Latest News on Awards and Recognition

February 2023

• Biotechnology startup selected to represent Uruguay
  Feb. 28, 2023
  The Nanogrow startup, founded by biotechnology professor Lucía Vanrell, associate academic coordinator of biotechnology Mariana Ferrari, and project partner Nicolás Galmarini, and supported by CBI+I, was selected as one of the 100 finalists in the Global Entrepreneurship World Cup organized by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN).
• Little Rebels dolls, created by graduate Marjorie Spitalnik, have arrived at Macy’s stores
  Feb. 21, 2023
  The Little Rebels doll brand, created by Uruguayan designer Marjorie Spitalnik, is now available in 19 stores (both brick-and-mortar and online) of Macy’s, the American retail giant.
• From Uruguay to the world's largest medical center
  Feb. 21, 2023
  Moving abroad was one of her goals, not because she couldn’t find opportunities for professional growth in Uruguay, but to have a different experience. After several attempts, Florencia Levin managed to secure a position at one of the world’s largest medical centers, the Texas Medical Center, where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. in human embryonic stem cells.
• Graduate Martín Kugelmass won Live Nation Entertainment's Rockstar Award
  Feb. 21, 2023
  Martín Kugelmass won Live Nation Entertainment's Rockstar Award for his book *Festival Book*, a work exploring the energy and passion that music generates in people, which he designed and edited himself.
• Illustrations by graduates of Universidad ORT Uruguay included in the Uruguay Ilustra 2023 catalog
  Feb. 16, 2023
  Illustrations by thirteen graduates of bachelor’s and professional degree programs at the Faculty of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay included in *Uruguay ilustra 2023*, a catalog of contemporary Uruguayan illustration published by the National Institute of Visual Arts (INAV) of the National Directorate of Culture (MEC).
• Participants in ORT's CFA Society Ethics Challenge shared their experiences
  Feb. 7, 2023
  The four students from the Master’s in Financial Management Universidad ORT Uruguay at Universidad ORT Uruguay competed in the regional CFA Society Ethics Challenge, organized by CFA Society Peru, shared their experience.
• Student short films will be screened at the Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival
  Feb. 6, 2023
  Two short films by senior students in the Bachelor of Communication program with a focus on Audiovisual Studies will be screened in the official short film competition at the 20th Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival, which will take place from February 11 to 15, 2023, at The Grand Hotel.
• Student Receives Scholarship from the U.S. Embassy for the SUSI for Student Leaders programme
  Feb. 3, 2023
  This is a U.S. government scholarship for students, through which they visit entrepreneurship centers in the United States.
• Students won Santander's Explorer Trip contest
  Feb. 3, 2023
  The founders of the startup Viatik were the winners from Uruguay in Santander's Explorer Trip contest.
• Graduates to Pursue Doctoral Degrees with ANII Scholarships
  Feb. 3, 2023
  Juan Michelini and José Solsona will pursue a Ph.D. in computer science with a scholarship from the National Agency for Research and Innovation as part of the PEDECIBA program.
• Professor René Fuentes was awarded the 2022 Juan Ramón Jiménez International Poetry Prize
  Feb. 1, 2023
  For this third edition of the contest, more than 500 poetry collections were received from over 50 countries, with particularly strong participation from Argentina, Spain, Mexico, and the United States.