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The Polytechnic has turned this morning with up to four events to mark the Day of Women and Girls in Science
They discover the name of the scientist Hypatia of Alexandria on the facade of the R + D + i building
The regional government spokeswoman, Noelia Arroyo, the UPCT general secretary, María del Carmen Pastor, and Campus vice-chancellor, Marcos Ros, discovered this morning the man from Hipatia on the facade of the R + D + i building of the Polytechnic of Cartagena.
The mathematics and astronomy of the fourth century was chosen, by the thousand people who participated in a citizen survey, to join other names of scientists that recalls the building of the Campus of the Wall on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in The science.
The name of Hypatia of Alexandria won with 487 votes to the other proposed candidates;
Rosalind E. Franklin, with 267 votes;
Rita Levi-Montalcini, with 192 and Lise Meitner, with 82.
Hypatia, born in Alexandria in the fourth century, is the first mathematical woman of whom we have knowledge.
She was a Neoplatonic philosopher and teacher who excelled in the fields of mathematics and astronomy.
He was a member and head of the Neoplatonic School of Alexandria at the beginning of the fifth century. He cultivated logical studies and exact sciences.
Hypatia, who taught her disciples in her own home, wrote about geometry, algebra and astronomy, improved the design of the primitive astrolabes, the instruments to determine the positions of the stars on the celestial vault.
She also invented a hydrometer, which is why she is considered the pioneer of the History of women and technology.
After the discovery of the name of Hipatia, the counselor has toured the R & D & I laboratories, where the Technical Research Support Service (SAIT) and the Institute of Plant Biotechnology (IBV) have met and talked with its managers, Isidro Ibarra and Marcos Egea, and with the researchers and technologists who work in this building of the Polytechnic.
Superheroes and scientists of the UPCT in the Hospitaller Classes of La Arrixaca
Disclosers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) have participated this Friday in the scientific-technical carnival organized by the Hospitaller Classes in La Arrixaca.
Members of the Moto UPCT and Solar Team competition teams and the UPCT Maker association and professors Carlos Angosto, Juan Carlos Trillo, Juan Francisco Sanchez, Enrique Castro and Juan Suardiaz have conducted different informative workshops for children admitted to the hospital and their family
The theme of this year's carnival are the superheroes, so four representatives of the UPCT, Professors Socorro García and María José Vicente, the Vice-Rector of Research, Beatriz Miguel, and the manager, Carmen Alcaraz, have explained the trajectory of four relevant scientific events coinciding with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
This action is part of the UPCT-Ingeniosanos project, promoted by the Scientific Culture Unit of the Polytechnic of Cartagena, and has the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology-Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Seneca Foundation of the Region of Murcia.
"A scientist must be a committed person and passionate about challenges"
Four researchers who are doing their doctoral thesis at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) participate this morning in the day to commemorate the International Day of the Girl and Women in Science.
The event is held at the University Social Center of the University of Murcia, from 10 am to 2 pm and organized by Lyceum, Association of Women Scientists of the Region of Murcia.
The researchers participating in the event are Victoria Ruiz, agronomist doctoral candidate;
Celia Gómez, 'teleco', and Adela Ramos and Verónica Campos Guzmán, from the PhD program in Renewable Energies.
Victoria Ruiz Hernández, a native of Beniaján, will explain to the young people attending the event that she studied Horticultural Engineering in the UPCT and chose to start a scientific career 'to achieve a more sustainable and efficient agriculture'.
He has specialized in genetics and the study of aromas, through which plants communicate with other organisms, such as pests and pollinators.
Ensures that a scientist must be 'committed and passionate about the challenges'.
Source: UPCT
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