Latest News on Awards and Recognition

June 2017

• A professor was appointed president of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology
  June 30, 2017
  Leonardo Loureiro, an engineer and professor in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, took office in June 2017 as president of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI). His term will run through June 2018. He will continue the current board’s focus, which aims to strengthen ties with various government agencies and educational institutions to train high-quality personnel for the industry.
• The coordinator was appointed editor of the journal *Papers in Physics*
  June 26, 2017
  Prof. Martín Monteiro, coordinator of the Physics Laboratory at the School of Engineering, was appointed in June 2017 as an honorary editor of the journal *Papers in Physics* for this year.
• The School of Management and Social Sciences ranks among the top 25 business schools in Latin America
  June 6, 2017
  For the twenty-second consecutive year, the School of Business and Social Sciences was the only Uruguayan business school ranked among the best in Latin America in the annual ranking published by América Economía magazine. In the 2017 edition, the school ranked 20th. The ranking assesses the quality of business schools’ academic offerings, with a focus on their Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs.
• Delivery Hero, a partner company of PedidosYa, went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  June 1, 2017
  Delivery Hero, the German food delivery company that owns PedidosYa, went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in June 2017 with a market value of $5.14 billion. This milestone boosted its prospects for expansion and growth in the online food delivery market.