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December 2012
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Dec. 27, 2012On December 19, 2012, the Board of Directors of the ANII (National Agency for Research and Innovation) announced the results of the evaluation process for the 2012 call for applications for National Graduate Scholarships in Strategic Areas. Two faculty members were awarded master’s scholarships and one was awarded a doctoral scholarship.
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Dec. 27, 2012Designers Diego Aguilar and Fernando Arcos, graduates of the Interior Design program, were honored for a commercial design project at the eighth annual “Noche del Interiorismo,” which took place on December 12, 2012, in the Flex Hall at Grupo Torres. This event, organized by the Association of Professional Decorators and Interior Designers (ADDIP), aims to present awards for the best completed project and to recognize professionals and institutions that stood out during the year.
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Dec. 26, 2012Woow, a company that was pre-incubated and supported by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), was named “Entrepreneur of the Year 2012” in a competition for outstanding startups organized by the El Observador website.
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Dec. 12, 2012These startups, which were incubated and supported by the CIE (Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), were selected as among the 15 most outstanding startups of 2012 in Uruguay in a contest organized by the El Observador website. Readers of the website had until December 20 to vote for the best startup.
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Dec. 6, 2012The project “Study of Teaching Practices and Professional Skills in the Context of Educational Inclusion Policies in Uruguay,” submitted by the Institute of Education to the María Viñas Fund, was approved for funding by the ANII (National Agency for Research and Innovation). The principal investigator is Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez, a professor and tutor at the institute, and the co-principal investigator is Dr. María Inés Vázquez, Academic Coordinator of Educational Management.