Latest News on Awards and Recognition

February 2018

• The coordinator was appointed to the Technical Commission of the National System of Researchers
  Feb. 28, 2018
• A graduate-founded startup was selected as one of the most innovative at the WPPI International Photography Expo in Las Vegas
  Feb. 28, 2018
  The startup FrameALIVE was selected as one of the most innovative tools at the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Trade Show.
• A short film directed by a recent graduate was selected for the Miami Film Festival
  Feb. 26, 2018
  "Ir," a Uruguayan short film directed by Ilan Rosenfeld, a graduate of the Bachelor's program in Audiovisual Communication, was selected in February 2018 to screen at the Miami Film Festival.
• The MOOC course ¡A Programar!/Code Yourself! was nominated for the 2018 WSIS Awards in the ICT Applications: E-learning category
  Feb. 19, 2018
  The course ¡A Programar!/Code Yourself!, a joint project between Universidad ORT Uruguay the University of Edinburgh, was nominated for the 2018 WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) Awards in the ICT Applications: E-learning category, alongside 33 other projects.
• A graduate was chosen to design the February cover of Novum magazine
  Feb. 14, 2018
  Martín Azambuja, who holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design, was commissioned for the second time to design the cover of the German magazine Novum.
• A student's short film was selected as a finalist in the DirecTV Cinema+ contest
  Feb. 12, 2018
  The short film *Crimen* by Victoria Gratwohl Aostalli, a student in the Audiovisual Production program, was selected in February 2018 as one of Uruguay’s five finalists in the Latin American DirecTV Cinema+ competition.
• A mockumentary made by students received a special mention at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
  Feb. 10, 2018
  A documentary by ORT students received a special mention at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
• A teacher's book was selected as one of the 100 recommended children's and young adult books by the 2018 Cuatrogatos Foundation Award
  Feb. 9, 2018
  *The Dream of the Fish*, a book by Evelin Aixala, is one of the 100 titles recommended for reading by the Cuatrogatos Foundation Award.