by Ysabel Briceno Migration and Xenophobia, microplastics, public domain works and wetlands were the four major social impact themes tackled by the winning teams of CoAfina, the Latin American science and education hackathon, held on 19, 20 and 21 July. … Continued
LA-CoNGA physics announces the call process for the third edition of the Latin American hackathon of science and education -CoAfina 2024- to be held remotely on 19, 20 and 21 July. This initiative proposes a collaborative environment in which university … Continued
With little sleep and a lot of adrenaline, the seventy-eight participants of the second edition of the Latin American hackathon Co-Afina responded to the challenges posed with the use of open data on issues related to the environment, citizenship and … Continued
The LA-CoNGA physics 2023 international school will be held in Paris from December 11 to 15. The Nuclear Physics and High Energy Laboratory (LPNHE) will host this annual meeting of the conguera community. The event agenda is available at https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/31365/. … Continued
LA-CoNGA physics announces the second edition of the Latin American hackathon to solve science, citizenship and education challenges, Co-Afina 2023, to be held in the third week of October. The working dynamics of Co-Afina is focused on collaborative work to … Continued
LA-CoNGA physics announces that the call to participate in the 2023 edition of the Co-Afina hackathon, to be held from 20 to 22 October, is now open. This initiative proposes that university students from Latin America, at any level (undergraduate, … Continued
The LA-CoNGA physics project presented its experience at the Lepton Photon 2023 conference, sharing its innovative efforts to promote scientific collaboration and accessibility in Latin America. The 31st International Symposium on High Energy Lepton-Photon Interactions was held in Melbourne, hosted … Continued
The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) hosted its first ever hybrid Collaborations Workshop (CW23) in Manchester, UK and online, between May 2nd and 4th, 2023. CW23 brought together researchers, developers, funders, policymakers and teachers all gathered around the topic of sustainable … Continued
Como estaba previsto para esta segunda cohorte, la comunidad estudiantil de LA-CoNGA physics iniciará en septiembre, en modalidad presencial, la experiencia de estancias de investigación en grupos y centros de Colombia, Ecuador y Francia, como parte del programa de prácticas … Continued
El pasado lunes trece de junio inició el segundo semestre de la cohorte de LA-CoNGA physics correspondiente al año 2022, con treinta y seis estudiantes representantes de los países miembros de este consorcio de universidades que han especializado en física … Continued