The scientific event will officially begin the collaborative agreement “ULS-MPA Partner Group”, recently signed between the University of La Serena and the Max Planck Society for Astrophysics of Germany.

National and international astronomers who work in the area of ​​formation and evolution of galaxies and related topics, as well as undergraduate and graduate students from the University of La Serena and other Chilean and foreign institutions, will meet at the ULS to participate in the Congress “Galaxy Formation and Evolution”, organized by academics from the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the state campus.

The scientific event will officially begin the collaborative agreement “ULS-MPA Partner Group”, recently signed between the University of La Serena and the Max Planck Society for Astrophysics of Germany, and led by Dr. Facundo Gómez, from the Research Institute Multidisciplinary in Science and Technology ULS.

The topics to be addressed from March 11 to 15 in the Pentagon Hall (Campus Andrés Bello, La Serena), will focus on aspects concerning the latest and main discoveries in the area of ​​the formation and evolution of galaxies.

The academic responsible for the event, Dr. Facundo Gómez, announced that three directors of the MPA will participate in the Congress, who are figures of the highest level in the discipline. This is Professor Simon White, who received, among others, the prestigious Shaw Prize in 2017, known as the Nobel Prize of the East; Professor Guinevere Kauffmann and Professor Volker Springel. Several leading national scientists will also participate, such as professors Patricia Tissera, Nelson Padilla, Dante Minniti and Rodolfo Barbá.

Some of the objectives of the Congress are to analyze how fossil evidence originating in the past during accretion events can be used to constrain the formation history of nearby galaxies, as well as to identify which observables are most informative in this regard.

The conferences include presentations given by specialists and spaces to define future and specific lines of research, with the goal of forming solid collaboration teams between the ULS and the members of the various institutions present.

The “Galaxy Formation and Evolution” Congress is part of the winning projects of the Contest to Support the Holding of Scientific Events, promoted by the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies and the Academic Vice-Rector's Office of the U. of La Serena.

Written by: Gonzalo Lozano, Communications Department

The actions will continue to be a constant and future meetings with other study houses that raise inclusion as a priority issue for social equalities are not ruled out.

In order to share experiences in the field of inclusion and universal accessibility and within the framework of Project 1799, a collaborative meeting was held between the universities of La Serena and Atacama where professionals from the field of social work participated. from the UDA, Pía Avalos and Camila Callejas, the academic and Coordinator of the ULS Inclusion and Accessibility Office, Dr. Georgina García Escala, and the support professional, Alejandra Galleguillos.

During the meeting held at the ULS, the experience of the Inclusion and Accessibility Office of the University of La Serena and the work that will be carried out during 2019 by both universities was discussed. In addition, guidelines were provided on what actions should be carried out to eliminate barriers to the learning and social participation of students with disabilities at the university level and the actions that the ULS has implemented in this context.

Regarding the visit of the team from the University of Atacama, Dr. Georgina García pointed out that “for the team of professionals at the University in charge of promoting the inclusion of students with disabilities, it is a pride to receive our colleagues from the University of Atacama because we exchange knowledge and experiences about this process and, in addition, we contribute to strengthening the cooperative and collaborative work of the Network of Chilean State Universities for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.”

For her part, social worker Pía Ávalos, professional from the Inclusion and Disability Unit of the University of Atacama, pointed out that “it is important to make this type of alliances and exchange of experiences, since they contribute to learning and improvements in continuous work. of our institutions. Happy to be able to learn about the work that ULS colleagues have done over the years and experience how they have contributed, carrying out positive actions for the inclusion of students with disabilities.”

Future meetings are not ruled out to continue expanding the network with other universities, in order to strengthen efforts and meet around a topic that is of special importance for the University of La Serena.

From March 25 to 29, the Induction to University Life for new students will take place, while the start of classes for the First Semester 2019 is set for Monday, April 1.

This Monday, March 4, academic activities resumed at the University of La Serena, after the summer break that ended on Friday, the 1st of this month.

On that day, classes for the Second Semester 2018 were restarted, which is scheduled to end on Friday, March 15.

According to the 2019 Academic Calendar, Monday the 18th of this month is the last day for the delivery of report cards (first closing), and the exam period corresponding to the Second Semester 18 and subjects is set from March 27 to 2018 annual.

On March 20, the registration and start of registration of subjects for former students is contemplated, while on March 25, the academic teaching activities of the First Semester 2019 begin.

The Induction to University Life for new students is scheduled from March 25 to 29, in addition to the planning of teaching activities for the First Semester 2019. In addition, Friday the 29th of this month is the last day to submit complementary minutes (second closing).

Another important date is the start of classes for the First Semester 2019, set for Monday, April 1.

For more information on the 2019 Academic Calendar, visit the following link.

The University of La Serena organized a lunch between schoolchildren and the exhibitors of the Astronomy Panel of the Congress of the Future, which took place in La Serena.

Within the framework of the Congress of the Future, the largest scientific dissemination event in Chile and one of the most important in the world, which took place in Santiago and in different regions of the country and which took place in the Coquimbo Region on January 18. , the University of La Serena (ULS), committed to public education, had schoolchildren from the communes of La Higuera and Andacollo participate in the lunch that the speakers of the Astronomy panel had.

On this occasion, 6 fourth-grade students from the Pedro Pablo Muñoz School in the La Higuera commune, who participate in the PACE-ULS Accompaniment and Effective Access to Higher Education Program, and 3 seventh-grade students from the Andacollo commune , they talked at length and raised their concerns with world expert in aerospace engineering Dr. Danielle Wood, from the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Guillermo Damke, associate astronomer at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and associate researcher at the ULS Multidisciplinary Institute of Science and Technology; and the astronomer and Dean of the ULS Faculty of Sciences, Dr. Amelia Ramírez.

It should be noted that the schoolchildren expressed great motivation to be part of this activity due to their early interest in Astronomy. It is relevant to mention that the students of La Higuera will directly star in this year's Solar Eclipse that will produce the maximum darkening in that commune; and that the Andacollo students belong to the Skies Protection Brigade of the Coquimbo Region.

This meeting, managed by the ULS, was possible thanks to coordinated work between the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies, the Directorate of Research and Development, the PACE-ULS Program, Link with the Environment and the Regional Government of Coquimbo, who facilitated the coming of Dr. Wood.

It is of great interest for the University of La Serena to promote this type of scientific dissemination activities and, especially, school impact, since being able to experiment in the field and apply the scientific method, or interact with researchers, are experiences that can be tremendously enriching for schoolchildren and mark a before and after in their training and in their vision of the world.

Source: VIPULS

Young scientists trained in different countries, such as Australia and Argentina, arrive in the Coquimbo Region to begin their research, sponsored by the ULS.

Five doctors from different parts of the world will come to the University of La Serena to develop their research, financed by the FONDECYT Postdoctoral Program (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development). This will allow them to begin their research projects in 2019 under the leadership of ULS researchers from different areas of knowledge, including Energy and Environment, Cosmology and Particles, Astronomy, and Earth Sciences.

“It is relevant to mention that with the development of the five Doctorate programs currently offered by the University, an important development pole has been created in the region, both in research and in the training of advanced human capital, which makes the ULS very attractive to many young doctors who wish to carry out their research projects together with researchers from the institution. So much so that for this contest there were 17 doctors interested in developing their projects with researchers from this university,” commented the Vice Chancellor of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the state campus, Dr. Eduardo Notte.

FONDECYT is the main source of financing for scientific research in Chile. Every year a call is made that seeks to finance young doctors to carry out projects with a view to their employment in the academic or other field, through their incorporation into consolidated research groups that will contribute to their scientific development and that, at their In turn, they will be strengthened by your participation. In this way, this contest seeks to stimulate the productivity and scientific leadership of young researchers.

The doctors who arrive in the Coquimbo Region to develop their projects at the ULS are Mohammad Ashfaq and Neetu Talreja, who will work under the guidance of researchers Carlos Rodríguez and Adriana Mera, both associated with the Doctorate program in Energy, Water and Environment ; María José Guzmán and Valeria Mesa, who will work with researchers Yerko Vázquez and José Luis Nilo, both from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and associated with the Doctorate in Astronomy and Master's in Physical Sciences programs, respectively; and Álvaro Salazar, who will develop his project under the sponsorship of Julio Gutiérrez, who is part of the faculty of the Doctorate programs in Biology and Applied Ecology and Doctorate in Biological Sciences, Mention in Ecology of Arid Zones.

Source: VIPULS

The activity was implemented by the PACE ULS Higher Education Support (AES) area.

The Higher Education Support Area (AES) of the Support and Effective Access to Higher Education Program (PACE) of La Serena University, carried out the second module of the psychoeducational workshop “Time Organization”, aimed at first and second year students. of the Pedagogy career in Basic General Education.

The objective of this instance is that the students can use and optimize their time, through the information that is provided by the workshop executors, in addition to promoting the organization of time to optimize their academic performance. In this regard, María de Los Ángeles Bonilla expressed that "our goal as a program is that our students manage to internalize the knowledge obtained in these two sessions and can implement it into their daily routines."  

The workshop was guided by two practicing psychologists from the PACE Program, Eduardo Carrera and Fernanda Benavente, who were in charge of explaining the dynamics applied to the students. “In this session we apply the Eisenhower matrix, which is divided into two main axes: the urgency of the task and the importance of the task. Depending on whether a task is more or less important and more or less urgent, it will be located in one of the 4 quadrants into which the matrix is ​​divided. Its importance, the importance of the task, has to do with the objectives you set. Is this task important to achieve my objective? Does it make you closer to what you really want to achieve? “With these workshops, we want students to understand the importance of managing their own time,” Carrera said.

Regarding this workshop, student Magaly Espinoza stated that “I find them very appropriate and pertinent, since the biggest problem for us first-year students is precisely the study habit, being able to plan and perform adequately in each subject; “It is very good that the PACE program carries out these types of workshops.”

Regarding the completion of professional practices within the PACE program, Carolina Cerpa, teacher in charge of supervising the Psychology practices, stated that “the program is a good practice center, especially in the area of ​​educational psychology, since allows them to visualize and be able to experience different experiences, such as in the field of university life and, on the other hand, the fact that they are students of this same house of higher education allows them to have a level of internal and cultural knowledge, which favors them in the possible interventions they make, such as the proposals they make to their work plan.”

If any ULS career wants to request this workshop, they must contact the following email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Source: Press PACE ULS Program