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UASD institutional and academic updates

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The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) continues to advance institutional modernization through infrastructure upgrades, digital adaptation, and strategic planning. To support long-term institutional goals, Rector Jorge Asjana David led the ‘Sensibilización e inicio de la gestión universitaria UASD 2026-2030’ workshop for new academic authorities. This initiative focuses authorities, focusing on digital transformation, research, internationalization, and social responsibility to align with the National Development Strategy. internationalization. In the realm of academic discourse, the School of Philosophy hosted the international symposium ‘Filosofía de la ciencia, ética y futuro humano,’ humano’ symposium, where the Rector Asjana David emphasized that advancements in artificial intelligence AI and biotechnology must be guided by ethics to ‘safeguard human dignity.’ Recent technological developments Technological and research initiatives include the launch of a new digital platform designed to strengthen institutional evaluation processes. This tool provides a centralized repository to manage and preserve for managing evidence required for five-year MESCyT evaluations conducted by and the Ministry presentation of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT). Expanding Smerly Rodríguez Jiménez’s legal research on constitutional control. The university is also navigating the long-term implications of its physical digital transition following the COVID-19 pandemic, noting faculty adaptation to tools like Moodle and Zoom despite challenges such as connectivity and unequal device access. Infrastructure projects remain a priority, with recent remodeling efforts launched for the Faculty of Health Sciences (FCS) to modernize academic footprint, Rector Asjana David recently inaugurated and administrative spaces. Additionally, renovated facilities were inaugurated at the UASD-Higüey Center in La Altagracia province. These upgrades include Center, including a Physiological Sciences Laboratory, Laboratory and a specialized Geography classroom, and a renovated library space. Furthermore, the university has reinforced its research profile. classroom. Academic milestones include Professor Yindhira Taveras recently became becoming the first UASD faculty member to earn a doctorate in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. Her research, Mayagüez, which utilized driving simulators and electroencephalography, will lead to the launch of the university’s first a new road safety research laboratory featuring virtual reality technology. Expanding laboratory. Furthermore, the university inaugurated its social impact, ‘First International Postgraduate Congress UASD has entered a partnership with the Dominican Ministry of Women 2026’ to advance gender equality promote national development and violence prevention through a joint agenda involving academic exchange, while Ana Lucía Beltré, Director of the potential creation Barahona Campus, was selected as an alternate member of a museum and a Gender Equality Unit. the University Council.

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  1. 2026-10-23 20:08 UTC UASD institutional and academic updates
  2. 2026-10-10 03:17 UTC UASD institutional and academic updates
  3. 2026-10-07 16:38 UTC UASD institutional and academic updates
  4. 2026-10-05 22:44 UTC UASD institutional and academic updates
  5. 2026-09-30 19:03 UTC UASD institutional and academic updates
  6. 2026-09-23 21:42 UTC Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo institutional updates
  7. 2026-09-21 23:24 UTC Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo institutional updates

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