Study-Abroad

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL PROGRESS

ACHIEVING 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS BY 2030

Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, COLOMBIA, May 11 - 28, 2019

RETREAT IN VILLA DE LEYVA

The last 3 days of the course were spent in Villa de Leyva, where students from Purdue and Los Andes worked together in groups extracting conclusions and presenting their original ideas for achieving the 17 sustainable development goals by 2030.

In SACHICA: We learned about the grography of Boyaca and the rock paintings of Muisca natives.

BOYACA 2000-year old Muisca rock paintings

Prof. Silvia Restrepo

Vice-President for Research, Universidad de Los Andes
Doing research in Agriculture in Colombia: A hurdle race?

Prof. Enrique Forero

President, National Academy of Sciences
Science Academies in a Changing World

Prof. Sonia Monroy

Deputy Director of Colciencias
Colciencias: Leader of the National Science, Technology and Innovation System, in the time frame of its transformation into the ST&I Ministry