This legal investiture will allow future lawyers to work professionally as judicial attorneys, after completing the first 2 years of the degree.

In an emotional ceremony, the Law program of the University of La Serena presented the “Ius Postulandi” to 24 students of this program assigned to the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, becoming qualified to take their first professional steps in representation legal proceedings of persons before courts of law.

This certification is awarded to those students who have successfully completed all the subjects of the first and second year of the study plan.

During the activity, the Director of the Law degree, Mg. Carlos Magna highlighted the importance of this ceremony. “There are certain milestones that mark the career of a legal professional; one of those milestones is the Ius Postulandi, a relevant instance not only in the professional training of the student, but also in their ethical training,” he commented.

Representing the students, Javiera Leiva, pointed out that “Ius Postulandi means for us that, with a lot of effort and perseverance, we have done things well, since we have met our goals, marking a before and after of our professional career.”

The ceremony was attended by authorities, academics and students, as well as relatives of the distinguished young people.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom 

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The contest consists of the creation of micro-stories, photographs, micro-videos or posters.

Generating commitment of the university community to diversity is the main objective of the “Arts and Inclusion of people with disabilities and other excluded groups” contest, organized by the Inclusion and Disability Office, within the framework of the “Comprehensive Student Support Plan” Project from the University of La Serena, MINEDUC ULS 1799”.

The contest consists of the preparation of micro-stories, photographs, micro-videos or posters in which a message of inclusion regarding disability, sexual minorities and people of different ethnicities and/or cultures must be delivered, and registration is open to students. , academics or officials of the house of studies.

Dr. Georgina García, academic at the Department of Education and Coordinator of the 1799 project, referred to the University's commitment to this type of initiatives. “The ULS has always had a commitment to inclusion and this has allowed the university community to transform itself towards the work of inclusion, gradually changing the mental representation we have about diversity,” she said.

The rules for this contest can be requested by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the reception of the different projects is set until August 30, 2019.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

Presentations, music and a pleasant reception were part of the programming of the II Meeting of Pedagogies.

An instance of camaraderie and reunion between colleagues and professors of the different Pedagogies taught at the University of La Serena took place in the offices of the Central House of the institution. The II Meeting of Pedagogies generated a feedback event to create and strengthen ties between alumni and their alma mater.

The invitation included a musical welcome by the ULS Folkloric Ensemble, belonging to the General Directorate of Student Affairs, and later two presentations by professors who shared their experience with those attending the meeting.

To begin, there was a presentation by Norys Villarroel, professor of Biology and Natural Sciences at the Leonardo Da Vinci School, Coquimbo, who shared her initiatives, the achievements of her students and how she carried out some of these initiatives in her school. Then, Ruperto Pizarro, director of the Edmundo Vidal Cárdenas School, in the town of Peralillo, Vicuña, shared different anecdotes and situations with emotion.

In this regard, Pizarro commented: “I appreciate the opportunity and the invitation and I appreciate this conversation that was with the family. The world of pedagogies and the world of careers themselves, when you are with more teachers or depending on the career you have studied, you feel with your people (…) I felt comfortable, I felt pleased, and the most interesting thing is that I felt from them that connection of that avatar tree, that when we connect with our students, no matter how difficult it may be, they will be able to acquire it and it will be meaningful for them.”

Finally, an event of camaraderie was developed that included a cocktail and a musical reception, led by the Tuna District of the University of La Serena, which culminated in this activity organized by the Graduate Monitoring Office of the house of higher education. .

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The activity is framed within the institutional commitments to generate closeness with the community and a greater possibility of bringing schoolchildren together when deciding their professional future.

About 30 students from the Christ School of La Serena journalism academy learned about the main facilities of the School of Journalism and the Andrés Bello Campus, as a way to link the school with the community and bring students closer to the college life.

Regarding the relevance of these visits, the Director of the School of Journalism of the University of La Serena, Mg. Cristian Muñoz pointed out that “in this way there is an interaction with the students, where they are shown the School's rooms, the TV Studio, the radio and editing laboratories and the digital content room. This undoubtedly helps us position ourselves early on in future generations who may choose the School of Journalism and the ULS as their home of study.”

Regarding the academy, David Cuevas, monitor of the Christ School initiative, said that it was born based on the same needs of the educational community, however, it was not widely disseminated, so they decided to form it. Regarding the visit, he said he felt pleasantly surprised since “I found that it is a career that is well equipped at the University and that attracts a lot of attention from the students, here at the academy there are two or three students quite interested in entering Journalism.” .

Finally, Bárbara Cortés, a 4th grade student and member of the academy, expressed that she is more convinced about her future, “being in the academy already excites us and this visit allows us to see what is coming in the future when we study Journalism. In addition, the University is very nice and has a great view,” she noted.

The activity is framed within the institutional commitments to generate closeness with the community and a greater possibility of bringing schoolchildren together when deciding their professional future.

Written by Consuelo Peña, School of Journalism

Students who attended the meeting pointed out that it would be essential to continue with this type of workshops, in order to face situations that allow them to put into practice what they are learning, further strengthening their professional capabilities.

In order to strengthen the professional skills of students who are pursuing postgraduate degrees in their different formats, the Postgraduate and Postgraduate Directorate of the ULS organized the seminar-workshop called “Scientific Ethics”, which seeks to inform and update knowledge regarding that topic, establishing it as a critical part of scientific research.

In this activity, which is part of a cycle of events aimed at postgraduate students, the need to be up to date with ethics and its implications for professional development was discussed, and for this reason, among the guests was the professional from the Department of Basic Sciences of the University of Bío Bío and expert in scientific research and academic fraud, Dr. Enrique Zamorano.

During the development of his intervention, he explained to those present the importance of having clear limits when carrying out an investigation, taking into account the scope of the studies and also the misuse of fraudulent publications that circulate thanks to “predatory” magazines. ”.

For Doctor Zamorano, the topic of bioethics in research is relatively new, in such a way that public institutions such as universities "are against time to achieve internal regulations that allow ethical work in different areas, to have a committee of bioethics, running quickly to try to achieve these objectives and so that our research meets a series of criteria of scientific rigor that allows it to be projected over time."

While in the practical workshop, academic Zamorano addressed topics aimed at seeking criticism of scientific ethics, and where participants had to analyze them and put themselves in the place to clarify situations. Likewise, he pointed out “predatory” journals that do not require peer review, or if they do, it is very poor. “There is a blacklist and we are going to show it,” said the academic.

The Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte, was present during the day, and experts from different areas participated, including lawyer Elizabeth Escobar and Dr. Paola Salas, both members of the ULS Scientific Ethics Committee, and the Dr. José Valderrama, from the La Serena Technological Information Center, with the purpose of talking about scientific standards that help ensure the reliability of research results and the safety of research subjects.

The next meetings will be from the first week of June.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom

As part of its purpose of sharing knowledge that helps improve people's lives, the study house located in the Coquimbo Region made four videos that seek to explain in a didactic way to citizens the meaning of the astronomical phenomenon that they are going to experience. in Region IV next July 2; scientific dissemination material that will be broadcast by TVN Red Coquimbo and on social networks.

There is just over a month left for the total solar eclipse that will take place in the Coquimbo Region and part of the Atacama Region. This is why the University of La Serena, as the main university in the area and an institution committed to the objective of sharing knowledge to improve people's lives, decided to launch a series of educational capsules that help citizens understand the astronomical phenomenon that will occur this July 2.

The entity seeks to explain to people, in a simple and didactic format, the different scientific aspects of eclipses. The capsules will be broadcast by TVN Red Coquimbo as part of the institution's communication plan.

“Sharing with the community the knowledge that we generate and debate at the University of La Serena is part of our DNA. We are an educational partner for citizens in scientific, technological and humanistic matters. With this initiative we hope that the inhabitants can learn more about the eclipse and other scientific dissemination matters, so that they can enjoy and be amazed by one of the most anticipated astronomical phenomena of the year," explains Carola Espinoza, Director of Strategic Communication of the University from La Serena.

In the first information capsule, the person in charge of explaining what an eclipse is and how it occurs is the astronomer and academic from the University of La Serena, Dr. Guillermo Damke. In it he also tells why lunar eclipses are more common than solar ones.

The video can be seen on the Facebook and Twitter accounts of the University of La Serena, at the same time that they will be disseminated by the Municipality of La Serena.

The other capsules will be published during June and will follow the following thematic route: how to observe the eclipse safely for your health; why the eclipse will be best seen from the Coquimbo Region; and, finally, what is the relevance of solar eclipses.

The total solar eclipse occurs an unprecedented phenomenon. It last happened in the area 427 years ago and the next one will happen in 146 more years in the region. Therefore, Universidad de La Serena seeks to support the community to understand and fully enjoy this event that they will be able to appreciate once in a lifetime.

Watch video here