On October 28, Ivana Gasulla, a research professor at Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and an entrepreneur, was honored as one of the top 100 global leaders in the field of photonics. Electro Optics magazine, one of the most influential international publications in the field, featured her in the latest edition […]
The Bribri are one of the most underserved indigenous communities in Costa Rica. They reside in the canton of Talamanca, one of the regions with the lowest Human Development Index in Costa Rica, according to the 2023 Cantonal Human Development Index report by the University of Costa Rica and the Development Research and Observation Center. […]
For the sixth year in a row, the Equality Committee of Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is organizing “Bring a Female Scientist to School” in celebration of 11F International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The activities are set to take place during the month of February as part of […]
The cargo spill that occurred off the coast of Portugal and northern Spain recently has raised the alarms about the environmental dangers of microplastics. Though it is undeniable that the situation is dire and it will be complicated to mitigate the environmental impacts from the spillage of such high quantities of pellets into the sea […]
Many of the objects we throw away can have a second life. Unfortunately, the majority of these mattresses end up in landfills, creating a series of problems: they take up large volumes of space, they cause instability in the landfill and increase the risk of fires due to overheating of the iron material they contain […]
Last year in November, Sara García-Alonso was selected out of nearly 23,000 people to become a reserve astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps of the ESA (European Space Agency), becoming the first Spanish woman to ever do so. Now, her likeness will inspire the students at CEIP Cervantes de Gandia. The Universitat Politècnica de València […]
For the fifth year in a row and to celebrate February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Equality Committee of Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València sponsors the initiative “Bring a Female Scientist to School”, taking place throughout the month of February in the context of the state […]
The Spanish National Council of Scientific Research (CSIC, for its Spanish initials) has published its first ranking of the 5,600 most outstanding Spanish and foreign female scientists who conduct research in Spanish organizations. In order to calculate this ranking, the CSIC used the public profile indicators in Google Scholar database. This search engine, specialized in […]
Jobs in the fields of science, art or technology are frequently conditioned by gender stereotypes or the lack of visibility of women. This has limited the presence of women throughout the history of science, where women who have chosen the scientific field have been made invisible by the media, literature and education. For this reason, […]
