Every year, TWAS’s Regional Partners select up to 25 scientists younger than 40 as Young Affiliates. The honour is given to developing-nation researchers with at least 10 international publications who show potential for a high-impact career. During their six-year tenure, Young Affiliates build networks with other affiliates and with elected TWAS Fellows and attend international […]
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On March 06, 2023, Jaqueline Godoy Mesquita won the “Science, She Says!” Award from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Padova, Italy. She received this prize on behalf of the entire South and Central America and Caribbean Region for her outstanding and impacting advancements in the field of mathematics. Jaqueline Mesquita […]
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The Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) and the Bolivian Academy of Sciences (ANCB) hold the “1st TYAN Summer School in Bolivia”, an event that brought together 120 students and researchers from different public and private universities in Bolivia attending the five parallel thematic courses. The event counted with the presence and active participation of […]
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, a networking reception for the mentors and mentees in the “UNESCO-UWI Walking in Her Footsteps 2023” mentorship program was held on March 9, 2023. This is the second staging of the program which is being dubbed “Walking in Her Footsteps: Her Excellence, My Example”. Twenty-seven girls from the University […]
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She was one of seven women scientists recognized from Global South for their contributions to research that is helping meet the challenge of food security and advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger, which focuses on agricultural productivity and sustainable food production. Eugenie Kayitesi, a Rwandan is a food scientist, and a Professor in […]
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