Renovation of faculty offices at the Faculty of Sciences is progressing
Teachers at the School of Mathematics received 20 newly remodeled offices, which have been upgraded with new flooring, air conditioning, improvements to the electrical and communications networks, and new furniture. This delivery is in addition to last week’s delivery, in which teachers from the School of Chemistry and Physics, mainly, received 72 workspaces. “I am […]
Faculty of Science professors receive 72 remodeled offices
At the start of the second academic period of 2025, Rector Hernán Porras Díaz handed over 72 remodeled offices to professors from the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics departments of the Faculty of Sciences. The new locations have undergone renovations, including new flooring, air conditioning installation, improvements to electrical and communications networks, and updated furniture. The […]
The ‘Colombian Team’ at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad in India will have a UIS professor on its team
India will host the 18th edition of the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad and Juan Carlos Basto Pineda, professor of the School of Physics and member of the Halley Group of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, will be part of the ‘Colombian Team’ that will be in the Asian country. There, his role will be […]
Pride in being UIS stands out during graduation ceremonies
A dream day was experienced by 572 people during the graduation ceremony at the Universidad Industrial de Santander. Applause, hugs, thanks and tears of emotion were a constant throughout the three ceremonies held during the day. An example of this was Jonatan Stiven Rodríguez Rincón, who achieved the distinction summa cum laude after finishing his […]
The UIS will be decked out this Thursday during the second day of the 2025 degree ceremony
This Thursday will be the second graduation day of 2025 at the Universidad Industrial de Santander, in which 572 people will fulfill a life goal by completing their undergraduate or graduate studies. The first shift will be for the Faculty of Physicomechanical Engineering at 8:00 a.m. At 10:30 a.m. it will be time for the […]
The Halley Group offers advanced level Astronomy Course for Children
In order for children between 8 and 12 years old to learn about astronomy in a dynamic and participatory way, encouraging exploration, reasoning and creativity, the Halley Group of the UIS will teach an advanced level children’s course on this science. The sessions will address topics such as the origin of life in the cosmos, […]
UIS scientists shared with 450 students from the region
As part of Women’s Month, the Faculty of Science of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) developed the event ‘Inspire yourself among women scientists’, an initiative that brought together 450 students from public educational institutions, mostly from rural areas of the region. This meeting sought to promote the participation of women in the scientific field. […]
Undergraduate students in Mathematics and the STEAM+H seedbed celebrated Pi Day
Through various activities and mathematical games, the students of the Bachelor’s program in Mathematics and the STEAM+H seedbed celebrated this Friday, March 14, the International Mathematics Day with children of the Technical Educational Institution Damaso Zapata. In 2019, Unesco declared every March 14 in honor of this science and thus give visibility to the international […]
This Thursday the Moon will be red during an eclipse
Around 11 p. m. on Thursday, March 13 and the beginning of Friday, March 14, a total lunar eclipse will take place, in which this satellite will be seen red and can be seen from all over Colombia. “The Moon during the eclipse looks red because it receives the light of the Sun’s ray but […]
The UIS was present at the Virology Congress held in Spain
Leidy Sierra Guevara is a graduate chemist from the UIS and represented the University at the III Congress of Virology that took place in Valencia (Spain). There, she participated in the poster modality with the research work on the metabolomic study of interferon kappa re-expression in in vitro cellular models of cervical cancer infected with […]