The National University of La Plata awarded the special award to the most outstanding personalities in the field of sciences and arts of this house of studies.
The ceremony took place in the Congress Center of the Sergio Karakachof Building and was led by the President of the UNLP, Martín López Armengol, and the Minister of Science and Technology, Nicolás Rendtorff.
In his speech, President López Armengol emphasized that “this recognition of researchers in training and trained researchers must highlight how complex the path of a career based on science and technology is. Therefore, above all, a big congratulations goes to all the people who receive this award today.”
“If there is a characteristic and distinctive hallmark of the University of La Plata, it is its scientific and technological profile; this has been our identity since the beginning,” Armengol continued, adding: “We must not lose sight of the fact that the Argentine science and technology system has structural and cyclical problems. The funding logic cannot be changed from one day to the next. We must discuss clear funding rules that give us a predictable science and technology policy enable.”
In conclusion, the head of the UNLP emphasized that “we have a fundamental asset: the level of our researchers; this talent, this creative and innovative ability, which continues to be a reference in the world even in this very complex context. Therefore,” he concluded, “there is a great danger on the horizon that our young people will begin to no longer see the scientific-technological system as an option for progress. We cannot allow it, because without science there is no possible future for the country.”
Nicolas Rendtorff, in turn, assured: “In an event as important as today, we cannot but mention that the scientific and university system is in a very complex phase due to the policies of the national government.” And he added: “I am proud that we are continuing to work on research even in this adverse environment.”
The head of CyT also pointed to the importance of science communication, saying: “Scientific dissemination is one of the cornerstones. It allows the university and the scientific system in general to stand in the way of flat-Etherism and anti-vaccination movements. We must have a clear agenda for the territorialization of the knowledge in which we are experts,” he concluded.
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