Education March 07, 2021 Young Mexicans win global virtual exchange competition Students from Tec de Monterrey’s Laguna campus have won the University of Toronto’s Global Learning Case Competition with their Virtual Passport Program project.
Entrepreneurs March 05, 2021 Tec project promoting education given awards by IBM and Microsoft A Tec de Monterrey student platform that uses algorithms to suggest options for new educational experiences wins first place in the IBM Call for Code Latin America and the Microsoft Future of Work competitions.
Research March 04, 2021 American Chemical Society students at Tec create outreach site Students who are part of the Tec’s Monterrey Campus ACS Chapter, along with other student chapters in Latin America, have developed a platform for science communication.
Research February 25, 2021 Tec presents laboratory to detect COVID-19 in wastewater Tec de Monterrey has inaugurated the Wastewater Monitoring Laboratory (MARTEC), which will help its campuses to trigger early warnings for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Health February 25, 2021 Mexican female scientist wins award for research on curing blindness An initiative from 3M has recognized 25 Latin American women in science, including a professor from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (EMCS) on Monterrey campus.
Research February 24, 2021 Nobel laureate calls for trust in scientific consensus on vaccines Aaron Ciechanover, an Israeli scientist who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, calls for increased media campaigns in favor of COVID-19 vaccination.
Research February 24, 2021 MIT.nano director: “the future will be measured in nanometers” Dr. Vladimir Bulović, director and founder of MIT.nano, shared nanotechnology trends in a presentation at Tec de Monterrey’s 51st Research and Development Conference.
Education February 24, 2021 Public Participation: why me? (Op-Ed by Juan Pablo Murra) Juan Pablo Murra, Rector of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies at Tecnológico de Monterrey, reflects on the importance of public participation as a cornerstone towards building the ethos of a common good.
Research February 22, 2021 The Mexican who helped on the Martian robot arm Fernando Mier-Hicks, an engineering graduate from the Tec, assisted in testing the Perseverance rover systems for NASA’s MARS 2020 mission.
Health February 17, 2021 TecSalud begins Phase 3 trials of German CureVac vaccine in Mexico TecSalud has started administering the vaccine candidate from German pharmaceutical company CureVac for its Phase 3 clinical trials.
