This March 1st the UIS commemorates 77 years of institutional life
With the presentation of the artistic groups of the Universidad Industrial de Santander, this Saturday the 77 years of institutional life will be commemorated. The event will begin at 5:00 p.m. at the Luis A. Calvo Auditorium. March 1, 1948 marked a before and after in the history of national education. On that day the […]
With SUREST, Sede Socorro strengthens sustainable tourism in Santander
At the Universidad Industrial de Santander, Socorro Campus, began the development of the Training and Validation workshops in Colombia as part of the consolidation of the Sustainable Rural Education Strategy project, SUREST, an initiative supported by the European Union through the Erasmus+ call. Julio Alfonso Martínez Molina, coordinator of the UIS Socorro Campus, highlighted the […]
Registration for the UIS Athletic Race is now open
The 34th edition of the UIS Athletic Race will be held on Sunday, March 30, and registration is now open. This year the route will be four kilometers inside the central campus of the University, starting from the parking lot of the Luis A. Calvo Auditorium and ending at the athletic track of the Primero […]
PhD student to be awarded at the first edition of the “Women and Power Awards” in Cordoba, Spain
The city of Cordoba, Spain, will host the first edition of the “Women and Power Awards”, an event organized by the Women and Power Association, in collaboration with the Provincial Council of Cordoba and the University of Cordoba. This recognition aims to highlight and make visible female talent in various disciplines, such as science, culture, […]
Professors of the School of Health were recognized as “Meritorious Citizen, special category” by the Government of Santander
By decree 064 of the Government of Santander, the career of Professor Diana Katherine Sandoval Martinez, attached to the Department of Pathology of the School of Medicine, was recognized and exalted. Her outstanding work at the Hospital Universitario de Santander, HUS, for 13 years, as a medical pathologist, has contributed decisively to the modernization and […]
Through responsible sexuality, UIS promotes HIV prevention
Student Welfare of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), in partnership with Dr. Fabio Dario Otero Arteaga, UIS doctor, specialist in Family Medicine and Master in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), conducted an informative talk on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other methods of prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI). During the lecture, the expert explained what […]
UIS Rector supervised the progress of the works being carried out at the central campus
Rigorous supervision means that the works are done well and on time, thus ensuring that public resources are used efficiently. Under these premises, Rector Hernán Porras Díaz, accompanied by Iván Rojas Camargo, head of the Physical Plant Division, made a tour to review the progress in the construction of the new building where the UIS […]
Student David Alejandro Gonzalez continues UIS research in the Antarctic
David Alejandro González Mateus is studying for a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering and represents the UIS in the XI Colombian Antarctic Expedition, thus continuing the scientific work in radio astronomy initiated in December and January by Professor Julián Rodríguez Ferreira and the student Elián Calderón Quintero. The research deals with radio astronomy in these […]
UIS students updated with cytology
The Coordination of Integral Health Services of Student Welfare of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) carried out the day “Catch up with the cytology”, an initiative in which women of the university community have free access to this test and receive an informative talk about its importance in the prevention and early detection of […]
UIS to be represented at sports seminar to be held in Panama
Between February 22 and 26, the ‘International Seminar-Workshop Human Movement Sciences: Foundations for Research and Practice in Physical Activity’ will be held at the University of Panama and UIS professor Fabio Villafrades Gonzalez will participate there. He is the director of the Department of Physical Education and Sports and thanks to the work done in […]