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En el contexto de las movilizaciones estudiantiles que buscan incidir en la tramitación de la reforma a la educación superior, el Rector Ennio Vivaldi convocó a los distintos organismos representativos y de gobierno de la institución a una jornada de diálogo sin precedentes para debatir sobre la posibilidad de contar con una posición común en defensa de la educación pública.

Con la misión de seguir avanzando en el crecimiento y mejoramiento continuo de la calidad de la educación impartida en el IEI, el profesor Morandé asume a la cabeza del Instituto, luego de haber sido director de la Revista Estudios Internacionales y ser uno de los docentes más destacados de la institución.El Instituto de Estudios Internacionales está en un proceso de expansión en el alcance de la labor de investigación y extensión que realiza.

Pensando en una manera de reemplazar los cuestionados -pero apetecidos- nuggets del mercado, los estudiantes de la carrera de Ingeniería en Alimentos de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Carla Schilling y Cristóbal González, crearon una alternativa basada en betarraga, zapallo y espinaca, con legumbres y tres variedades de sabor: pollo, tocino y carne. La elaboración del producto se enmarca dentro de la XII Expoferia de Alimentos Funcionales, iniciativa que impulsa que estudiantes de último año de la carrera elaboren nuevos alimentos.

Ken Banks at kiwanja.net: “The ubiquity of mobile phones, the reach of the Internet, the shear number of problems facing the planet, competitions and challenges galore, pots of money and strong media interest in tech-for-good projects has today created the perfect storm. Not a day goes by without the release of an app hoping to solve something, and the fact so many people are building so many apps to fix so many problems can only be a good thing. Right?

Paper by Florian Schaub, Travis D.

Book edited by D’Ascenzo, F., Magni, M., Lazazzara, A., Za, S: “This book examines the impact of digital innovation on organizations. It reveals how the digital revolution is redefining traditional levels of analysis while at the same time blurring the internal and external boundaries of the organizational environment. It presents a collection of research papers that examine the interaction between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and behavior from a threefold perspective:

Special issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience edited by Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua, Leonie Koban, Susanne Leiberg and Patrik Vuilleumier: “In the last decade, a growing research effort in behavioral sciences, especially psychology and neuroscience, has been

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: June 28, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThe United Kingdom’s historic decision to leave the EU has stunned Brussels and sent shock waves through Europe. The Scottish governmenthas threatened to hold a second referendum on independence, jeopardizing the kingdom’s unity.

Date published: June 28, 2016"In that regard, the liability system won’t have to change much to adapt to self-driving cars, says Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of the School of Law at the University of South Carolina. Thanks to a series of laws governing liability, called tort law, drivers can currently seek compensation from a manufacturer for a faulty airbag or a defective tire.Vocativ

Date published: June 28, 2016"“If the U.S. doesn’t get thoughtful about robotics policy, we will wind up losing out to these other nations,” Ryan Calo, an expert in cyber law and robotics at the University of Washington School of Law, tells Vocativ. Vocativ

What does it mean to receive an academic fellowship? Are fellowships just polite language for recognition and money? Or do great fellowships offer something deeper by giving us meaningful networks of friendship and support?
This gif from a 2015 article uses a novel method called 'GLO-Roots' to visualize and comparethe growth of roots in water deficient (left) and control conditions (right).

Clive Thompson at the Smithsonian magazine: “As the 2016 election approaches, we’re hearing a lot about “red states” and “blue states.” That idiom has become so ingrained that we’ve almost forgotten where it originally came from: a data visualization.

Congreso internacional sobre cine documental en la Facultad de Comunicación
Nueva edición del Congreso CICOM

27/06/16 16:50
Efrén Cuevas

What does civic innovation look like in México?  There are efforts across the nation to build skills, interest, and capacity for civic technology.  Last week I contributed to these by facilitating a workshop for youth in Mérida, Mexico on the topic of Civic Innovation.

Haje Jan Kamps in TechCrunch: “In a world where the phrase “oh god, not another app” often springs to mind, along with “Yeah, yeah, I’m sure you want to make a world a better place” TraffickCam is a blast of icy-fresh air.

Jiwon Kim at PSFK: “The nonprofit Games For Change has a mission to utilize games to change the world.

Michael Cooney in NetworkWorld: “Because of a plethora of data from sensor networks, Internet of Things devices and big data resources combined with a dearth of data scientists to effectively mold that data, we are leaving many important applications – from intelligence to science and workforce management – on the table.

Book edited by Bunnik, A., Cawley, A., Mulqueen, M., Zwitter, A: “This book brings together an impressive range of academic and intelligence professional perspectives to interrogate the social, ethical and security upheavals in a world increasingly driven by data. Written in a clear and accessible style, it offers fresh insights to the deep reaching implications of Big Data for communication, privacy and organisational decision-making.