2006 LSI SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT AWARDS

Centro de Estudios en Ciencia y Religion (CECIR)
Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP)
Puebla, Mexico
Chairperson:  Eugenio Urrutia, M.S.
http://web.upaep.mx/Investigaciones/cecir/Index.htm

This society has pretty much been the driving force for promoting the science and religion dialogue in their region.  Their membership has grown to over 100 participants, half from their host university and half representing other universities and research centers across the country.  The larger society has created smaller workgroups, for instance, a group that explores issues in astronomy and religion.  Group members have published books, created websites, designed courses, and produced a radio program on science and religion.  Their online science and religion course is offered to 300 students at the University and beyond—and it is excellent.  They will be engaged in a publishing venture with a major state university, constituting a new, important public/private collaboration.  The society has made significant efforts to promote the Metanexus LSI program itself, and it is a networking leader in its region.

Award Accepted by : Arturo Villanueva and Jaime Castillo

Prof. Arturo Villanueva was born in Puebla, Mexico, in 1965. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), Mexico, in 1995. Prof. Villanueva obtained his first Master’s degree in Education from the same university in 2001 and a second Master’s degree in Communication and Educational Technology from the Latin-American Educational Communication Institute (ILCE), Mexico, in 2004. He has collaborated with the Center for Science and Religion Studies (CECIR) at UPAEP with the translation of basic documents. He designed the multimedia courses for the Humanities department involving philosophy courses for all the undergraduate programs at UPAEP, where he is currently full-time professor and coordinator of the Humanities Program.

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