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Possible Collab with AAA for Training Personnel

Posted on January 29, 2025September 4, 2025 by edwincaballero

Interim Rector of UPRA meets up with the executive director of the AAA for training technical personnel.

Prof. Mendez’s WOW! Signal Research Appears in “Top Science Stories of 2024”

Posted on December 17, 2024August 27, 2025 by edwincaballero

Congratulations to our physics professor Abel Mendez for his work appearing in the “Top Science Stories of 2024” article by Knowable Magazine.

Prof. Acosta et. al. Discovered the first Canoe Fragment in Puerto Rico

Posted on October 16, 2024September 1, 2025 by edwincaballero

Prof. Angel Acosta participated in study led by Dr. Reniel Rodríguez were the first ever canoe fragment was discovered in Puerto Rico.

Prof. Mendez and Acosta Discover Rock Art in Cave Depicting Historic Astronomical Event

Posted on October 7, 2024September 1, 2025 by edwincaballero

Review in Telemundo of the drawings in a cave related to the Halley comet by Prof. Abel Méndez and Prof. Angel Acosta.

Student Bianca presented Research to the Geological Society of America

Posted on September 23, 2024September 1, 2025 by edwincaballero

Review in Telemundo of the drawings in a cave related to the Halley comet by Prof. Abel Méndez and Prof. Angel Acosta.

Student Nurialys Completed COOP Internship at AVARA

Posted on September 4, 2024October 13, 2024 by edwincaballero

Congratulations to our student Nurialys (Bach. Industrial Chemical Processes), who completed her COOP internship at the AVARA pharmaceutical company this summer.

Student Hermin Vargas was Awarded 2024 ACS Undergraduate Award

Posted on August 31, 2024October 13, 2024 by edwincaballero

Congratulations to our graduate Hermin Vargas (Bach. Chemical Processes), who was awarded the 2024 American Chemical Society (ACS) Undergraduate Award.