Latest News on Awards and Recognition

September 2021

• The coordinator participated in the scientific committee
  Sept. 28, 2021
• ORT and Israel at Expo Prado 2021
  Sept. 23, 2021
  On its return to Expo Prado after 24 years, the Israeli Embassy’s booth featured a façade designed by two students in the Bachelor’s program in Interior Design at the School of Architecture of Universidad ORT Uruguay; the design also received an honorable mention for best façade at the 2021 edition of the exhibition.
• Vaillant was selected to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Teacher Training in Distance and Hybrid Learning Project
  Sept. 22, 2021
  Dr. Denise Vaillant, dean of the Institute of Education, was selected to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Teacher Training in Distance and Hybrid Learning Project, in recognition of her expertise, track record, and experience in the field of education.
• A graduate won first prize from the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs
  Sept. 20, 2021
  Serrana Pérez, a graduate in biotechnology engineering and founder of the company Biolube, is the winner of the first edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a program funded by the U.S. Embassy and facilitated by ORT’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
• A graduate will be one of Santander's Women Leaders
  Sept. 20, 2021
  A graduate of the Bachelor's Degree in Communication is one of the 125 professionals selected for the Santander Scholarship for Women Leaders.
• The selections for the Detour Festival
  Sept. 17, 2021
• The winners of FIA'21 have been announced
  Sept. 15, 2021
  This year, 170 short films were submitted, and 46 were selected for the official competition. The results were announced at the awards ceremony, which was streamed on YouTube.
• HUS Furniture Wins at Vero De Design
  Sept. 15, 2021
  HUS is entering the Brazilian market (and its regional subsidiaries) after being named one of the winners of the 4th Vero Design Competition.
• "Visual Thinking in the Classroom" Wins Award at the 2021 Education Challenge
  Sept. 15, 2021
  The educational project "Visual Thinking in the Classroom," developed by graphic design graduate Noelí Seveso, won first prize in the 2021 Education Challenge competition, organized by Socialab and the Itaú Foundation. 
• Professor selected by the Smithsonian Design Museum in New York
  Sept. 6, 2021
  Rosana Malaneschii, a faculty member at the school, was selected by the Curatorial Department of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York for an exhibition and publication titled *Designing Peace*, which will open in June 2022.
• "The Broken Glass Theory" won Best Foreign Feature Film at Gramado
  Sept. 3, 2021