Latest News on Awards and Recognition

October 2022

• Graduado was the only finalist representing Uruguay in Veromobili Brasil's 2022 Vero de Design competition
  Oct. 28, 2022
  The “Línea Sarandí” product design project, by Julián San Martín, a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, and by Dis. Ind. Maximiliano Izzi (instructor for the courses Ergonomics 1 and 2, and Industrial Design 3 and 4), was the only finalist from Uruguay (and from a country outside Brazil) among the five finalist projects selected by the Vero de Design International Competition, organized by Veromobili Brazil.
• Teacher Wins the Vicente Blasco Prize for Fiction in Spanish
  Oct. 28, 2022
  Writer René Fuentes Gómez, a professor at the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay, took first place in a competition that attracted 1,772 entrants.
• Questa-Torterolo will join the Selection Committee for the National Graduate Scholarship Program
  Oct. 24, 2022
  Dr. Mariela Questa-Torterolo, associate academic coordinator of the Master’s Program in Educational Management and the Master’s Program in Trainer Development, was selected to serve on the Selection Committee for the National Graduate Scholarship Program, in the Industrial Graduate Studies category.
• A graduate-run agency took first place in the SME category of Great Place to Work Argentina’s “Companies That Care” ranking
  Oct. 21, 2022
  The Argentine digital marketing agency Viví Marketing, co-founded and co-directed by Virginia Dendi, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay, took first place in the 2022 “Companies That Care” ranking, in the SME category, as recognized by Great Place to Work Argentina 2022.
• Graduate selected to participate in an exhibition at the Panke Gallery in Berlin
  Oct. 21, 2022
  Liliana Farber, a graduate of the Bachelor of Graphic Design program, is one of the Latin American artists selected to participate in the exhibition *Planetary Atoll: Connecting Latin American Dots*, which will take place from September 14 to November 22, 2022, at the Panke Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
• Two researchers from the School of Engineering are among the top 2% of scientists worldwide
  Oct. 18, 2022
  Dr. Sergio Yovine and Dr. Fernando Paganini are ranked among the world’s most prominent researchers based on the impact of their publications.
• Graduate Selected for the "End of the World" XR Residency in Ushuaia
  Oct. 13, 2022
  Silvina Cortés was selected to participate in the Immersive Workshops – XR Residency at the End of the World in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
• The Montevideo Departmental Council honored the members of GACH
  Oct. 5, 2022
  La Junta Departamental de Montevideo realizó un acto en homenaje a los 60 integrantes del Grupo Asesor Científico Honorario (GACH), por su destacado desempeño y labor durante la pandemia del Covid-19.