ULS invites you to celebrate National Science Day with your family

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Laboratories open to the community, functions of the Mobile Planetarium and talks are part of the activities that will take place next Sunday, October 6 at the Andrés Bello Campus.

For the second consecutive year, the State Universities of Chile will celebrate the National Day of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, through scientific fairs, talks and open laboratories throughout the country.

That is why the University of La Serena will open its doors to families in the region and will celebrate this day through various activities at the Andrés Bello Campus (Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena), from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m.: XNUMX hrs.

During the day, visits will be made to learn about the laboratories of the departments of Food Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy, the initiatives of the Physics and Mathematics departments, in addition to the Digital Campus and an exhibition of the Intikallpa solar car from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a prototype that has had an outstanding participation in the world competition held in Australia.

There will also be functions of the Mobile Planetarium and a keynote talk on water scarcity will be held by the academic of the Department of Agronomy and Director of the PROMMRA Laboratory, Dr. Pablo Álvarez.

“The invitation is to come to the University of La Serena as a family, to learn and enjoy the sciences, innovation and technologies developed by our institution, which fulfills its mission of sharing knowledge that improves life,” said the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés.

Science Week is part of the work carried out by the Research Network of State universities. 

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom