During the activity, the gender approach, the violation of women's rights, patriarchy and hetero-patriarchy, female liberation and how feminism responds to a new trend in the social sciences were discussed.
 
In the TV Studio of the School of Journalism of the University of La Serena, the Conversation “Bodies, Politics and Micromachismos” was held, given by the Argentine sociologist Eugenia Scirpo.

The activity addressed points such as the gender approach, violation of women's rights, patriarchy and hetero-patriarchy, female liberation and how feminism responds to a new trend in the social sciences, which has studies and research methodologies. All these topics focused from a perspective of feminist epistemology.  

"Without a doubt, Chilean society is opening up spaces for debate and it is good that the University does not isolate itself and is not left out of debates that are taking place at a social level, and that these types of instances exist, it seems to me that it is a place of construction of citizenship and a space for the production of meaning,” said Scirpo.

The sociologist added that "people have given themselves the space because they need to know the paths and strategies of action to create a more open and democratic Chilean society and truly where there is room for everyone."

This conversation was organized by the academics of the Department of Social Sciences of the University of La Serena, Marcela Altamirano and Carolina Rodríguez, in conjunction with the College of Journalists - Coquimbo Council.

“This talk was born out of a personal concern, we wanted to address this issue from an academic but also a social perspective to value women who have had our rights undermined for many years, proof of this is that very recently we have access to education and voting,” Rodríguez indicated about the holding of this instance.

“These types of talks promote education on the subject and from there we began to talk about feminist movements. All social movements in democracy are important, citizens have to become part of this discussion, we cannot leave decisions that are so important for women in the hands of certain institutions of power,” she concluded.

For her part, Nathalie Castillo, president of the College of Journalists - Coquimbo Council, expressed that “we are always willing to collaborate with the School of Journalism, much more so when these issues such as the gender approach are discussed. As a College of Journalists we have always been working on an agenda that allows us to reduce gender gaps and position these issues through communications workers, journalists and the media, who are also reproducers of these inequalities. So advancing in workshops or any type of activities that can be carried out for the community contributes a lot, which is why we found that it was a successful conversation.”

In this way, it is expected to continue advancing on these types of topics, leaving the door open to new workshops and conversations on the gender approach and the progress that is being made on this issue in the country.

Source: School of Journalism

The initiative was born from the collaborative work deployed by the Directorate of Institutional Studies and Planning to support the PMI FIPULS Institutional Improvement Plan for Pedagogies.

“Hack your class” was called the training session that Microsoft professionals carried out for teachers belonging to the University of La Serena, who had the opportunity to update knowledge and learn new programming techniques, in order to be able to apply them in the classroom and offer a innovative material to their students.

This training, which included the protocol greeting of the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, was part of the cooperative work carried out by the Directorate of Institutional Studies and Planning and the company Microsoft, which since 2017 has supported different projects aimed at the implementation of new technologies and learning processes to the ULS educational community.

“For our university, it is very important to have this type of alliance, since it allows us to strengthen our teaching staff and also position ourselves in new technologies. The constant work that is being done to update knowledge, as well as the work that is deployed from the PMI of Pedagogies, makes it clear that we want to be hand in hand with new processes, and this support through Microsoft is very significant," he stated. the first authority of the ULS.

Also present on the occasion was the Director of Education at Microsoft, Raimundo Valenzuela, who was emphatic in saying that this alliance with the University of La Serena is part of the responsibility that Microsoft has as an educational community, and that for this reason it was the first house of studies chosen to begin a journey through different institutions training teachers interested in innovations, which will be part of the change in thinking to train new generations of teachers.

The teachers who received this training in an intensive block day were able to learn about technology that can be incorporated to stimulate new ideas in the class process.

For the Director of Institutional Studies and Planning, Mg. César Espíndola, this work is part of the policies of continuous improvement and linkage with the regional and national environment that the University has, and assured that these instances not only benefit ULS teachers but also pedagogy graduates, who are were interested in participating in this transfer event.

The ULS teachers and pedagogy graduates learned about the Arduino programming system, taught by the programming expert, Ignacio Cormach, current technical specialist in education in the Microsoft community. It should be noted that this type of programming is an open source electronic prototyping platform based on flexible and easy-to-use hardware and software. It is designed for artists, designers, as a hobby and for anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

Source: DEIP Press

The III National Entrepreneurial Education Colloquium was sponsored by the Ignacio Domeyko Engineering Consortium (CIID), made up of the Engineering faculties of the University of La Serena and the University of Atacama (UDA), and is part of the “ New Engineering for 2030 - Regions” by Corfo.

Promoting the exchange of good practices between academics from higher education institutions dedicated to the training of entrepreneurs was the objective of the III National Colloquium on Entrepreneurial Education, an event that brought together researchers, academics and professionals at the University of La Serena for three days. linked to the theme of entrepreneurship and innovation from the north and south of the country, who shared experiences and new knowledge on the subject through the various exhibitions presented during said meeting.

Organized by the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the ULS, in conjunction with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network in Latin America (EmprendeSUR), which has among its members the most prominent entrepreneurship and innovation professionals of the continent, the Colloquium allowed academics from the various participating institutions to reinforce their commitment to entrepreneurial training, something widely valued by university authorities.

In this sense, the Rector of the University of La Serena, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, highlighted the importance of the ULS joining the task of the EmprendeSUR Network of promoting the creation of innovative, fast-growing companies, developing entrepreneurship, strengthening entrepreneurial education and design entrepreneurial cities that will be the centers of innovation and entrepreneurship in the future, assuming through the development of this third Colloquium a concrete commitment to the development of entrepreneurial education.

“The University of La Serena conceives entrepreneurship as a valuable option for the professional development of its students and professionals, which is why we are convinced that the student and graduate of the institution must have the skills demanded by their professional field, but also the called 'soft skills', which are summarized in having an entrepreneurial seal and facing life with an entrepreneurial mentality," said the highest academic authority at the ULS.

He added that “the latter entails a proactive attitude, the ability to work as a team, knowing how to lead work teams, the ability to work under pressure, the strength to overcome failure, and also embodying high ethical values,” so developing initiatives that “They contribute to the generation of a climate of regional entrepreneurship, and they also reflect the high impact of the actions of linking our university with the environment” is relevant for this state university.

In the same vein, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of the ULS, Dr. Luperfina Rojas, pointed out that the University, through the FACSE, “is immersed in this challenge, and for this reason, seeks to train professionals competent and entrepreneurial, capable of initiating the autonomous development of micro-enterprises, promoting the innovative processes of companies and organizations in our region, and also becoming job generators.”

“Updating the content and experiences of its academics on these topics is essential for the success of our management,” said Dr. Rojas Escobar, which is why she highlighted the participation and joint work of all academics, researchers, professors and professionals from both the FACSE and the Faculty of Engineering (FIULS) that made the development of this Colloquium possible, which in turn made visible the need to prioritize entrepreneurial education programs in public policies from the school level to higher education.

For his part, the Dean of the FIULS, Dr. Ing. Mario Durán, expressed that the third version of this national colloquium, held between January 10 and 12 recently, acquires even more relevance given the new paradigms of the Society of Knowledge, which - in his opinion - “explain that people, along with knowing and knowing, must develop capabilities and skills, given the need for a profound cultural change that encourages and supports these new capabilities from an early age and in a sustainable manner. ”.

He added that “the role of education and the radical changes that traditional teaching must face constitute a priority challenge in this new scenario,” which is why being part of and hosting this important meeting, and hearing from the voice of its protagonists, the entrepreneurship experiences arising from their classrooms, only reinforce the interest in training professionals and postgraduates with a solid scientific and technological base, guided by a humanistic training, which contributes to sustainable development and a better quality of life for society.

An example of this is the panel carried out with young entrepreneurs who graduated from FIULS, Daniel Mondaca and Joaquín Morey, who through their companies Prolinguo and IntAR21, respectively, are a clear example of the importance of training in research and development, innovation and entrepreneurship for the future development of engineering professionals and any other discipline that contributes to the growth of the country, something highly valued by the participants of the III National Entrepreneurial Education Colloquium.

This initiative also consolidated the work carried out by the Chilean chapter of the EmprendeSUR Network, currently chaired by Dr. Pedro Vera and created in 2004 based on the concern of a group of teachers, researchers, and academics who shared the need for build a space for meeting, debate and reflection on the problems of entrepreneurship and innovation; and show the impact of entrepreneurship generated in higher education institutions in the Coquimbo Region.

In this regard, Dr. Vera, a mechanical civil engineer from the University of Concepción and Director of the Entrepreneurship Promotion and Development Program (EMPRENDO) of said university, highlighted that “entrepreneurial and innovative training must permeate the education curriculum. formal at all levels from basic education to higher education and starting at an early age", a task that - in his opinion - "is not an isolated task but rather opens a space for the collaboration of all actors, and in particular the community academic.”

For this reason, he pointed out, discussing topics such as the development of creative thinking through e-learning experiences, or defining the personality and entrepreneurial intention of students, as well as analyzing the success of centers, programs, projects and business incubators. As support for entrepreneurial training and the development and strengthening of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, it was of great help so that “from the exchange of experiences, we are able to create education for a new Chile.”

Finally, it should be noted that this activity, carried out in the Buenaventura Osorio Hall of the ULS Faculty of Engineering, was sponsored by the Ignacio Domeyko Engineering Consortium, which seeks to transform the respective engineering faculties of the ULS and the UDA into references national and international in research and development, innovation and entrepreneurship - with emphasis on mining, energy and sustainability -, involving various actors in society to contribute to the formation of world-class human capital.

Source: FIULS Press

The Institutional Improvement Plan for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability has been an active collaborator in the development of the ULS solar car.

One of the purposes that the University of La Serena has set for itself is to be an entity with a seal of training and scientific-technological capacity, to collaboratively contribute to the development challenges of the Coquimbo Region. Thus, through its Institutional Improvement Plan aimed at energy efficiency and sustainability, it has made significant contributions to the different projects that the university has undertaken, among them, the Intikallpa IV solar car run by students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, belonging to the ULS Faculty of Engineering.

It is for this reason that Ineergias has supported the development of this important initiative, and has made it possible to establish collaborative links with the Mechanical Engineering degree, making a significant contribution of around $120 million pesos, between construction and implementation to achieve the so-called "Room Limpia”, which will become a milestone of modernization and solution for the U. de La Serena.

For Dr. Mauricio Godoy Seura, an academic belonging to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and current collaborator of the Intikallpa IV team, this consolidation of the “Clean Room” will provide solutions when assembling the new versions of the car, as well as promote technological transfer , related to the knowledge and use of new materials to improve the efficiency and sustainability of industrial processes and promote the manufacture of prototypes that use new materials.

It should be noted that the so-called “Clean Room” is a space specially designed to obtain low levels of contamination, which has strictly controlled environmental parameters, air particles, temperature, humidity, air flow, internal air pressure and lighting.

The aforementioned project, among its multiple actions, will allow with this technology, the manufacturing of prototypes made with composite materials, covering a wide range of engineering areas. For example, the Intikallpa solar car prototype will continue its development, a vehicle that has been the sole champion in two national races (Atacama Solar Challenge) and the sole representative in the World Solar Challenge race in Australia 2017. This positions the University of La Serena with other universities and Technological Centers of excellence at a national and global level.

Source: DEIP Press

The talk will be given by Dr. José Luis Nilo and will take place this Friday, January 12, at 18:30 p.m., in the Gabriel González Videla Room of the Regional Administration.

The Milky Way, the galaxy that houses the Solar System where we live, has a wonderful secret hidden by millions of stars that only intelligence could reveal.

Every night it is possible to see a large whitish track full of beautiful stars that amaze scientists and tourists. Unfortunately, when it comes to the study of the deep Universe, this "milky road", brimming with beauty, blocks the light coming from other, more distant galaxies that lie just behind ours.

However, astronomers recently developed a technique that allows them to observe the Universe that is just behind this colossal wall of stars and stardust that is the Milky Way.

Come discover how astronomers manage to investigate this "Dark Side of the Galaxy" in the talk offered by astronomer José Luis Nilo, researcher at the Multidisciplinary Research Institute in Science and Technology of the University of La Serena, this Friday, January 12, starting at 18:30 p.m., in the Gabriel González Videla Room of the Regional Administration of Coquimbo. Entry is free.

The presentation is part of the cycle of public talks “Astroserena, exploring the cosmos from the Coquimbo Region”, organized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of La Serena, with the collaboration of Gemini Observatory.

More information: http://astroserena.weebly.com/.

The final process in the students' professional training allowed them to incorporate professional and human experiences, as well as be a contribution to the health needs of the community.

During the last two weeks of December 2017, the first defense of the title of 6 students of the Kinesiology program at the University of La Serena was successfully carried out, an exam that was carried out at the Pedro Aguirre Cerda Family Health Center and at the KINNET Kinésico Center, both in agreement with the ULS.

In 2017, Nicole Pincheira Riveros, Aylen Castro Gallegos, Javiera Castro Slomp, Fernando Rojas Galleguillos, Anuar Gascon Muñoz and Matías Montenegro Reyes, completed their 5th year of study, in which they carried out their professional practices in public and private health establishments in the region. During their professional practices, the students developed and specified their cognitive, procedural and attitudinal skills, highlighting the professionalism, dedication to service, multidisciplinary work and professional ethical conduct of the inmates.

Each of the next 6 new kinesiology professionals from the University of La Serena had the opportunity to work in 4 health centers in the region (offices in La Serena and Coquimbo, La Serena Hospital, Coquimbo Regional Clinic, Kinnet Kinesic Center, Fundación Farré, community rehabilitation centers, pediatric and adult respiratory disease wards).

The final process in the students' professional training allowed them to incorporate professional and human experiences, as well as be a contribution to the health needs of the community.

“I am proud to have been able to reach this stage and be part of this first promotion. These five years were a process full of changes, in which I faced different situations, where I had the guidance and support of excellent professors, who gave me the necessary tools to function as a quality professional in today's job market in day," said Anuar Gascon.
 
The Director of the course, Dr. Alfredo Gary Bufadel, highlighted that “with this milestone the first stage of institutional work that was born in 2012 with the creation of the Kinesiology course through Decree 401/2012 ends. During this period, it was possible to form a solid team of professionals and officials, which has made it possible to strengthen working ties with the different units that support the curricular, academic, and personal development of Kinesiology students."