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Por Nubia Piqueras Grosso, Chief Correspondent/Panama CityPanama, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Among narrow streets, surrounded or splashed by water and the breeze of the Pacific Ocean, San Felipe is Panama s second oldest urban center.
Cuba awarded Order Carlos J. Finlay to Iranian scientist
Cuba awarded Order Carlos J. Finlay to Iranian scientist
3 de agosto de 2021, 18:30Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuba conferred the Carlos J. Finlay Order to the director of the Pasteur Institute of Iran, Alireza Biglari, for her contribution to biotechnology, teaching and scientific activity in both countries, local media reported today. The Council of State, through Presidential Decree number 281, ordered the delivery of said award and highlighted the contribution of the Iranian expert to the improvement of agreements for technology transfer of vaccines of the Caribbean nation.
According to the Cuban News Agency, at the proposal of the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Pérez, the Order recognizes Biglari s collaboration in the development of the immunogen against Covid-19 Sovereign 02, a project promoted by the Finlay Institute of Vaccines (IFV) of this capital.
Diaz-Canel pays tribute to prominent Cuban scientist
Diaz-Canel pays tribute to prominent Cuban scientist
Havana, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute on Friday to Jorge Gavilondo Cowley, one of Cuba s most prominent scientists from the second half of the 20th century, who died recently. Our most heartfelt homage to the life and work of Jorge Gavilondo Cowley, founder of biotechnology in Cuba, a member of honor of that great force that we are celebrating today: Cuban science, he tweeted.
One of his contributions was the development of the first monoclonal antibodies in 1981, like Itolizumab, known for its goods results in treating severe Covid-19 patients.
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum holds annual youth writing contest with focus on science
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The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will be accepting submissions to their annual Young Writers Competition School Feb. 1 through June 4.Photo courtesy of Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum / Contributed photo
Creative youngsters in the tristate area are invited to put pen to paper (or finger to key) and compete in the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum’s (LMMM) eighth annual Young Writers Competition.
For this year’s competition the LMMM is asking middle school students in grades six through eight to write a story based on the theme “A Scientist Visits the Mansion,” that explores a fictional event that takes place at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion between 1868 and 1938.
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FIU delivered laptops, bikes, and other toys to Miami-Dade elementary school students on Thursday, Dec. 17.
This is the 29th year that FIU has given students at low-income schools surprises for the holidays while celebrating their academic achievements. Typically the FIU Children’s Holiday Celebration takes place at the university, but it went virtual this year because of COVID-19.
Three students from Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary and Jesse J. McCrary Elementary received laptops donated by Office Depot, while Walmart and FIU provided bikes and other toys for students selected by their principals. The selected students also participated in a virtual celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 15 with President Mark B. Rosenberg, FIU’s mascot Roary, and Santa Claus.