Puerto Rico: Service Learning with SUNY
Various SUNY Institutions will be leading 2-3 week sessions running between early June and mid August. ESF will lead a session from June 9th to June 29th, in the municipality …
Month: April 2020
‘Surreal’ Experience for UMN Students Who Were in Puerto Rico During Earthquakes
Students researching energy resiliency got first-hand lesson when earthquakes caused power outages
Commentary: In Puerto Rico, can disaster relief build resiliency?
Puerto Rico seems to be in the news only after a natural or economic disaster. I had the opportunity to visit the island in February, and it was an eye-opening …
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University of Minnesota, Puerto Rico groups explore energy
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota is working with partners in Puerto Rico to explore more resilient energy sources after Hurricane Maria left the island without electricity for months …
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MN students were in Puerto Rico learning about energy resilience when a quake knocked the power out
When a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled Puerto Rico in the early morning of Jan. 7, a group of University of Minnesota students and faculty were shaken out of bed. They were on …
University of Minnesota, Puerto Rico groups explore energy
The University of Minnesota is working with partners in Puerto Rico to explore more resilient energy sources after Hurricane Maria left the island without electricity for months in 2017.
U of M students studying how to respond to natural disasters visit Puerto Rico as earthquakes hit country
For the last month, a series of earthquakes has rocked Puerto Rico. And group of grad students from the University of Minnesota, who were there to study how communities respond …
