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UVI Gets $1M NSF Award to Support Marine Science Studies

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands has received a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support UVI students who wish to pursue a…

John McCarthy August 16, 2022

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UVI Gets $2.5 Million NSF Grant To Study Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) has been awarded a $2.5 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study stony coral tissue loss disease in the U.S. Virgin…

John McCarthy August 18, 2021

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Huge Puerto Rico Radio Telescope, Already Damaged, Collapses

ARECIBO, Puerto Rico — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed…

VI Free Press December 2, 2020

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Huge Radio Telescope In Puerto Rico To Close In Blow To Science, Search For ET

SAN JUAN — The National Science Foundation announced today that it will close the huge telescope at the renowned Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in a blow to scientists worldwide…

VI Free Press November 19, 2020

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Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to Get a $5.8 Million Antenna Upgrade From NSF

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, the second-largest radio telescope in the world, is about to get a major upgrade. Nearly one year after…

John McCarthy August 19, 2018