UIS graduate establishes possible link between prenatal paracetamol use and increased risk of autism and ADHD
Diagnoses of autism and ADHD have increased worldwide in recent years; these findings may affect future public health policies as well as clinical guidelines for pregnant women. Diddier Giovanny Prada Ortega, a 2001 graduate of UIS with a doctorate in biomedical sciences from UNAM and postdoctoral studies at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public […]
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, […]
Germinated ceiba trees from the UIS nursery have been planted in García Rovira
Remember the ceiba trees that, a couple of weeks ago, forestry engineering students from the Industrial University of Santander – Málaga Campus germinated in the university nursery? Well, they have now been planted in the municipality of Capitanejo, in the village of Platanal in the province of García Rovira, reaffirming the UIS’s commitment to environmental […]
UIS and IPRED explore partnership with Kankawarwa community for productive projects
A bridge between academic knowledge and ancestral tradition is beginning to take shape in Magdalena. The Industrial University of Santander (UIS), through its Institute for Regional Outreach and Distance Education (IPRED), held an initial meeting with the Kankawarwa indigenous community with the aim of exploring a possible partnership to strengthen productive projects in the heart […]
UIS Fine Arts students to receive recognition at the Aurora Awards
The Custodio García Rovira Museum of Fine Arts and House of Culture will open its doors on Friday, September 5, at 6:30 p.m. to kick off the first edition of the Aurora Awards, an initiative that seeks to recognize the creativity, discipline, and commitment of fine arts students from the Institute for Regional Outreach and […]
UISALUD building, from an academic area and physics laboratories to the headquarters of a Specialized Health Unit
The building now occupied by UISALUD, the Specialized Health Unit of the UIS, is one of the most emblematic and visited buildings on the central campus of the university. Several generations of professors, students and administrative employees have passed through its corridors and halls, and for several years now, hundreds of people from the university […]
Participate as a speaker at the 20th UIS Entrepreneurs Meeting
The Institute for Regional Outreach and Distance Education at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) is preparing for a new edition of the UIS Entrepreneurs Meeting, which this year reaches its twentieth edition with a special focus: giving a voice to family businesses that, through effort and unity, have managed to grow and consolidate themselves […]
Mark your calendars. This Thursday marks the start of the “Self-Care Seminar for People in Pain.”
The School of Physical Therapy invites students and professionals in the health field and the community at large to the “Self-Care Seminar for People with Pain,” which will be held on eight Thursdays between September 4 and November 27, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The objective of the seminar is to share self-care strategies […]
Learn more about the effects of hallucinogen use
Hallucinogen use produces psychological, physical, neurological, social, and psychiatric effects that vary depending on the substance, dose, context, and individual vulnerability. Some of these effects are immediate, others are medium- and long-term. Visual and sensory distortions, perceptual alterations, confused thoughts, euphoria, anxiety, panic, laughter, increased heart rate, pupil dilation, sweating, tremors, nausea, anxiety disorder, psychosis, […]
History came alive for students from schools in Los Santos and San Vicente de Chucurí.
As a prelude to the Third Colombian Paleontology Congress, the School of Geology at the Industrial University of Santander (UIS) held the “Colombian Paleontology Congress,” a conference that included dynamic talks and hands-on activities with fossils, aimed at students from rural educational institutions in the municipalities of Los Santos and San Vicente de Chucurí. “The […]