The workers thanked the Rector's Office and the Department of Physics and Astronomy for having provided the lenses that sought ocular prevention when enjoying the astronomical phenomenon.

A group of officials from the University of La Serena, motivated by the desire to help and considering the great astronomical event of 2019, took a tour of the Seremía de Desarrollo Social hostel and the Hogar de Cristo hostel to deliver glasses to homeless people, so that they could enjoy the total solar eclipse on July 2.

The Coordinator of the Student Welfare Department, Patricia Astroza, the secretary of the Protocol Department, Margot Pizarro, and the specialized assistant of the Department participated in the initiative, which was born from the ULS officials themselves. of Maintenance, Leonel Rojas and the professional of the Protocol Department, Wilson Rojas.

The workers were grateful for the opportunity they had and made a call for solidarity, remaining attentive to continue collaborating in the area of ​​social vulnerability.

“Everyone expressed great joy, feeling included in this great astronomical event. They were also told about the importance for the University of sharing information related to the eclipse and providing security with certified glasses to the entire community,” said Wilson Rojas, who along with the other officials handed out glasses to other homeless people with those they shared back home.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom

Sons and daughters of school officials participate in the activities, who will be under the supervision of 3 monitors, as well as professionals from the Welfare Department.

Like every year, the Human Resources Department of the University of La Serena is organizing a new version of the “Entertaining Winter Vacation”, aimed at sons and daughters of academic and non-academic officials of the state educational institution.

The participants, children between 5 and 10 years old, will be able to enjoy different activities, such as sports days, going to the movies, field trips, special visits and a trip to the Elqui Valley, all within the schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 14:30 hrs. and between 17:30 p.m. and XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.

The “Entertaining Vacations” seek to generate an instance of recreation and participation for the youngest members of the families that belong to the ULS, thus contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of the university community, as well as supporting officials in the care of the little ones when they are on vacation.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom

The activity was carried out in conjunction with the Cardiosport program and had the participation of 22 students from the Sports Kinesiology subject.

With the purpose of expanding the experiences related to the relevance of the practice of physical activity and its preventive and rehabilitative function, last Wednesday, July 3, within the framework of the program of the Sports Kinesiology subject, the Kinesiology career of the University from La Serena managed an activity in the training area from a kinesics perspective for its students.

The activity was managed with the collaboration of kinesiologist Marcelo Bonilla, founder and director of the Cardiosport program, allowing students to become aware of the need for movement as the most effective tool in the prevention and rehabilitation of function in human beings.

“It is important to emphasize that these activities are part of the career improvement plan, the result of a process of self-evaluation and optimization of the academic unit, which is directly related to the operational plans of the unit and the University's Educational Model. , which places the student as the focus of the learning process and the community as beneficiaries of our work,” indicated the Director of the Kinesiology program, Dr. Alfredo Gary, regarding the implementation of this activity.

For his part, the teacher in charge of the Sports Kinesiology subject, Jorge Carrizo, referred to the importance of instances like this for the training of a professional. “It is essential to understand that training is a systematized tool, where we must respect biological and physiological processes, we must understand that our students have tools to accompany every process, from prevention, optimization, rehabilitation and reintegration into sports practice,” he said. .

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

Climate change is a transversal problem for the human race, how to report is a task of journalists and communicators. That is why the journalist and academic from the University of Alaska Anchorage, Paola Banchero, gave the talk: “Things in Common: Communicating Climate Change.”

The presentation took place in the Alejandro Covarrubias Room of the Central House of the University of La Serena, on Friday, July 5, and included the participation of the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas Escobar, the Director of the School of Journalism, Mg. Cristian Muñoz Catalán, among other authorities, academics and students.

Paola Banchero is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and has worked as a reporter and editor in different media outlets. In addition, she has taught courses and worked on the making and execution of documentaries related to the impact of climate change.

For the Director of the School of Journalism, Mg. Cristian Muñoz, the instance allows to connect two geographically distant institutions, but close in various academic nuances. “It is very pleasant to plan this talk, we see it as an opportunity to strengthen ties with the University of Alaska Achorage, since we have similarities that we can combine as a real opportunity for a career in Journalism,” he stated.

In this way, the talk made it possible to learn about different communication strategies on this topic, and to accentuate the importance of solutions over pessimism when it comes to reporting.

The journalist from the University of Alaska emphasized the essential role that communicators have, and reinforced that it consists of continuous learning. “I think we are learning how to cover these events, we have had 25 or 30 years of news on the subject and many excellent cases, but in reality the coverage has been very focused on guilt and this is a problem without providing solutions, so I want to communicate the importance of providing people with solutions that are understandable and within reach,” he expressed.

The talk ended with a round of questions from those present and the presentation of a gift to the journalist Paola Banchero, by the Dean of the FACSE and the Director of the School of Journalism, which consisted of a publication on material didactic for teaching journalism, carried out by the former academic Mg. Marcela Poblete Ibaceta.

Written by Paula Godoy, ULS Journalist

In an official meeting, the Scientific Ethics Committee of the University of La Serena presented the progress and challenges of 2019, an event that allowed agreements to be concluded together with the Rector's Office and the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies.

The meeting was held on Monday, July 8, in the Raúl Bitrán Room. The members of the Committee participated, along with the Rector of the campus, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés Pizarro, and the Vice Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte Cuello.

The objective of the meeting was to present the main advances and challenges of the Committee for the current year; This is within the framework of the next application for accreditation granted by the Ministry of Health, a certification that allows compliance with current legislation.

The Rector of the University, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, thanked us for the meeting and stated that “it is a pleasure to work like this, since it is the dynamic that we must have as a University, to be accredited in every sense.” In addition, he established the commitment to generate the appropriate infrastructure so that the Committee can operate optimally, in addition to all the technical inputs necessary to achieve the main objective.

Likewise, the Executive Secretary of the ULS Scientific Ethics Committee, Dr. Paola Salas Rivas, stressed the importance of the presence of the Rector and Vice-Rector, since it allows the Committee's objective to materialize. “What the Scientific Ethics Committee does is show that the researchers' actions are supported by the institution. The researcher is no longer alone, but is linked to the team at the time his project goes through the Scientific Ethics Committee,” she said.

The presentation ended with the agreement to meet in the next 15 business days, in order to review the agreements and progress made at the meeting, and thus work together for the accreditation application for August.

Written by Paula Godoy, ULS Journalist

The group will participate in various academic activities at the Krakow University of Technology and the University of Wroclaw in Poland. It also takes samples for Mineralogical and Petrographic analysis, within the framework of research projects that will be carried out jointly.

A group of 12 undergraduate students from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Serena has benefited from internship scholarships to Poland, an activity sponsored entirely by the mining company KGHM and Polish universities. This internship takes place for a period of 15 days in that country, where they will attend a mining school and visit various companies in the sector.

The Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Ing. Mauricio Godoy Seura, congratulated the students selected to travel to Poland and wished them the greatest success in the new experience, indicating that “they will be the representatives of our University in the abroad, where they can visit different mining schools and companies in the same field; Therefore, we will have students with a broader vision of what mining is and the training of future engineers.”

The Dean also thanked all public and private institutions, the technological universities of Krakow and Wroclaw, and the Polish company KGHM, together with the International Relations Office of the ULS, fundamental for these collaborative activities.

THE Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Engineering and academic of the Department of Mining Engineering, Waldo Valencia, stressed that “it is an important challenge, it is the first time that a group of young people makes a trip of these characteristics and it is an opportunity that will allow them to expand their horizons regarding their career and their specialty, knowing what the work that is done in universities abroad is like.”

Nieves Ochoa, a ULS Mining Engineering student, commented that "I found out one Wednesday, they asked me if I was prepared to go to Polinia and I immediately agreed since it is an excellent opportunity for me, I couldn't leave it." It will help me learn and be more prepared for the world of work and will allow us to learn about other types of mining and deposits.

While Maximiliano Ortiz, student of Mechanical Execution Engineering, stated that “in my area this experience will allow me to have contacts to have greater job possibilities in the future, create links between both universities and leave the name of the University and the country at the top. ".

Likewise, within the framework of joint research projects between the Faculty of Engineering and the universities of Krakow and Wroclaw, samples will be taken for mineralogical and petrographic analyzes of mutual interest.

Written by María José Barraza, Engineering Project 2030