UPRRP College of Natural Sciences

The College of Natural Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras), was established in 1943. It is one of several colleges that make up the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Facundo Bueso Sanllehí was its first dean.[1] It is located in the city of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico.

College of Natural Sciences
Established1943
Students18,653
Location
San Juan
,
Puerto Rico

18.403027°N 66.045875°W / 18.403027; -66.045875
NicknameNaturales
Websitenatsci.uprrp.edu

In September 2019, the university won a $US17.4 million research grant from the National Science Foundation, for wearable technology.[2]

Undergraduate Degrees Offered
  • Biology
  • Chemistry (recognized by the American Chemistry Society)[3]
  • Physics
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary in Natural Science Program
  • Nutrition
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science

Graduate Degrees Offered
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Mathematics

Centers
  • Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC)
  • Center for Nanoscale Materials

Facilities
  • Animal House
  • Botanical Garden
  • Center for Educational Production Services
  • Computing Center
  • Department of Chemistry Support Facilities
  • Electronics Workshop
  • Field House at El Yunque (El Verde)
  • Greenhouse
  • Herbarium (http://herbario.uprrp.edu/)
  • Instrumentation Workshop
  • Machining Workshop
  • Natural Sciences Library
  • Zoology Museum
gollark: And the brain does a lot of fancy stuff to pretend to have a coherent visual field despite the blind spot and the fact that only a small region (the fovea) can actually sense color well.
gollark: I read that somewhere, I forgot where.
gollark: Apparently the retinas also do edge detection stuff onboard.
gollark: And if you're running away from problems very fast, special ethical relativity.
gollark: For example, accurately handling your moral obligation to yourself (over short distances) requires quantum ethics.

References
  1. LA FACULTAD (in Spanish), UPRRP College of Natural Sciences, retrieved September 11, 2019
  2. "Investigadores de la UPR ganan subvención millonaria por parte de la Fundación Nacional de las Ciencias".
  3. "Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus - Home". chemistry.uprrp.edu.
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