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July 2016
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July 31, 2016Out of a total of 3,600 applicants from around the world, the essay “From Lemkin to Kurdi: an essay on global citizenship” by Federico Wynter, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in International Studies, was one of the winners of the United Nations (UN) Many Languages One World contest. In his essay, he was asked to reflect on the concept of global citizenship. This achievement allowed Wynter to attend the Global Youth Forum at Hofstra University in New York from July 25 to 31, 2016.
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July 29, 2016María Belén Hernández, a student in the Bachelor of Economics program, was selected in July 2016 by the Botín Foundation to represent Uruguay in the Program for Strengthening the Civil Service in Latin America. The foundation selected 32 Ibero-American university students with high personal and academic potential and a commitment to public service.
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July 29, 2016Fifth-year Industrial Design students in the Bachelor of Industrial Design program developed projects in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Campo Limpio, under the guidance of their instructors, DI Maximiliano Izzi and DI Pablo D’Angelo. Campo Limpio is an organization dedicated to the recovery and recycling of plastic containers that once held chemical products used in the agricultural industry.
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July 29, 2016The GPSGAY app, created by Magdalena Rodríguez, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Graphic Design, and Rosario Monteverde, a graduate of the Systems Engineering program, won first place on July 14, 2016, in the Startup Nation competition for Women Entrepreneurs organized by the Israeli Embassy and Endeavor. The winners will participate in the DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival 2016 in Israel this September.
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July 29, 2016The School of Communication and Design organized the “3rd Sinergia Education Forum: Education in the Age of Millennials,” which took place on July 27 and 28, 2016, at the school. This event brings together the local educational community to share innovative practices and experiences, with the goal of collaborating to improve student learning.
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July 28, 2016Diego Cáceres, Rafael Clement, Federico Sendra, and Juan Manuel Sobral developed a virtual simulator of a laminar flow cabinet that uses natural user interfaces as their final graduation project.
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July 27, 2016Intended to fund research projects related to technology-enhanced teaching and learning.
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July 27, 2016Interview with Dr. Patrick Noonan, Visiting Professor in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
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July 27, 2016On July 19, 2016, a welcome event was held for new students in the Master’s Program in Taxation and Accounting Standards—IFRS, the Specialization Diploma in Taxation, and the Specialization Diploma in Accounting.
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July 26, 2016Lecture presented by Bárbara Mainzer, B.A. in Economics, and Pablo Sitjar, B.A. in Business Administration.
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July 25, 2016It includes articles by Dr. Denise Vaillant and Juan Carlos Tedesco, scholars at the Institute of Education.
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July 25, 2016Just a few days before the start of the Rio Olympics, “Olímpicos,” a documentary about Uruguayan athletes co-directed by Ilan Rosenfeld, premieres.
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July 25, 2016Two articles written by scholars from the Institute of Education were published in July 2016 in the peer-reviewed journal *Organización y Gestión Educativa* (Volume 24, Issue 4), published by the European Forum of Educational Administrators and Wolters Kluwer.
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July 25, 2016On July 28, 2016, the event “Crude: Fashion Event Design and Production” took place at MAPI—the Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art. Seventh-semester students in the Bachelor of Fashion Design program organized the final presentation for the course “Fashion Event Design and Production.” The event was organized by the Academic Coordination of Fashion Design at the School of Communication and Design.
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July 25, 2016In July 2016, the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) awarded a three-year doctoral fellowship to Prof. Sonali Correa, a research assistant at the Biotechnology Laboratory of the School of Engineering. Prof. Correa is pursuing her doctoral studies as part of the Pedeciba Chemistry program.
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July 25, 2016The article “Alpha-structural induction and recursion for the lambda calculus in constructive type theory,” co-authored by faculty members from the School of Engineering, was published in July 2016 in the peer-reviewed journal *Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science* (Volume 323), published by Elsevier.
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July 22, 2016A total of six startups joined the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in July 2016 to be developed: Mobilebox, Somos, Challenge, Oincs, Leliot, and Rimbos.
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July 22, 2016On July 21, 2016, the talk "Building Better Apps with Firebase" was given by Gabriel Kouyoumdjian, organizer of the Google Developers Group Montevideo and instructor of the university course "Scalable Cloud Application Development." The speaker presented the features of Firebase and how to leverage them to build better apps.
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July 21, 2016On August 1 and 2, 2016, a new edition of the Montevideo OTN Tour will take place, organized by the Oracle User Group of Uruguay.
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July 21, 2016On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., the workshop “Speed Networking: How to Expand Your Business Network in 5 Minutes” will be held at the Downtown Campus (Cuareim 1451), led by Psychologist Rasia Friedler, founder and CEO of Allegro, a consulting firm that fosters human creativity in companies through playful and artistic resources. The speaker will present this tool that helps generate professional contacts in an effective and enjoyable way.