Testimonials

December 2013

• Architect Alice Bonet: “The diploma allows you to bring together different elements toward a single goal”
  Dec. 23, 2013
  Architect Alice Bonet is one of the first graduates of the Specialization Diploma in Real Estate Business, which the School of Architecture launched in 2012. As the director of her own real estate venture, Architect Bonet decided to enroll in the program with the goal of strengthening her knowledge of the real estate business. We interviewed her so she could tell us about her experience.
• “ORT strives to develop individuals who are critical thinkers, innovative, committed, and adaptable”
  Dec. 14, 2013
  Fernando de León, a certified public accountant, was a partner at Ficus Capital, a co-founder of EastInvest, and was recently accepted into the MBA program at Babson University’s Graduate School.
• “A lot of the things I learned in college have been really helpful to me”
  Dec. 10, 2013
  Fernando Riera Riolfo, 43, a Business and Corporate Lending Executive at the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU), shares his experience studying to become a Foreign Trade Analyst at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
• The consumption of interior images
  Dec. 2, 2013
  Carol Garcia, a Brazilian with a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics and a Ph.D. in Fashion Communication, explained why, in today’s world, we no longer need more products but rather “inner images.” She also offered insights into what brands must do to achieve them.
• Darío Gallo: “Twitter is the new news agency”
  Dec. 2, 2013
  One of the pioneers of blogging and Twitter in Argentina spoke with In situ about how social media and the internet have changed the way news is reported. Darío Gallo, editor-in-chief of Clarín’s website, suggested rewriting headlines to suit the platform on which they are published and observing how the public reacts, which often leads to new content.