Latest News on Awards and Recognition

May 2012

• Architecture graduate wins first prize in the “Manchester Corridor Competition”
  May 30, 2012
  Architect Agustín Estefanell, a graduate in architecture, won first prize in May 2012 at the “Manchester Corridor Competition,” a contest in which he, along with other professionals, submitted an innovative renovation project for the Oxford Road urban corridor (Manchester).
• Professor ranked highly in a list compiled by América Economía magazine
  May 30, 2012
  Dr. Néstor Gandelman, Academic Coordinator of Economics at the School of Business and Social Sciences, was included in a ranking of outstanding faculty members published by América Economía magazine in May 2012.
• A student project won first prize in the "24 Hours of Innovation" competition
  May 28, 2012
  The “Viewnity” project, developed by Nicolás Bianchi, a student in the Web Application Analyst and Programmer program; Felipe Coirolo and Nicolás Saúl, students in the Systems Engineering program; and Diego Ventura, a student in the Bachelor’s program in International Studies at Universidad ORT Uruguay, along with Natalia Campos, a student in Industrial Design; Magdalena López, a Chemical Engineering student, and Sylvia Schenck, a Food Engineering student at the University of the Republic, and Federico Masini, owner of the audiovisual production company “Popup!FX,” won first prize in the local “24 Hours of Innovation” competition, which took place on May 23 and 24, 2012, at the Telecommunications Tower. The project, which aims to be the first voice-based mobile app designed to assist people with visual impairments, also won the special “International America’s Award.” Sixteen teams participated in the local competition.