Latest News on Awards and Recognition

May 2020

• Faculty members were admitted to and promoted within the National System of Researchers
  May 29, 2020
• Academic Secretary Joins the Board of Directors of the Ceibal Foundation
  May 27, 2020
  Dr. Denise Vaillant, academic secretary of the Institute of Education, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ceibal Foundation in May 2020.
• Professor Joins ANII's Innovation Project Evaluation and Monitoring Committee
  May 25, 2020
  Bruno Gili, Ph.D., professor of Financial Planning in the School of Administration and Social Sciences, has served on the National Agency for Research and Innovation’s Committee for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Innovation Projects since May 2020.
• Professor Appointed as Technical Advisor on Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism
  May 19, 2020
  El Prof. Oscar Iroldi, docente del Área de Turismo de la Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales, fue designado en mayo de 2020 como asesor técnico en Turismo de la Subsecretaría del Ministerio de Turismo, por el período 2020-2025.
• The Art of Communicating Through Illustrations: Explaining COVID-19 to Children
  May 14, 2020
  Álvaro González, who holds a degree in graphic design from ORT, illustrated the book *La gran cosa*, written by two Americans to explain the complex situation caused by the coronavirus to children in language they can easily understand.
• Alfonso Lourido, an ORT graduate, will participate in the Illustrator Wall section at the 2020 Bologna Children’s Book Fair
  May 8, 2020
  Illustrator and artist Alfonso Lourido, a graduate of the Bachelor of Graphic Design program at Universidad ORT Uruguay in the virtual edition of the Illustrator Wall section at the 2020 Bologna Children's Book Fair, one of the world's most renowned events for children's and young adult literature.
• Five projects by ORT students and graduates received support from ICAU
  May 7, 2020
  Feature film and short film projects, as well as a documentary TV series, by faculty, graduates, and students in the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication with a focus on Audiovisual Studies were selected for funding in the first 2020 call for proposals from the Film and Audiovisual Development Fund.
• Illustrations of “women who confront you”
  May 5, 2020
  Out of 4,300 entries from around the world, two works by Lucía Picerno were selected to compete in the World Illustration Awards.