Latest News on Awards and Recognition

December 2018

• Education Institute Project Selected by the ANII Digital Inclusion Fund
  Dec. 27, 2018
  The "Digital Networks and Inclusion" project was selected for funding in December 2018 by the ANII's Education Sector Fund under the Digital Inclusion category.
• A graduate won first prize in the Mobile category of the National Video Game Competition
  Dec. 26, 2018
  The contest was organized by Antel, Universidad ORT Uruguay the Uruguayan Chamber of Video Game Developers.
• Students Honored in the National Academy of Engineering's Undergraduate Thesis Competition
  Dec. 26, 2018
• A firm staffed by graduates was ranked as a leading agency in the United States
  Dec. 24, 2018
  Ameba Creative Studio, founded by graduates of the School of Design, was named one of the leading UX agencies in the United States in 2018 by the Clutch platform.
• ORT graduates received the Morosoli Awards in Economics and Journalism
  Dec. 21, 2018
  This multidisciplinary award honors individuals and institutions that play a significant role in Uruguayan cultural life.
• ORT MBA graduate named a finalist for an international award
  Dec. 21, 2018
  Pablo Pereira, a graduate of ORT’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, is the first Uruguayan to be named a finalist for the AMBA Entrepreneurial Venture Award, which was created to foster and promote entrepreneurship among students at top business schools.
• Applause, a medal, and a design
  Dec. 20, 2018
  A graduate won the international award for best graphic design at the 2018 CLAP Awards, an event celebrating graphic and industrial design aimed at studios, agencies, firms, and independent professionals throughout Latin America.
• La Casa Uruguaya on the^10th Anniversary of the National Energy Efficiency Award
  Dec. 18, 2018
• Works by graduates selected for the 58th National Visual Arts Award
  Dec. 18, 2018
  The competition invited artists from across the country to submit their most outstanding works.
• Academics received the Science Award presented by the MEC
  Dec. 17, 2018
  The purpose of this award is to honor and promote scientific work in our country and to recognize the contributions of researchers in the field of science.
• A project supported by the CIE won the First Prize for Export Achievement
  Dec. 14, 2018
  Oferta Exportable was recognized at the 8th Academic Conference organized by the Exporters' Union and Banco República.
• Professor Receives the Special Doctoral Award from the Polytechnic University of Madrid
  Dec. 14, 2018
  The doctoral dissertation of the professor of Analog Electronics and Automatic Control was awarded the 2016–2017 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award.
• Thinking big from Uruguay
  Dec. 13, 2018
  A graduate and a student in the Bachelor of Graphic Design program designed the brand identity and visual communication for a project that was a finalist at the Ibero-American Design Biennial.
• A teacher was named one of the 100 pioneering women in the history of video games
  Dec. 12, 2018
  Professor Sofía Battegazzore was recognized as one of the 100 pioneering women in the history of video games worldwide.
• A startup incubated at the CIE was named Startup of the Year
  Dec. 11, 2018
  MiCheque was recognized at the Uruguay Technology Industry Awards, which have been presented by the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (Cuti) since 2014.
• A shared passion that spans Europe
  Dec. 10, 2018
  Brothers Rafael and Bernardo Antonaccio, a current student and alumnus of ORT, presented their latest film in Geneva and trained under prestigious directors and screenwriters in Spain.
• Award-winning professor at the Third Latin American Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
  Dec. 7, 2018
  The professor of Protein Technology received the award for best presentation at the Latin American Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformation.
• ORT Finishes as Runner-Up in Futsal at the “20 Years of UDE” University Sports Tournament
  Dec. 5, 2018
  The women's futsal team from Universidad ORT Uruguay as runners-up in the tournament's Gold Cup.
• Graduado is one of Latin America's 35 innovators under 35, according to MIT Technology Review
  Dec. 4, 2018
  His company, dLocal, was founded with the goal of bridging the innovation gap between payment systems in developed countries and those in emerging economies.
• *Annals of Architectural Research* has been included in Dialnet
  Dec. 3, 2018
  The peer-reviewed publication from the School of Architecture has been included in Dialnet, one of the leading bibliographic portals in the Spanish-speaking world.