Past News
Arequipa Nexus News: Techno Park receives Congressional Backing
November 4, 2020
In October, the Peruvian National Congress unanimously approved the creation of the Parque Cientifico Tecnológico de Arequipa, the first such institution in the country. This techno park, once constructed, will be the administrative home for the Arequipa Nexus Institute—underlining the continued impact and long-term nature of this collaborative project.
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Environmental Justice Film Series
October 26, 2020
The Nexus Institute is co-organizing the 2020-2021 Environmental Justice Film Series with the Purdue Center for the Environment (C4E). The films in this series focus on the native communities in the South American Andes, the environmental injustices they face and the resilience they demonstrate as an inspiration for the world. The series include: Hija de la Laguna (Daughter of the Lake), Y Tambien la Lluvia (Even the rain), Return to the Andes, and Sembradoras de Vida (Mothers of the Land).
The Nexus Institute’s 3rd Annual Workshop on Sustainable Food, Energy, Water, and the Environment for the Region of Arequipa
October 26, 2020
The Arequipa Nexus Institute will host its Third Annual Technical Workshop Series from October 26 to November 30. The workshop sessions will be held on an asynchronous virtual format with a combination of video recorded presentations, prepared content, and assignments. The main objectives of the workshops are to deepen our commitment of tech and knowledge transfer and capacity building. We aim to contribute to the development of scientific research for the faculty and students from our partner university, the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin (UNSA), and examine solutions to critical issues of natural resource utilization with minimal tradeoffs to the environment of Arequipa. The series of modules in the workshops will cover a full range of technical aspects such as research techniques, development and applications of environmental sensors, food safety agricultural practices, food security, soil health monitoring and remediation, metals analysis in water and water management, Water origins, and high-performance computing.
Nexus Institute’s “Developing Good Agricultural and Good Manufacturing Practices” team published their manuscript
October 23, 2020
The Nexus Institute’s “Developing Good Agricultural and Good Manufacturing Practices” team achieved the publication of their manuscript titled: “Food safety in Peru: A review of fresh produce production and challenges in the public health system.” This article co-authored by Purdue researchers Amanda Deering, Haley Oliver, Alejandra Ramirez, and Oscar Galagarza and their UNSA partners Mariel Alvarez, Erika Pachari, and Maria del Carmen Oritz, was published by the journal Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.
UNSA’s Technological Park for Arequipa
October 16, 2020
The Peruvian Congress approved the Arequipa’s Scientific and Technological Park managed by UNSA. The Peruvian Congress in its plenary session of October 15 of 2020, declared of national interest the creation Arequipa’s Technological Park. The proposal presented by UNSA had the full support of the congressional commissions of Education and that of Science, Innovation, and Technology.
UNDERGRADUATE NEXUS RESEARCHERS PUBLISH PAPERS
September 2, 2020
In a partnership with the NEXUS institute and Discovery Park’s Undergraduate Research program (DURI), undergraduate researchers, Ally Jacoby and Nicholas Hamp-Adams, recently published papers on their research with NEXUS in the Arequipa Region.
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Universidad Nacional de San Agustin (UNSA), Arequipa creates high-volume electronic repository
August 29, 2020
UNSA creates an electronic repository, providing online access to library and other critical academic and research materials during the pandemic.
Arequipa-Nexus Team Highlights: Toward Clean Water: Avoid Intrusion of Contaminants into Water Systems
August 12, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic hasn't slowed down the Towards Clean Water project. In fact, they are ahead of schedule! The PI and Co-PI at UNSA collaborated and built up their capacity for research and publications, which resulted in 5 journal papers published and 2 in preparation, 2 papers to be submitted for review, 6 conference papers and 2 posters.
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TEAM LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE TOOLS IN SPANISH
July 22, 2020
The Nexus Institute’s Sustainable Water Management (SWM) project recently launched two prototypes for new online tools, called Arequipa Climate View and HidroAQP.
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The Arequipa Nexus Institute welcomes UNSA Professor Sandro Condori to Purdue as a visiting scholar
February 13, 2020
The Arequipa Nexus Institute welcomes Prof. Sandro Condori to Purdue, a visiting scholar from the Universidad Nacional of Saint Augustin de Arequipa (UNSA) in Peru! Prof. Condori is collaborating with Purdue Agronomy and Horticulture faculty and Nexus affiliated, Drs. Cankui Zhang, Mohsen Mohammadi and Jian-Kang Zhu from the “Nexus Crops CRISPR and Phenomics: Individual and Institutional Capacity Building for Crop Science at Universidad Nacional de San Agustin (UNSA)” project.
