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September 2017
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Sept. 30, 2017From September 27 to October 4, 2017, the final project defenses for the Bachelor’s degree programs in Systems and Systems Engineering will take place.
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Sept. 30, 2017On September 28, 2017, the Faculty of Communication and Design hosted a screening of the film *Misión No Oficial* alongside its creators: Marcos Hecht and Alfonso Guerrero, students in the Bachelor’s program in Audiovisual Communication. The event was part of the *Panorámica* film series, organized by the School of Communication.
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Sept. 30, 2017In September 2017, the university signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Northampton in the United Kingdom to promote academic collaboration in areas such as student and faculty exchanges, joint projects, and other areas of mutual interest.
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Sept. 30, 2017Prof. Martín Monteiro, coordinator of the Physics Laboratory at the School of Engineering, presented the paper “Measuring the Magnetic Field ‘On the Fly’ with a Smartphone” at the 102nd Meeting of the Argentine Physical Society.
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Sept. 30, 2017In September 2017, the university published the 2016 Institutional Yearbook on its website, which features a selection of activities carried out by the academic community.
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Sept. 30, 2017On September 30, 2017, the Uruguayan Chamber of Books held the Bartolomé Hidalgo Awards ceremony in the Blue Room of Montevideo City Hall, as part of the 40th edition of the International Book Fair.
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Sept. 29, 2017Dr. Denise Vaillant, academic secretary of the Institute of Education, served on the committee evaluating Nelly Sierra Ospina’s doctoral dissertation for the Doctor of Education program at the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.
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Sept. 29, 2017In September 2017, the School of Communication within the Faculty of Communication and Design published the biannual journal *Inmediaciones de la Comunicación* (Volume 12, Number 1, Montevideo).
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Sept. 29, 2017Dr. Denise Vaillant, academic secretary of the Institute of Education, was selected in September 2017 to serve on the jury for the 2017 Educational Innovation Contest, which focused on school administration. The contest was organized by the General Directorate of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires.
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Sept. 29, 2017A group of students from Workshop 4 of the Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design participated in an academic activity on September 26 and 27, 2017, in Buenos Aires, accompanied by their instructor, Architect Graziella Blengio. The activity consisted of two days of workshop-style work with students from the Interior Design program at the University of Palermo (UP).
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Sept. 29, 2017Dr. Paula Cardellino, a faculty member and researcher at the School of Architecture, published an article in the international scientific journal *Learning Environments Research*, published by Springer, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Bío-Bío in Chile.
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Sept. 29, 2017The conference “Wood Engineering Products: State of the Art in Uruguay” was held on September 27, 2017, at the Pocitos Campus, as part of the launch of the Specialization Diploma in the Design, Calculation, and Construction of Wood Structures.
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Sept. 28, 2017In 1992, Universidad ORT Uruguay a new degree program in our country: Marketing Analyst. Today, has than 1,100 graduates in the workforce. Its ongoing challenge is to maintain the prestige that sets it apart and stay ahead of new marketing trends.
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Sept. 28, 2017Prof. Miravitlles holds an MBA from the University of Navarra in Spain.
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Sept. 28, 2017Prof. Javier Bonilla, academic coordinator of International Studies at the School of Administration and Social Sciences, participated in the 7th International Conference of the Ibero-American Network of International Studies (RIBEI), held in Buenos Aires.
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Sept. 28, 2017From September 25 to 27, 2017, the “Brand Strategy and Communication” module of Programme Management Development (PMD) was taught by Dr. Héctor Bajac, a professor of Principles of Marketing in the School of Administration and Social Sciences and academic secretary of the School of Communication.
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Sept. 27, 2017Brother 1816, a typeface created by designers Fernando Díaz and Ignacio Corbo, has been named by Typographica as one of the world’s best typefaces of 2016.
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Sept. 27, 2017On Tuesday, September 26, a conference titled “The Development and Current State of Cybersecurity in the Americas” was held, featuring Belisario Contreras, manager of Programme at the Organization of American States (OAS), and Diego Subero, a cybersecurity consultant at the OAS’s Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE).
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Sept. 27, 2017On September 26, 2017, experts from the Organization of American States (OAS) gave a lecture at the School of Engineering on the development of cybersecurity and the main challenges facing the Americas in this area.
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Sept. 27, 2017On September 26, 2017, the “Economics for Everyone” lecture was held at the Downtown Campus, presented by Victoria Fraschini, Director of Training and Innovation at Socialab, an organization that supports and promotes social enterprises. The event was organized by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.