Coming soon: ‘2025 Faculty of Health Alumni Reunion’
Dear alumni: The Faculty of Health invites you to a social and cultural gathering where you can reconnect with former professors and friends, as well as tour the facilities of the new Scientific Complex for Health and Life Sciences Research. Pre-registration: https://forms.gle/gW4XF3aT2ZXgDdkV8 We look forward to seeing you there!
University education with a regional impact: UIS School of Nutrition and Dietetics promotes public food policy in Santander
As part of her rotation in the area of Public Nutrition, Sara Valentina Pérez Rojas, a tenth-semester student in Nutrition and Dietetics, participated in the first assemblies of families benefiting from the Food Sustainability Program (SUSTENTA) held in the municipalities of Vélez and Onzaga, in the department of Santander, on October 27 and 30. These […]
The UIS participated in the National Congress on Nutrition, Parenting, and Health: Healthy Children, Strong Communities
The Industrial University of Santander (UIS), through the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Faculty of Health, played a prominent role in the National Congress on Nutrition, Parenting, and Health: Healthy Children, Strong Communities, an event organized by the Colombian Society of Pediatrics, which brought together national experts in […]
Professor at the School of Nutrition received the Antonia Santos Order
As part of the first Meeting to Raise Awareness of Community, Agricultural, and Social Organizations in Santander, the Santander Community Federation (FECOSAN) and the Association for Agricultural and Rural Development in Santander (ASOCAMPOSANDER) awarded Ximena Lucelly Sánchez Cortés, a professor at the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, the “Antonia Santos Order” distinction in recognition of […]
UIS Nutrition students participated in a conference on sustainable food security
Fourth-semester students from the Nutrition and Dietetics program at the Industrial University of Santander, along with intern Laura Giovanna Álvarez Ibáñez and professor of Food Legislation and Standardization Sandra Bueno, participated in the “Standardizing with Mankka” conference organized by the Buen Ambiente Corporation (Corambiente). Corambiente is an interdisciplinary organization committed to environmental conservation and strengthening […]
School of Nutrition and Dietetics contributes to strengthening public policy on food and nutrition security in San Vicente de Chucurí
On Friday, September 19, Lina Marcela Martínez Rangel, a tenth-semester student at the School of Nutrition and Dietetics, accompanied by her internship professor, Ximena Lucelly Sánchez Cortés, participated in a technical assistance workshop at the Municipal Mayor’s Office of San Vicente de Chucurí, as part of her rotation in the area of Public Nutrition. The […]
UIS 2025 Medical Symposium: registration open for the healthcare community
If you are a general practitioner, specialist, teacher, trainee, or member of the healthcare community, this information is of interest to you. On October 3 and 4, the XVII UIS 2025 Medical Symposium will be held, an event designed to provide updated tools for the clinical approach to patients, strengthen the continuing education of healthcare […]
Call for research papers U25 Fest
Would you like to share your research? As part of U25 Fest: Ideas for community growth, there will be opportunities to present oral papers and posters, organized by theme and faculty. 📍 Main Campus – Faculty of Sciences 📅 Wednesday, November 5 🎯 Thematic areas: – Quality education – Healthy living – Coexistence and democracy […]
UIS professors presented their research at the most important symposium on sensory science
Professors Katherin Castro Ríos and Ana Paola Mora Vergara, affiliated with the School of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Faculty of Health at the Industrial University of Santander, participated in the 16th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium, the most important international event in the field of sensory science. The meeting was held in Philadelphia, United States, […]
School of Nutrition and Dietetics, a key player in the transformation of Santander’s food systems
On August 21, 2025, the School of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Industrial University of Santander actively participated in the first meeting of the Management Group for the Transformation of Food Systems in Santander, held at the Santander Governor’s Office and led by Claudia Martínez Zuleta, representative of the United Nations, and the Secretary of […]