![]() They did not record a win until a 3–0 result in 1970 against the Bahamas. Puerto Rico's first international match was against Cuba in 1940 in which they drew 1–1. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup or the CONCACAF Gold Cup. They are members of the Caribbean Football Union, and part of CONCACAF. The team's nickname is El Huracán Azul meaning The Blue Hurricane. ![]() The Puerto Rico national football team ( Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF). The impact of STAr Academy in developing the future scientific workforce has been significant, however, we call for more collaborations and similar programs to be developed, to satisfy the current scientific needs of our nation.( Port-au-Prince, Haiti 9 September 2012) ![]() Similarly, most of the students that participated in the survey have indicated that STAr Academy has been highly influential, or influential, in their decision or plan to pursue or not a STEAM career. In this survey 90.5% of the students that participated and were currently in high school indicated that they plan to pursue a career in a field related to STEAM, while 85.17% of the ones already at the university level indicated that they are enrolled in a field related to STEAM. The impact of STAr Academy has extended beyond academics, as it has been observed in the latest survey in which volunteer students participated. In terms of the development of the conceptual knowledge in planetary and space science, as well as in programming skills, the students have demonstrated vast improvements when the pre and post-test scores were compared. The students produce many research projects as part of the program, allowing for six standout projects to be presented in major scientific conferences. Additional to these focus areas, STAr Academy has targeted the deconstruction of the construct of a scientist as a predominantly male figure that is “gifted” in terms of cognitive ability, provided access to students who otherwise don’t have access to high quality scientific education, and provided experiences for students to see themselves as scientists through the development of their own scientific identity. The learning experiences combination of these areas serves in benefit of the development of a workforce that can adjust to the demands and needs of the 21st century scientist, academia, and private industry specialists in STEAM. ![]() The program has focused on four main pillars of scientific skills and knowledge: conceptual knowledge of planetary and space sciences, programming, research, and leadership skills. Since then, the program has served over 150 students. STAr Academy, which was founded with this purpose, started offering 21st century learning opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) to high school students on the island in September 2019. However, the education efforts of the education component of The Arecibo Observatory remained continuously working on developing the future scientific workforce from and of Puerto Rico. On December 1st of 2020, the radio telescope at The Arecibo Observatory collapsed due to failure of two cables on Tower 4 of the structure. ![]()
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