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August 2017
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Aug. 31, 2017“Many countries are abandoning their educational traditions and adopting the policies of international organizations,” said Jesús Manso.
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Aug. 31, 2017The School of Architecture organized the Real Estate Appraisal course, which began on August 30, 2017, at the Pocitos campus. It is designed for professionals working in the real estate sector who wish to specialize in this field.
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Aug. 31, 2017A chapter by Dr. Inés Friss de Kereki and Alejandro Adorjan, M.Eng., was published in August 2017 in the book *Innovating in Higher Education: Key Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016–2017*.
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Aug. 31, 2017A delegation of 31 students from Project 4 in the Architecture program is taking an academic trip to Santiago, Chile, and Lima from August 31 to September 9, 2017.
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Aug. 31, 2017On August 30, 2017, the rector, Dr. Jorge Grünberg, received a visit from Nelson Villarreal, Secretary for Human Rights at the Office of the President of the Republic. The purpose of the visit was to discuss institutional matters of mutual interest.
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Aug. 31, 2017On August 28 and 29, 2017, the “Strategic People Management” module of the fifth edition of the Programme for Management Development (PMD) was held.
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Aug. 31, 2017The article “Changes in Learning Approaches in a Language Immersion Program,” by Dr. María del Carmen Azpiroz, was published in the journal *Actualidades pedagógicas* of La Salle University (Colombia).
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Aug. 31, 2017A total of 64 exchange students have been studying at the university for one semester since August 2017. They come from Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United States, France, England, Mexico, Portugal, and the Czech Republic.
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Aug. 31, 2017On August 31, the Workshop on Active Teaching Methodologies, organized by the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education (CAES) of the Institute of Education, took place. The workshop was aimed at university faculty members.
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Aug. 31, 2017Dr. Robert Hoover, a business consultant and researcher specializing in market segmentation, visited the School of Business and Social Sciences from August 28 to 31, 2017.
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Aug. 31, 2017Dr. Nicolás Gambetta, academic coordinator of the graduate programs in Accounting and Taxation at the School of Business and Social Sciences, presented the lecture “Audit Quality and Key Issues in the New Report” at the Third Ibero-American Workshop on Empirical Research in Accounting.
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Aug. 31, 2017In August 2017, the Center for Economic Research (CINVE) published the research paper *Discovering Pervasive and Non-Pervasive Common Cycles* (Working Papers series) by Dr. Guillermo Carlomagno, professor of Econometrics 2 in the School of Administration and Social Sciences, and Dr. Antoni Espasa, professor of Economics at Carlos III University of Madrid.
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Aug. 31, 2017The study was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Valeria Arza, a researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Conicet), and Flavia Rovira, a researcher at the Center for Economic Research (CINVE).
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Aug. 30, 2017The Job Fair, organized by the Faculty of Engineering’s Graduate Affairs Office, was designated as an event of interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS).
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Aug. 30, 2017The book *Nos íbamos a comer el mundo. 20 años de rock en Uruguay (1990-2009) * by Kristel Latecki, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Program in Journalism and Communication at Universidad ORT Uruguay, was recently awarded Best Book on Uruguayan Music at the 15th edition of the Graffiti Awards for Uruguayan Music. It is a story about the rock music of those decades, told by the artists themselves.
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Aug. 30, 2017The book *Nos íbamos a comer el mundo. 20 años de rock en Uruguay (1990-2009) * by Kristel Latecki, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Program in Journalism and Communication at Universidad ORT Uruguay, was recently awarded Best Book on Uruguayan Music at the 15th edition of the Graffiti Awards for Uruguayan Music. It is a story about the rock music of those decades, told by the artists themselves.
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Aug. 30, 2017On August 11, 2017, the eCommerce Institute of Uruguay recognized Fizzmöd—a company founded by Francisco Mato, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Graphic Design—as the Best eCommerce Agency in Uruguay for 2017. Mr. Mato serves as the agency’s creative director.
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Aug. 30, 2017Mauricio Minarrieta, a student in the Master’s in Financial Management program, is the first student to be accepted to study for a semester at Florida International University (FIU) under the agreement signed between FIU and Universidad ORT Uruguay. He will begin his studies in August 2017.
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Aug. 30, 2017Students in Workshop 4 of the Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design program, held in August 2016, developed a preliminary design for the renovation of the building located at the intersection of Pablo de María Street and Bulevar España, where the Swiss Club is currently located.
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Aug. 30, 2017On August 24, 2017, Dr. Dina Titus, Democratic representative for Nevada’s 1st congressional district in the U.S. Congress, visited the School of Business and Social Sciences. The visit was arranged by Sebastián Bombi, director of the University Study Abroad Consortium (USAC) Uruguay.