The University in the Media

Article on the conference "The Keys to Social Innovation," organized by the School of Communication and Design and the School of Engineering.

"As always, there are pros and cons to any activity. But the demonization of video games is simply the opinion of ignorant and conservative adults," said Dr. Gonzalo Frasca, professor of video games at the School of Communication and Design.

"Uruguay needs to have a discussion about what constitutes optimal inflation," said Julio de Brun, Ph.D., a professor of economics at the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences in Uruguay.

Eduardo Mangarelli, an engineer, is the dean of the School of Engineering and a graduate of ORT’s Systems Engineering program.

Data Smart Kids was funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and the Ceibal Foundation, and was spearheaded by Universidad ORT Uruguay Deakin University (Australia).

An article featuring Inés Tiscornia, M.Sc., associate coordinator of the Biotechnology Laboratory at the School of Engineering and associate coordinator of Environmental Management at Universidad ORT Uruguay.

Beef imports into the European Union "plummeted" in the first half of the year, according to Lautaro Pérez Rocha, an associate professor of agribusiness at the School of Management and Social Sciences.

Interview with Gonzalo Tellechea, a graduate of the Software Analyst program and co-founder of Fate Sistemas.

An article about the Credifama startup, featuring an interview with Elías Margolis, a graduate of the Programmer Analyst program and one of its founders. Credifama is being incubated at the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).

Agustina Victorica, Francisco Fernández, and Micaela Benchoam, architecture students at ORT, received a special mention in the London Call international architecture competition, organized by the website Archicontest, ideas for cities.

The Sistema B movement believes that the COVID-19 crisis has opened our eyes to the importance of companies being more humane. Interview with Bebo Gold, a graduate of the Marketing Analyst program.

The technology company Alan was founded by Rodrigo Capdevielle, Sebastián Galli—a graduate with a degree in Marketing Analysis—and Pablo Marchesi.

In the midst of the worst health and social crisis of this century, the United Nations in Uruguay, together with the School of Communication and Design and the School of Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay, are inviting graduates and advanced students to participate in Media Lab ORT | United Nations (UN). This initiative aims to foster the development of creative and innovative proposals to improve the quality of life in the country, from the global perspective of the United Nations.

"We may be heading toward a more digital, more unstable, and potentially more unequal society," said Dr. Jorge Grünberg, rector Universidad ORT Uruguay.

Students in their seventh semester of the Bachelor of Fashion Design program presented "Nexo Atávico," a fashion event centered on Uruguay's ancestral roots.

Enrique Topolansky is the executive director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Universidad ORT Uruguay in Universidad ORT Uruguay.

Sebastián Granotich holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from the School of Communication and Design.

What challenges and opportunities did the health crisis present in terms of improving the quality of higher education? An interview with Liliana Jabif, MSc, academic coordinator of the Center for Continuing Education in Higher Education (CAES) at the Institute of Education.

Interview with Liliana Buchtik, a graduate of the Bachelor’s program in Information Systems Analysis at the School of Engineering.