Latest News on Awards and Recognition

May 2023

• "A ras del agua " Wins Award at Chilemonos
  May 31, 2023
  A short film by two animation students won third place at the Chilemonos Festival.
• Gambetta at the 45th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association
  May 31, 2023
  An academic coordinator presented a paper at a peer-reviewed conference organized by the European Accounting Association.
• Juntas: the app that uses technology to humanize medicine, designed by student Marcos Casas
  May 29, 2023
  Marcos Casas, an upper-level student in the Digital Design program with a focus on apps, worked with a team of dermatologists on a project for the App Design course, with the goal of improving the monitoring of breast cancer patients.
• Cybersecurity graduate students excel in the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
  May 29, 2023
  Four students and one instructor from the Specialization Diploma in Cybersecurity participated in the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenges, held on May 25 and 26 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Students Shortlisted for Salão Design 2023
  May 26, 2023
  Five projects by Industrial Design students are finalists in the 2023 Salão Design. The public can vote until July 19.
• Director of ORT’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Featured in the 2022 Merco Ranking of Business Leaders
  May 23, 2023
  Enrique Topolansky, MBA, director of the CIE, reflected on the significance of this recognition, the country’s entrepreneurial sector, and his expectations for the future.
• The dean of the School of Engineering is ranked among the most reputable business leaders
  May 22, 2023
  Eduardo Mangarelli, dean of the School of Engineering, ranked 10th on the list of the 100 most reputable business leaders in Uruguay, according to the Merco ranking.
• Uruguay has a high proportion of ORT graduates specializing in IT
  May 12, 2023
  The study “Uruguay: IT Talent Report,” conducted jointly by the IT Observatory of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI) and Microsoft, was recently released. The study found that among those specializing in information technology, a high proportion are ORT graduates.
• Vaillant will serve on the jury for the ReachingU Award
  May 9, 2023
  La Dra. Denise Vaillant, decana del Instituto de Educación, fue seleccionada para integrar el jurado de la 5.ª edición del Premio ReachingU al docente uruguayo.
• Recognition for the Design, Art, and Technology Coordinator at Anilla Cultural
  May 8, 2023
  The coordinator of the School of Design was honored at the e-Culture Awards organized by Anilla Cultural Latinoamérica – Europa.
• The Cybersecurity Department was selected to participate in the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge
  May 4, 2023
  The Cybersecurity Chair at the School of Engineering at Universidad ORT Uruguay been selected to participate in the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge, which will take place on May 25 in Santo Domingo.
• Empowering Education in the Digital Age: A New Research Initiative
  May 2, 2023
  The project aims to promote the use and generation of knowledge by leveraging existing information in Uruguay's digital educational management systems.