November 5, 2024
Join GPII and the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub for an lively conversation with guest speakers Iraida Rodríguez-Negrón, Curator at the Museo de Arte De Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Gisela Carbonell, Curator at the Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, and Dr. Fernando Rivera, Director of the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub to discuss […]
October 7, 2024
The Puerto Rico Museum of Natural History (MHNPR) and Conservation is key to the future of Puerto Rico. During the event, MHNPR members will highlight the island’s natural and historical richness spanning over 100 million years. They will cover topics from Puerto Rico’s biodiversity and geology to its Taíno and colonial heritage, aiming to inspire […]
October 7, 2024
Join GPII and the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub for an lively conversation with guest speakers Iraida Rodríguez-Negrón, Curator at the Museo de Arte De Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Gisela Carbonell, Curator at the Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, and Dr. Fernando Rivera, Director of the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub to discuss […]
August 19, 2024
With the start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris came renewed discussion about Puerto Rico’s participation at the Olympics. This is evidenced by a surge in Google searches questioning if the U.S. territory has its own Olympic team (13 News Now). Since 1948, Puerto Rico has competed as an independent entity with its own […]
April 2, 2024
On January 10, a United States federal report revealed that rates of cesarean delivery in Puerto Rico (PR) have soared 12% from 2018 to 2022 for each age group younger than 40 (The Guardian). Now Puerto Rico represents one of the world’s largest c-section rates at more than 50% of infants delivered through surgery. While […]
April 2, 2024
Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is among the most prominent sectors of the island’s economy–almost $8.9 billion was generated in 2022 alone from travel and tourism and the island has more than 91,500 individuals employed in tourism-related jobs in the same year. These are all record highs (PR Newswire). Making up half of all tourists that […]
March 28, 2024
To begin the discussion on this topic, what is the Jones Act? The Jones Act was ratified and put into effect in 1920 and makes it so that any goods that are transported between U.S. ports must be carried on American-constructed and American-owned ships that fly the U.S. flag with crews consisting of American citizens […]
March 12, 2024
Dr. Sara Belligoni, a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Puerto Rico Research Hub, participated as a delegate of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) to the International Flood and Resilience Dialogue Expedition (FREDx) in Puerto Rico from March 4th to March 7th of 2024. The initiative was promoted by the ASFPM International Committee and hosted […]
February 13, 2024
IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENT Join us for an enlightening conversation between guest speaker Dr. Raúl Santiago- Bartolomei, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, and Dr. Fernando Rivera, Director of the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub. Dr. Santiago will discuss the challenges, solutions, and the broader impact on […]
November 27, 2023
With the nation’s first caucuses only a few months away, the issue of Puerto Rican statehood has become one of the latest topics of controversy among Republican candidates. In late October, the “Make America Great Again Inc.” SuperPAC endorsing Donald Trump shifted its campaign strategy to target fellow Republican candidate Ron DeSantis once again. The […]