{"id":24305,"date":"2019-03-01T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=24305"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:41:20","slug":"puerto-rico-research-hub-officially-opens-its-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/puerto-rico-research-hub-officially-opens-its-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico Research Hub Officially Opens Its Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24306 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o-299x199.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/47239597511_a3f5c3e66e_o.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Puerto Rico Research Hub welcomed the public and the academic community to its new office space Wednesday at an official open house.<\/p>\n<p>Director Fernando Rivera, Ph.D., repeated his pledge to use the research expertise of the hub to improve the lives of the Puerto Rican community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to be accessible. Our goal is to collaborate and answer questions the community has,\u201d Rivera told a packed room at the Barbara Ying Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce was among the first organizations to support the Puerto Rico Research Hub. President Joseph Rivera said data is key to understanding the needs of the Hispanic community, from education to housing. Having the expertise of the Puerto Rico Research Hub makes it possible to dedicate resources where they are needed most. It\u2019s also important for developing impactful policy on the state and federal level, Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rivera also announced a philanthropic gift from UCF alumnus Dr. Andre Garcia and his wife, Susana, which will provide important funding for the new Center\u2019s operations.\u00a0 The couple\u2019s gift will be matched by Dr. Garcia\u2019s employer, Collins Aerospace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSound information allows us to develop strategy and promote socioeconomic growth,\u201d Dr. Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Puerto Rico Research Hub welcomed the public and the academic community to its new office space Wednesday at an official open house. Director Fernando Rivera, Ph.D., repeated his pledge to use the research expertise of the hub to improve the lives of the Puerto Rican community. \u201cWe want to be accessible. Our goal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":24307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38,39,5945,6492,28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-puerto-rico-research-hub","category-sociology-department","category-top-news","category-ucf-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Puerto Rico Research Hub Officially Opens Its Doors - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/puerto-rico-research-hub-officially-opens-its-doors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Puerto Rico Research Hub Officially Opens Its Doors - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The Puerto Rico Research Hub welcomed the public and the academic community to its new office space Wednesday at an official open house. 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