Dr. Yoel Rothschild Visits ORT

Dr. Yoel Rothschild, Director of the Moshinsky Institute (which belongs to ORT Israel), visited ORT Belgrano campus on Thursday 24th at 8.30am. He gave a talk for teachers of ORT Schools and Institutes (from the different areas of both campuses) on the work the Moshinsky carries out and the new tendencies in scientific and technological education. After that, he visited the school, where he was introduced to students and teachers’ projects.

On Friday 25th, he visited ORT Almagro campus and held work meetings, with the aim of sharing experiences and promoting academic initiatives related to Biotechnology, Electronics, Jewish Education, and the Virtual Campus.

Ñandú Mathematics Olympiads

Julián Del Gobbo, Ezequiel Gribman, Martín Goffman and Nicolás Ravel, 1st-year students from ORT Belgrano campus, passed the local competition of the Ñandú Mathematics Olympiads.
Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Gastón Chef Tarrab, student from the Business Administration track at ORT Belgrano campus, won the silver medal at the “Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship”. The competition took place in Arhus, Denmark.

Congrats!

Bronze Medal for Iair Litman

We congratulate Iair Litman, 6th-year student from the Chemistry track at ORT Almagro campus, for obtaining a bronze medal at the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad, which was carried out from July 12th to 21st in Budapest, Hungary. More than 60 countries participated in it. Congrats!!!

E-Marketing

On July 23rd, there will be a lecture on “E-Marketing” for 6th-year students from the ICT and Business Administration tracks at ORT Belgrano campus.

The conference will focus on the possibilities the web offers for the creation of new business and marketing online, and it will also analyze how the future of advertising will change.

Nicolás Berman (ORT graduate) and Daniel Rabinovich (MercadoLibre.com CTO) will be in charge of the conference.

Swimming Tournament

On Friday 27th, the 2nd Youth Swimming League was carried out at ORT Belgrano swimming pool. More than 150 students from 7 schools participated. The team that represented our school had an outstanding performance from the beginning of the tournament, and got the second position on the general score board.

Some of the results were as follows:

* Eric Goldenberg: gold medal in 25m butterfly and silver medal in 50m freestyle.

* Camila Rivilli: silver medal in 25m breaststroke.

* Martina Cendoya: bronze medal in 25m breaststroke.

* Ariel Sapollnik: bronze medal in 50m freestyle.

* Alba Sanchez: bronze medal in 50m freestyle.

* Galit Mautner: bronze medal in 50m freestyle.

* Florencia Rozenblum, Martina Seco, Camila Rivilli and Martina Cendoya: silver medal in 4 x 50m freestyle relay take-over.

* Demián Kuznetch, Matías Lopez, Ariel Sapollnik and Eric Goldenberg: silver medal in 4 x 50m freestyle relay take-over.

* Galit Mautner, Alba Sanchez, Tamara Ramos and Lara Cendoya: silver medal in 4 x 50m combined relay take-over.

* Tomás Aldanondo, Lucio Notrica, Alan Kronik and Gabriel Mendelson: bronze medal in 4 x 50m freestyle relay take-over.

* Sebastián Quiroga, Nicolás Ponieman, Nicolás Amaro and Maximiliano Einhorn: bronze medal in 4 x 50m freestyle relay take-over.

II Metropolitan Olympiads in Physics

On June 23rd, the II Metropolitan Olympiads in Physics were carried out at the Physics Department of the School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. More than 80 students participated representing 10 schools.

From ORT Belgrano campus, the students who took part in it were trained during the Physics Olympiad training program. The ICT students won the following awards:

Nicolás Ponieman: 1st award
Ezequiel Fattori: 1st award
Ezequiel Genender Peña: 2nd award

Congratulations!

Talking with Natives

On June 30th, Stuart Alley, a young British journalist visited ORT Almagro campus Library. At present, he is working in our country, and talked about his experience of adapting to a different culture. The students made questions and exchanged opinions regarding music, football, university studies and adolescence.

Argentine Mathematics Olympiads

Our students from ORT Belgrano campus have qualified for the Argentine Mathematics Olympiads. We congratulate them all:

1st level
Julian D'atri, Catalina Fixman, Martín Jebwabny, Nicolás Klein, Michanie Moises, Rocío Montero, Contreras, Nuta Joel, Greta Ponieman, Lucas Puterman, Shai Rosenzvit, Valeria Szyp.

2nd level
MelanieBabour Sanchez, Melody Cazachkoff, Diego Falk, Martín Fixman, Mariano Juncal, Uriel Mysler, Maximiliano Tejada.

3rd level
Matias Bressi, Joaquín Koifman, Emilio Martinez, Nicolás Ponieman, Axel Schuster, Maximo Videla, Ronan Weinberg Waks.

Congratulations!

We congratulate Joaquín Koifman (6th year), Martín Fixman (5th year) and Nicolás Ponieman (6th year) from the ICT track for representing Argentina -together with Esteban Ordano from an Industrial School in Santa Fe- at the International Olympiads in Informatics, which were held in Egypt.

Congratulations!!!

We congratulate these students from ORT Belgrano campus for the awards they obtained at the Metropolitan Olympiads in Physics, which took place at UBA Physics Department on June 23rd.

• Nicolás Ponieman: 1st award – Advanced level
• Ezequiel Fattori: 1st award – Initial level
• Ezequiel Genender Peña: 2nd award –Initial level

Swimming Tournament

On June 4th, the first Swimming Tournament of the year was carried out. This competition was organized the School Swimming League, and took place at Manuel Belgrano school. Apart from ORT, many other schools participated, such as Nacional Buenos Aires, Champagnat, B. Mitre Day’s School, Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Tomás Devoto, and San Cayetano.

We would like to highlight our students’ performance:
Martina Seco (2nd year K): Gold medal in 25m backstroke
Eric Goldenberg (1st year E): Silver medal in 25m backstroke
Ariel Sapollnik (3rd year I): Bronze medal in 25m freestyle
Florencia Rozenblum (2nd year A): Bronze medal in 25m freestyle and Bronze medal in 50m freestyle
Gabriel Mendelson (4th year ICT track): Bronze medal in 50m freestyle
Matías Lopez, Brandon Serebriani, Eric Goldenberg and Ariel Sapollnik: Gold medal in 4 x 25m freestyle relay take-over
Dolores Ferraro, Carla Tantessio, Martina Seco and Florencia Rozenblum: Silver medal in 4 x 25m freestyle relay take-over

For further information, visit the blog: http://compdeportivas.blogspot.com/

Next tournament will take place on June 27th from 2pm onwards at ORT Belgrano campus.

ORT at “Kontrast Concept”

From June 12th to 16th, ORT Entrepreneurship Center participated in “Kontrast Concept” - an exhibition which was carried out at Costa Salguero.

ORT Design Center presented design entrepreneurial works at its stand: EMO Estudio, MEG and Fermin Carrera were invited to take part in this experience, after being chosen among many graduate entrepreneurs from our design courses of study.

There’s more information at http://cdort.blogspot.com/

Congratulations!

Nicolás Ponieman -student at ORT Belgrano campus- has been chosen to be part of the Argentine team that will participate at the International Olympiads in Mathematics. The event will take place in Madrid from July 10th to 22nd.
Congrats!

Expo University

Within the framework of the Vocational and Occupation Guidance Project, Expo University was carried out for senior high school students from ORT Belgrano campus at Montañeses hall on June 11th and 12th.

Many prestigious higher education institutions - such as Universidad de Palermo, Universidad de Belgrano, UADE, DI TELLA, CAECE, San Andrés, UCES, UCEMA, ORT Institutes of Technology, and ITBA- took part in the event.

Our students visited the different stands, which handed out information leaflets on the courses of study of each university.

On Wednesday, the institutions gave guidance talks, which were massively attended by our students. On Thursday morning, the University of Buenos Aires offered two talks, which were attended by all the students from the senior high school level and from all the tracks.

ORT at Plaza Israel

Within the framework of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, Asociación ORT Argentina and the Keren Kaiemet Leisrael organized a ceremony at Plaza Israel on June 11th.

On the basis of the Jewish tradition, all Jews (those who lived before us, those who will live after us, and ourselves), stood at Mount Sinai and heard the proclamation of the Covenant, which is symbolically recreated every year in Shavuot. By planting the seven fruits with which Israel was blessed on the Deuteronomy book – “a land with wheat and barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey” – both Institutions renovated the commitment of our community with the Land of Israel.

Each generation knows that it is not isolated; its work is possible thanks to the achievements of the previous generations, and to the efforts to be carried out by the following ones, which may lead to the fulfillment of its own mission or not.

At the ceremony, different personalities were present, such as the Ambassador in Argentina of the State of Israel, community authorities, representatives of the Jewish Agency, officials from the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, school high-ranking professionals, teachers, and students.

LabVIEW 2 Workshop

Tracnova –the only company which distributes National Instruments in Argentina- made a presentation on LabVIEW 8.5 yesterday at Almagro campus. The workshop was organized by ORT Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO” in Spanish) and the Electronics track, within the framework of the cycle “Talking with Experts”.

There was a presentation on state-of-the-art software, which helps to create flexible, scalable applications on design, control and tests. Such software is used by engineers and scientists to interact with signs from the real world, analyze data to extract meaningful information and share results through screens, reports and the Web.

Many professionals from the local industry participated in the workshop; there were also students and teachers from the Electronics track (Almagro campus), and guests who got enrolled when they leant about this activity through the information posted at ORT Virtual Campus. One of the most important aspects of the workshop was the interaction between our students and the local industry professionals, thus promoting networking and opening new opportunities for the future.

Click on the following link to have a look at the photos of the event: http://www.ceo-ort.blogspot.com/

Physics Conference at Almagro Campus

Last Wednesday 9th, the first of the 2008 Physics Conferences was carried out. This activity targeted all the students who were interested in subjects related to Physics, which are not covered by the classic curriculum.

On this occasion, Claudio Sanchez, Industrial Engineer specialized in means of communication, talked about the well-known animated series “The Simpsons” and “Futurama”.

Since many of these series scriptwriters are scientists from important universities, there are countless references to physical, astronomical and mathematical principles. For that reason, this conference really caught the participants’ attention.

Exhibition of the Itinerant, Interactive Museum of Games and Toys at Almagro Campus

From April 14th to 18th, the exhibition organized by ORT Technical School along with “El Galpón” (itinerant, interactive museum of toys and games) will be carried out for the second consecutive year.

There will be 3 different sections at the exhibition: the first section will show pedal and pull-along toys; the second, will be organized in decades or topics; and the third section will have a scale model so that visitors can interact with the toys.

There will also be a section called “The toys our teachers played with”, which will exhibit games, toys, photos, images and short texts that somehow illustrate how they had fun when they were kids.

You can visit and enjoy this museum, which will open from 8.30 am to 8 pm (from Monday to Thursday) and from 8.30 am to 4 pm (on Friday), at Rio de Janeiro Auditorium.

Sony Employees Took an Exam at ORT Belgrano campus

Last Sunday 6th, April, employees from Sony Style Argentina took their 5th exam at the ICT track of ORT Technical School -Belgrano campus. It was on technology and products manufactured by Sony, such as Digital Imaging, Display, Vaio, Audio, Home Theatre, Audio Car, Cell Phones. The instrument of evaluation was elaborated by the ICT track, together with Sony Product, Marketing and Human Resources Managers, and it was administered and corrected by ORT ICT track.

On this occasion, 80 employees from the Capital City were evaluated on-site, at the ICT laboratories, and 20 employees were evaluated off campus, in Córdoba Province. The activity was organized by the ICT-teachers Juan Ignacio D’Amore and Dario Mischener from the ICT track.