Congratulations!!!

We congratulate Nicolás Ponieman and Mariano Juncal -students of the ICT track, Belgrano campus- for having passed the final phase of the 24th Argentine Olympiads in Mathematics with an honourable mention.

Physics Conference: Weather Forecasting, Science or Guesswork?

Today morning, ORT Almagro students participated in the Physics conference “Weather Forecasting, Science or Guesswork?” by Andrea Celeste Saulo. The speaker talked about some aspects of weather forecasting: how the basic meteorological information is obtained, the laws of Physics which explain the atmosphere behavior and its evolution, and the interpretation of the results obtained by solving various equations.

Meeting on March of the Living 2008

A few days ago, the students who will travel to March of the Living 2008 participated in the first meeting of the event, which was held at Hebraica theater. On such occasion, the Kristallnacht (“The Night of the Broken Glass”) was commemorated.

Visit of the UJA-Federation of New York Island Mission

On Monday 12th, members of the UJA-Federation of New York Island Mission visited ORT Belgrano campus. They had a tour around the building and learnt more about the Schools.

Students from the Mass Media track organized an interview, which was broadcast live with the help of ORT Virtual Campus. Visit the Mass Media blog and see the tape.

National Olympiads in Chemistry

We congratulate all the students of the Chemistry track –Almagro campus- for their outstanding performance at the national phase of the Chemistry Olympiads, which took place in Villa Glardino (Córdoba Province). The participants were: Yair Litman (Gold Medal), Dani Averbuj (Silver Medal), Yael Dobzewicz (Bonze Medal) and María Duperron of Category 2, Alan Gelis and Yoel Levy (Bronze Medals) of Category 1.

CEO – Presentation of MercadoLibre

Within the framework of “Talking with Experts”, ORT Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO”) invites you to participate in this activity with MercadoLibre -the business Internet platform, which is present in 12 Latin American countries and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

On this occasion, ORT ICT and IT students will have the chance to learn how this company was created and how it works at present. The speaker will be Martín Gallone, Marketing Manager at MercadoLibre.

Venue:
November 15th at 10 am
Río Auditorium, Almagro campus

New Technologies on Sound Processing and Distribution

The Musical Production track and ORT Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO”) have organized a meeting, where important companies of the Sound Technology will present the latest advances in the discipline.

Issues related to the use of IP Protocols for the transmission of sound will be dealt with. This activity targets students from the Musical Production track and the Mass Media track, and it will be held on November 14th at Noel Werthein Auditotium (Almagro campus) at 11 am.

To participate, send an e-mail to ceo@ort.edu.ar

Collecting Training Shoes

Within the framework of the student solidarity program, we began to sponsor the School nº 40 from Villaguay, Entre Ríos Province. A group of teachers visited the Institution and saw what their major needs are. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to this cause, and all our students and teachers will collaborate with the “Training Shoes Collection Campaign”. Students from ORT senior high school will collect training shoes from November 12th to 16th, so we need your help: please, send footwear in good conditions and write down their size number on the soles (size nº 20 to 40). Thanks.

National Olympiads in Physics

Once again, ORT students from both campuses participated in the national phase of the Physics Olympiads, which were carried out at the Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics Schools of the National University of Córdoba from October 21st to 27th, 2007. The delegation was constituted by: Alejandro Baldasso (5th-year / ICT track), Diego Delgado (6th-year / Electronics track: 3rd position), Nicolás Ponieman (5th-year / ICT track: 2nd position), Leonel Stermann (5th-year / Chemistry track) and Ezequiel Wajs (5th-year / Electronics track: 1st position). We congratulate them on their participation and the results obtained!

13th Walk for the Real Integration of Disabled People

Next November 11th, there will be a long walk from Plaza Congreso to Recoleta, which was organized by B´nai B´rith Argentina, The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the AMIA. COME AND WALK WITH US!!! WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER!!!

Sponsored by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, all the citizens are invited to participate in the "13th Walk for the Real Integration of Disabled People". The aim is that more people get to know their goals and understand that this is a need of the society at large. The objective is to achieve ‘accessibility’, by which our brothers with special abilities can overcome certain obstacles which do not take them into account, such as their access to the health system, to their rehabilitation, to work, to transportation, also to beat architectural barriers and to avoid them being undermined by our culture, especially by the social mass media.

Meeting point for the 13th walk on November 11th: as usual, it will be at the intersection of Callao and Rivadavia Avenues at 11 o'clock. From there, the participants will walk along Callao Avenue towards Recoleta neighborhood, and during the journey, they will enjoy performances by different solidarity bands and soloists, culminating with an artistic show at the small square of Quintana Avenue.

The first walk was carried out in 1994. These walks were declared “of interest” by: • The Presidency of the Nation • The Senate of the Nation • The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology • The Secretariat of Worship [Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Commerce and Worship].

24th National Olympiads in Mathematics

Federico Nozyce(3rd year), Yair Litman(5th year), Julián Eisenschlos(6th year) and Federico Waisberg (6th year), students from Almagro campus, have passed the Regional Contest of the 24th Argentine Olympiads in Mathematics. Now, they will participate in the national phase, which will be held in Huerta Grande -Córdoba Province- from November 12th to 16th.
Congratulations on the achievements and good luck!

Roboliga Awards

Roboliga, the annual event which comprises Robotics Olympiads and a Project Fair on Automation and Robotics, was held on November 2nd.

In the “Sumo Robot” category, one of ORT Almagro teams achieved the 1st position for the second consecutive year. At the Project Fair, ORT Belgrano campus got the 1st position in the “Automated Control” category for the Domotics project. Such project also received a trophy for the ‘best project’ of the whole Fair.

The participants were students from 4th, 5th and 6th year from the Electronics track of Almagro campus and from the ICT track of Belgrano campus. The winner robot -"SonPark"- belongs to the group of 4th-year students from the Electronics track (Almagro campus): Ignacio Wolfsdorf Baigorria, Darío Szlain and Alan Elkin. The Domotics project –which won the 1st position at the advanced level of the “Automated Control” category – was developed by 5th and 6th-year students from the ICT track (Belgrano campus): Ezequiel Terranova, Yago Alonso, Pablo Loschi and Nechevenko Schuster.

Recording Stories for Popular Libraries

On November 5th, the actor Juan Palomino and two members of popular libraries from the Secretariat of Culture (Government of the City of Buenos Aires) visited us to record a new story, which will be edited with the help of students from the Musical Production track. The chosen short stories cover issues related to different regions of the country and include the following authors: Liliana Bodoc, Jorge Luis Borges, Abelardo Castillo, Filisberto Hernández, Juan José Hernández, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Cristian Aliaga, Juan José Saer, Antonio Di Benedetto, José Edmundo Paz Soldán, Augusto Roa Bastos, Roberto Bolaño, Horacio Quiroga, Cesar Vallejo and Juan Carlos Onetti. The name of the record will probably be “El lugar en el que yo me sé" (i.e. the place where I know myself), taken from César Vallejo’s story, which Palomino read. In the last weeks, other people, who participated in the workshops on popular narration, also came to participate in the recordings.

UCEMA National Contest

The University of the CEMA (“UCEMA”) has organized the “2007 UCEMA National Contest” for high schools from all over the country. Such event consists of the presentation of a business plan to start a business or launch a new product or service. These works will be evaluated by recognized professionals of the University, who will select 6 finalists among the works submitted.

This year, among the 300 projects presented, two teams of 5th-year students from the Business Administration track (Belgrano campus) were awarded:
Danilo Ponieman and Matí¬as Roitman got the 2nd position for their SHTS work, which consisted of the launching of 2 products:

• a chip that measures the glucose in blood of diabetic people and which identifies the medical record of the patient, and
• a GPS watch to locate people who suffer from Alzheimer’s or victims of a kidnap.

Cindy Rozental and Yanina Waisgold got the 4th-position for their PACKY project, which consisted of the development and launch of a set of hygiene products to be carried in one’s bag or briefcase. The set included toilet cover, paper hand towel, toilet paper and a sachet of hand disinfectant.

DAIA and Amadeus radio present: CONCERT and MEMORY – Kristallnatch

Venue: November 14th, 20.30 hs, next to the Immigrants Museum - Puerto Madero.

For further information: 4378-3208

Congratulations!

Melody Cazachkoff, Martín Fixman, Máximo Videla and Ronan Weinberg Waks (ICT students from Belgrano campus) have passed the regional phase of the 10th Computing and Mathematics Olympiads. Now, they will participate in the national phase.
Congrats!

Congratulations!

Mariano Juncal, Joaquín Koifman, Emilio Martinez, Nicolás Ponieman and Máximo Videla (ICT track students from Belgrano campus), have passed the regional phase of the 24th Olympiads in Mathematics. Now, they will take part in the national phase, which will take place in Huerta Grande -Córdoba Province- from November 12th to 16th.

ICT track at Belgrano University

On October 31st and November 1st, ORT (represented by the ICT track) was the only high school which participated in the exhibition of technological projects, together with leading companies, like GameLoft, Calipso, Sia Interactive, and IBM, among others.

On this occasion, 5th and 6th-year students exhibited the Domotics Project, which consists of controlling different home appliances by means of a PC, SMS and/or Bluetooth.

ORT and the TV

The TV program Feria de Ciencias (Science Fair), broadcast on channel 7 from 5 pm to 7 pm, visited ORT Belgrano campus and filmed 5 projects carried out by our students. At this program, the students themselves show their own inventions and talk about them. With a pleasant, didactic tone, the TV broadcast presents valuable knowledge through different segments, where the TV viewers are taught to make their own experiments, trivia questions, and glossary of scientific terms.

Wainraich and Schultz invite you

CA-ORT Alliance

Computing and Mathematics Olympiads

We congratulate ORT Almagro students for having passed the Regional Phase of the Computing and Mathematics Olympìads, which was carried out on October 12th.

This is a computer-aided competition, where students solve mathematical problems: apart from handwritten calculations and reasoning, the participants can make computer programs to complete the answer, calculate complicated formulas, investigate possibilities, etc.

The students mentioned below will take part in the National Phase of this tournament, which will be carried out from November 20th to 23rd: Gastón Leandro Gerchkovich, Ariel Ricardo Zylber, Gonzalo Ávila Alterach, Lucas Tavolaro Ortiz, Julián Martín Eisenschlos, and Jeremías Gustavo Goñi Martinez. We congratulate these students and the teacher Pablo Heiber, who trains them.