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August 2012
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Aug. 28, 2012Paper accepted for the 6th Mercosur Cost Management Conference.
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Aug. 28, 2012The article “Intra-generational Social Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay,” by Néstor Gandelman, Academic Coordinator of the Department of Economics, and Daniel Bukstein, a student in the Master’s Program in Research Economics, has been accepted for presentation at the peer-reviewed Joint Congress LACEA–LAMES 2012.
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Aug. 28, 2012Funding for the project was approved by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and the María Viñas Fund.
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Aug. 24, 2012As part of the extracurricular activities for the Specialization Diploma in Real Estate Development, a networking breakfast titled “Real Estate Marketing 2.0” was held on August 30, 2012, at the School of Architecture. The event was led by Architect and Engineer Fernando Cos-Gayon López, Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and President of Grupo Ágora, a leading firm in project management, architecture, and engineering, as well as project and construction management and the management and sale of real estate assets (desbanca.com), with operations in Spain, Argentina, and Uruguay. The speaker analyzed the principles of real estate development from a web-based perspective.
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Aug. 23, 2012Dean Eduardo Hipogrosso explained why a new specialization is needed within the communication degree programs: digital content.
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Aug. 22, 2012An article by Dr. Martín Solari, Associate Professor of Software Engineering at the School of Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay accepted for publication in August 2012 in the journal *Information and Software Technology*, published by Elsevier.
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Aug. 22, 2012Journalist Gustavo Sierra, a war correspondent and editor of the “El Mundo” section of the Clarín newspaper (Argentina), taught the “Journalistic Genres” module of the Professional Journalism Training Program from August 27 to December 5, 2012.
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Aug. 17, 2012It doesn't hold him back. Valentin Maury, a French student who spent a year on exchange in Uruguay, has low vision—a genetic condition that requires him to use a cane, but it doesn't hold him back. Between the second semester of 2011 and the first of 2012, he ran races up to 21 kilometers, went to parties, dated, went skydiving, followed Peñarol, and traveled to Ushuaia and Iguazú with his twin brother Aurélien, who also has low vision. Montevideo, he says, lacks the infrastructure that blind or visually impaired people need, but that is made up for by the generosity of the people.
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Aug. 17, 2012On August 17, 2012, the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences launched the Program in Technology Business Management, designed for individuals interested in the launch, development, and management of technology businesses. The program was organized by the faculty’s Center for Executive Education.
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Aug. 16, 2012Dr. Carlos López, an associate professor of Geomatics in the School of Engineering, was invited to serve on the Scientific Committee of the “8th Regional Conference of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG),” which took place from November 26 to 29, 2012, in Montevideo.
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Aug. 15, 2012Victoria Álvarez served on the organizing committee for the “4th Latin American and Caribbean Conference on gvSIG (Geographic Information System) – Growing Together.”
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Aug. 15, 2012Smartway was founded in 2010 based on two final projects completed by electronics engineering students. Nicolás Cremona and Gonzalo Díaz began their thesis in March 2009 on the development of a vehicle diagnostic scanner using OBDII diagnostic protocols. Meanwhile, Damián Sandler, José García, and Gonzalo Petersen developed, as their thesis project at the same time, a remote monitoring system that collected data from the diagnostic scanner created by the Cremona-Díaz team and sent it to a server, enabling web-based visualization of the data.
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Aug. 10, 2012The workshop was held on August 22 and 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Biotechnology Laboratory.
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Aug. 10, 2012El 21 de agosto de 2012 tuvo lugar en la Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales la conferencia “Las crisis del Euro y Lehman Brothers: ¿vinculadas o independientes?”, a cargo del Dr. Andrew Freris, Chief Investment Advisor de Asia for Wealth Management para el banco BNP Paribas en Hong Kong. El expositor analizó hasta qué punto se vinculan la crisis de Lehamn Brothers y la actual crisis del Euro. El moderador del evento fue el Ec. Isidoro Hodara, Catedrático de Comercio Internacional de la facultad. La actividad fue organizada por el Departamento de Estudios Internacionales.
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Aug. 10, 2012From August 15 to 29, 2012, the “Exhibition of Models for Mathematics 1 and Calculus 1” was held in the lobby of the School of Architecture.
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Aug. 1, 2012Daniel Bukstein, 27, and Emiliano Tealde, 29, decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Economics with a research focus because of their passion for economics and their desire to continue growing professionally.
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Aug. 1, 2012The first annual graduation ceremony took place on August 31 at the Solís Theater. A total of 110 graduates from various academic programs across all faculties attended.
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Aug. 1, 2012|The School of Communication and Design is announcing the call for entries for the sixth edition of “Re|Creación13,” an academic initiative developed by senior students in the Bachelor’s programs in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design, and Multimedia Design. It is aimed at companies, entrepreneurs, and investors with ideas that could potentially be transformed into products or services, entities with communication needs, or organizations requiring graphic, industrial, fashion, and/or multimedia design projects. They will have the opportunity to participate in an academic initiative that yields professional-quality results. To date, 285 students and 147 companies have participated in the program.
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Aug. 1, 2012On August 2, 2012, ORT Centro hosted the lecture “Israel Start-Up Nation: A Southern Perspective on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of One of the Most Dynamic and Innovative Countries in the World Today.” It was presented by Assistant Professor Víctor Paulós, Academic Secretary of the School of Technology in the Faculty of Engineering; Enrique Montero, Academic Coordinator of the CTC Technological Institute (an educational center offering technical programs certified by the university) and Coordinator of the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) in Paysandú; and Assistant Professor Marcelo Duarte, National Vice President of JCI (Joint Commission International) Uruguay, a nonprofit organization present in more than 100 countries that works with young people, offering them opportunities for development and leadership. The talk was organized by the university’s CIE.
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Aug. 1, 2012On August 10, 2012, the seminar “Educational Technology in Higher Education” began. Organized by the Center for Higher Education Development (CAES) of the Institute of Education, it was aimed at university faculty members.