Institutional Updates

December 2017

• A professor from the School of Architecture is part of the winning team in the "Espacio Memorial del Penal de Libertad" competition
  Dec. 30, 2017
  The memorial pays tribute to the political prisoners who were held in that prison between 1972 and 1985 and honors the memory of those who died during the dictatorship.
• Professor published a research paper titled "Technical Reports on the Standardization of Structural Lumber"
  Dec. 29, 2017
• Graduates' app was a finalist in the 2017 AppCircus competition
  Dec. 29, 2017
  CityCop, a citizen reporting platform for reporting crimes developed by Nadim Curi and Marcelo Dotti—both graduates of the Master’s Program in Technology Business Management at the School of Administration and Social Sciences—was one of the finalist apps in the AppCircus 2017 competition, which took place in December 2017.
• #ORTrecicla, a successful 2017 campaign
  Dec. 29, 2017
  The university recycled more than 5,000 kg of paper and cardboard and about 820 kg of PET plastic over the course of the year.
• Projects supported by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship were finalists for the EmprendO Awards
  Dec. 29, 2017
  The GPSGay app and the startup Spotlike, both ventures supported by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), were finalists in December 2017 for the EmprendO Awards presented by the newspaper El Observador.
• Students' final projects were selected by the Center for Engineering Innovation
  Dec. 29, 2017
• Diego Portales University in Chile has published a book that includes a chapter by a faculty secretary
  Dec. 29, 2017
• Seven startups graduated from the CIE in 2017
  Dec. 29, 2017
  In December 2017, seven of the 23 startups that had joined the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at the beginning of the year graduated from the program.
• Conference: "Reasons for Hope: Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century"
  Dec. 28, 2017
  During the conference, organized on December 18, 2018, by the Department of International Studies, expert Kathryn Sikkink discussed the challenges facing human rights in the 21st century.
• The Year of Bitcoin
  Dec. 28, 2017
  What is this sharp rise in the currency’s value that everyone is talking about, and what is causing it? Three university professors explain this 2017 phenomenon.
• Professor of Auditing Appointed President of the Uruguay-United States Chamber of Commerce
  Dec. 28, 2017
• A graduate was accepted as a graduate student by the PEDECIBA Scientific Council of Chemistry
  Dec. 28, 2017
  La Ing. Magdalena Ripoll, graduada de Ingeniería en Biotecnología, fue aceptada por el Consejo Científico del área de Química del Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas (PEDECIBA) como estudiante de postgrado.
• A professor's project was approved by ANII for funding
  Dec. 27, 2017
• “The graduate program allowed me to delve deeper into much more specialized topics”
  Dec. 27, 2017
  Interview with Juan Hernández, graduate of the Specialization Diploma in Finance and Mexico Country Head at Vanguard.
• “The graduate program gave me practical knowledge that I can apply on the job”
  Dec. 27, 2017
  Interview with Virginia Cancela, a graduate of the Specialization Diploma in Marketing Management and an investment analyst at Integración AFAP.
• “All the courses helped me become a better entrepreneur”
  Dec. 27, 2017
  Interview with Kevin Jakter, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Administration program at Universidad ORT Uruguay. Founding partner and CEO of Rotunda.
• The director and a member of the Academic Committee of the Doctor of Education program published an article
  Dec. 26, 2017
  Dr. Carlos Marcelo and Dr. Denise Vaillant, from the Institute of Education, published the article "Teacher Induction Policies and programmes Latin America. Políticas e programmes indução na docência na América Latina" in the October–December issue of *Cadernos de Pesquisa*.
• Teachers and graduates honored at the^12th ADDIP Awards for Excellence in Work
  Dec. 26, 2017
• 2017 Teaching Excellence Awards from the School of Architecture
  Dec. 26, 2017
• Art made from fashion magazines and vintage publications
  Dec. 26, 2017
  Artist Cecilia Bonilla, a graduate of the Bachelor of Graphic Design program, will present her exhibition *It’s Not Forever* at Galería del Paseo (Punta del Este) from December 22 to 27, 2017.