During the next 3 months, there will be 3 more instances in which various gender aspects will be debated.

This cycle of activities hopes to address the issue of Gender broadly, in order to generate reflection and advocacy for gender equality and equity.

The initial milestone of this cycle of conversations was about “Gender and Soccer: experiences on the field of life” and in front of about 35 spectators, Marjorie Grondona, Professor of History and Geography, amateur soccer player and stable panelist of the Goals Show Program ; and Domingo Torres, Physical Education Teacher and professional and training soccer trainer, as well as Director of the Sports Observatory, shared experiences regarding the difficulties that women have experienced when entering an environment that has historically been conceived by men and exclusively for men.

The conversations will be broadcast live through the Zoom platform and the Youtube channel of the ULS Academic Vice-Rector's Office.

This initiative is promoted by the General Area of ​​Coordination of Rights and Duties for Comprehensive Training - AGDDFI - in collaboration with the Directorate of Liaison with the Environment and Extension and the ULS Graduate Monitoring Office.

Next activity

The next conversation will be dedicated to discussing gender bias in the professions, on Friday, July 9 at 15:00 p.m.

The meetings can be viewed, on demand, through the official ULS Academic Vice-Rector's YouTube channel.

Written by Paz Montecinos Kam – Chings, DirCom

This is the first of an annual program of initiatives to address the different perspectives on this topic.

This Thursday, June 10, at 12 noon. The first activity of the cycle organized by the Department of Architecture will be carried out within the framework of the ULS-1995 project: Universe, Earth and Poetry. Scientific, technological and cultural educational partner of the Coquimbo Region. On this occasion, the instance will delve deeper into what territorial heritage is, visiting some milestones of the Estrella Region. Participation is done via Zoom, prior registration in https://reuna.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucOigqTksHtB_-4dow6wPAsT5IXG09n1L

In this regard, Alejandro Orellana, director of the Department of Architecture, highlighted “Fishing coves constitute a very unique and characteristic way of occupying the territory of our coasts. Its inhabitants have inherited a way of life that is centuries old, but they have been adapting it to the changes of our time. If you want to learn about this topic and others related to the heritage of our territory, I invite you to participate in the activities that we are planning in the 2021 Territorial Heritage cycle.”

Likewise, he invited for this first activity, which will be directed by Dr. Architect Alejandro Orellana McBride “Did you know that in the Coquimbo Region there are stilt houses, as well as in Chiloé? I am in the Cove of Puerto Oscuro, part of the territorial heritage of our region. During the year we will carry out a series of activities to publicize, disseminate and teach about the territorial heritage of the Coquimbo Region. I invite you this Thursday the 10th at 12 noon. Let's meet to learn more about this topic and present the activities that we will see below. See you".

This activity will later be saved on the YouTube channel Linking with the ULS Media.

This thanks to the participation in the award of the new Millennium Institute of Subatomic Physics in the High Energy Frontier (SAPHIR), together with the Andrés Bello University, the Federico Santa María Technical University, the Catholic University and the University of Tarapacá.

“It is the largest fund that exists for basic sciences in Chile.” This was described by Dr. Juan Carlos Helo, academic at the University of La Serena and associate researcher at the Millennium Institute of Subatomic Physics in the High Energy Frontier, SAPHIR, recently awarded by the National Research and Development Agency (ANID), which allows the creation of Millennium Institutes in Natural and Exact Sciences, research centers of excellence that bring together scientists from different institutions.

One of the main objectives of the institute will be to strengthen collaborations with one of the four main experiments of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ATLAS, of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (official name in Spanish), CERN, located in Switzerland, strengthening in this way the international relations of the University of La Serena, in the scientific field.

The University of La Serena, together with the Andrés Bello University, the Federico Santa María Technical University, the Catholic University and the University of Tarapacá participate in this research center of excellence, which will bring together scientists from these institutions.

The Director of Research and Development of the University of La Serena, Dr. Sergio Torres Flores, stated that it is “highly valued that our academics participate in initiatives of this magnitude, which carry out cutting-edge research. This implies generation of new knowledge that permeates the training processes of our institution, therefore, enriching the research ecosystem from all points of view."

For the Director of the Department in Physics, Dr. Luis Palma, this project is part of the department's Development Plan, which contemplates a Doctorate in Physics presented to the university authorities and that would begin in 2022. “Being part of a A project of this magnitude involves a great commitment. During the year 2021, the Department of Physics will call for public competition with profiles oriented to the research lines of this project, also complying with the agreements of the faculty of the joint ULS-UTA-UV doctoral program in preparation." .

For his part, Dr. Juan Carlos Helo, academic and Master in Physical Sciences and associate researcher of the new Milenio Institute, explained that among the activities carried out by the Department of Physics of the University of La Serena, the work in Subatomic Physics stands out. , closely related to the experiments generated at CERN, which houses the largest experiment in the world on this topic.

“The five universities associated with the project have activities linked to the experiments developed at CERN. We had previous collaboration, and that is why we decided to unite around a common center in order to enhance these activities. The objective of this physics is to answer great mysteries of the universe through the small, because by understanding what constitutes the whole, you understand the whole. The LHC recreates the moments after the Big Bang and attempts to answer questions, such as what dark matter is, and why there is so much matter in the universe and so little antimatter,” said Dr. Helo.

In this sense, the academic from the Physics Department of the ULS stated that “the idea is to bring CERN to the ULS and bring the ULS to CERN, training students, both physicists and engineers, so that they can contribute to the scientific work of the ULS. CERN, participating in research projects that are at the frontier of science and contributing to answering the great questions of the Universe.

To achieve this, the next steps are to formalize a collaboration with the international research center CERN, making the University of La Serena members of this prestigious scientific institution, and generate projects at the ULS that are related to subatomic physics in the experimental field. , which requires strong international links and interdisciplinary work.

The Millennium Scientific Initiative finances and supports research centers of excellence in the areas of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences for 10 years. The Millennium Centers are awarded through public competitions by a committee of high-level international researchers independent of the applicants.

The outreach project located in the Atacama Desert, the area with the highest concentration of solar radiation in the world, offers the community the possibility of living a unique experience.

Give the community the possibility of fostering people's imagination through solar technology, art and Astronomy in a unique environment. Along these lines, at the 'Flor del Desierto' Observation Center, Cerro Dominador Solar Complex, located in the Atacama Desert, a group of astronomers and astronomers, including three academics from the University of La Serena, developed a unique initiative in America Latina and an icon for the development of renewable energies.

The Green Astrophysics project, or Green Astrophysics in English, designed an exhibition that takes visitors from our Galaxy to the Sun, the source of energy and life, and all the way to Earth. The exhibition, designed for a wide audience, includes general data, as well as more specific information through three explanatory panels.

The objective is also to encourage the imagination of children and people through art, generating interest in science. The project incorporates in its final stage an amazing view of our Galaxy, with a mural of it painted on the floor by Silvana Zúñiga, an artist known as Anima Hop, and the Cerro Dominador tower.

The initiative led by Dr. Patricia Tissera, an academic from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, was supported by astronomers and academics from various houses of study: Patricia Tissera and Nelson Padilla, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Antonela Monachesi, Facundo Gómez and Ricardo Amorín, from the University of La Serena; Roberto Assef, Paula Jofré and Thomas Maedler, from the Diego Portales University.

Dr. Facundo Gómez, Director of the Doctorate in Astronomy at the ULS, indicated that “One of our objectives is to make the public visualize the intimate relationship between our closest star and the Earth. Almost all the energy on our planet originally comes from the Sun.”

For her part, Dr. Antonela Monachesi, astronomer and academic at the ULS, pointed out that “it was a very interesting initiative since it combines science, art and technology and represents an important contribution to both the region and the country. We hope that this project stimulates interest in science and in particular in Astronomy and knowledge of our Universe."

The outreach project is located in the municipality of María Elena, about 65 km from the city of Calama and 20 km from the town of Sierra Gorda, in the Atacama Desert, the area with the highest concentration of solar radiation in the world. It consists of 2 floors: one photovoltaic and one solar thermal.

The development of this project was a great challenge not only due to the pandemic but also due to the extreme conditions of the Atacama Desert. High temperatures, winds, dust and the wide range of day and night temperatures impose strong limitations on the materials to be used and the organization of the work itself.

The undergraduate students stood out nationally with their research and will prepare to participate in Water Congress 2021.

The Center for Water Resources for Agriculture and Mining (CRHIAM), in its third meeting, brought together undergraduate and graduate students, highlighting the participation of students Pía Urrea and Vanessa Hernández from the Environmental Civil Engineering program at the University of La Serena, who after the evaluation of a jury were the winners.

The topic presented by Vanessa Hernández was Analysis of the flow-concentration relationship of the constituents of the surface waters of the Choapa River basin. In this regard, the graduate emphasized that "in this study we obtained data from the General Directorate of Water and a bibliographic review was carried out. to identify which model could be used to establish the relationship between flow and concentration. The central issue has to do with climate change and the identification in certain periods of the flow, for example, will decrease and evaluate whether the concentrations of different constituents will increase or decrease.”

Pía Urrea presented Analysis of the use of isotopic tools for environmental hydrological studies of mining in Chile. The student about the memory indicated that “isotopes are chemical elements that we can use in different areas, to know where the water comes from and the composition of the water and on the other hand there is sulfur that serves to determine possible causes of salinity. of water, or lead to determine how particulate matter is transported and where it comes from. The final objective with the research is to create a technical document that can be used by professionals from various areas and consulting or in the environmental evaluation system.

The memoirists Claudia Rojas also participated in this meeting, presenting a bibliographic analysis of the use of mathematical models of Groundwater in the study of environmental impact in Chile", and the groups made up of Esteban Olivares and Rubén Aguilera, who investigated the Modeling of the Hydrological Behavior of Culeo Lagoon; and Mauricio Rojas and Roni Carvajal, who carried out a study and bibliographic analysis of the development and implementation of secondary water quality standards in Chile.

Ricardo Oyarzún, Academic of the Department of Mining Engineering and Associate Researcher CRHIAM and Ceaza, regarding the participation of the students, stressed that “the important thing is that the students of our courses and the University, as well as these memorists, visualize the idea of ​​showing their memories outside the house of study, whether in meetings, conferences and various instances. The underlying message is to encourage and urge that the work is not just for the institution, but that it can be shared and disseminated in areas of technical-scientific dissemination.”

Vannesa Hernández referred to the achievement obtained in this third CRHIAM meeting, stating that “I am very grateful for the degree and for the entire team of teachers who have supported me in this process, this is an award for the degree. Also tell future generations that we normally see different subjects at the University and in reality we do not know what areas we are going to dedicate ourselves to, for example we can work in research in the future, whatever they do, they must put in 100% effort. ”.

The memorists will be presented at Water Congress 2021, an event that offers a forum for executives, professionals and academics from the mining industry who can address the issue of water as a productive factor, innovation and development of the optimal use of water resources.

Written by María José Barraza, FIULS 2030 Journalist.

The event, held biweekly, has the participation of School and Career Directors, as well as members of the Teaching Directorate.

Last Friday, May 28, the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, represented by Dr. Sergio Torres, Director of Research and Development, participated as a special guest of the Teaching Committee, where he shared related information with Career and School Directors. to the ULS19101 Project, which seeks to implement an innovation and creation model to strengthen scientific and technological productivity in the institution.

Likewise, a general context about the research at the institution was shown, in addition to the results that the ULS has had in this regard. The “IES- Innovate and create with 2030 in mind” project aims to prepare the institution for the country scenario of that year.

Regarding the exhibition, the Directors agreed that the project is interesting to encourage the participation of students around innovation, in addition to being grateful for the opportunity.