica Abella, a facilitator of Experiential Learning Dynamics. The course is organized by the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship). Its purpose is to enhance participants’ creative potential through practical exercises.
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July 30, 2015The article “Fiscal Instruments for Controlling and Reducing Pollution in Waterways: A Study Applied to the Santa Lucía River Basin,” co-authored by scholars from the School of Management and Social Sciences, was presented at the seminar organized by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) and the National Directorate of the Environment (DINAMA). The event, organized by the Office of Agricultural Policy and Planning (OPYPA) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP), took place on July 8, 2015, in Montevideo.
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July 30, 2015On July 13, 2015, the project selection committee of the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) selected three new projects to be incubated: Golden Bite, Oh! Live, and Tierra Nueva.
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July 29, 2015Testimonial from Marcela Najman, an auditor at KPMG and a certified public accountant.
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July 29, 2015An ORT teacher's project received funding through the 2014 María Viñas Fund from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII).
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July 29, 2015Francisco Arechavaleta, of Astra Investment Partners and a graduate of the Universidad ORT Uruguay of Universidad ORT Uruguay with a degree in Public Accounting, shares his professional experience and his time as a student at the university.
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July 29, 2015Federico Olivera, head of management and planning at San Roque and a graduate of the Universidad ORT Uruguay with a degree in public accounting, shares his professional experience and his time as a student at the university.