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Panama's Ciudad del Saber (Spanish for City of Knowledge) is a government-sponsored cluster of academic organizations, technology companies and non-governmental organizations, managed by the foundation of the same name. It is located just across the Miraflores locks, in what used to be United States Army South headquarters, Fort Clayton, now known simply as Clayton.
Ciudad del Saber was born from the idea of converting some military areas located in the former Panama Canal Zone into a center for knowledge exchange. The project was supported by former presidents Nicolás Ardito Barletta and Ernesto Pérez Balladares, [1] and was presented by the latter at the Summit of the Americas held in Miami, Florida, in December 1994. The non-profit foundation that manages the park today was created in 1995. The current facilities at Fort Clayton were officially handed over to the foundation by President Mireya Moscoso in November 1999, during the final stage of the implementation of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties. [2]
Today, the institution provides facilities and support to programs in education, research, technological development and innovation, while promoting integration of institutions, business, and programs. [3]
Among its better-known affiliates are UNICEF's regional headquarters, the Red Cross, the U.S Peace Corps, the United Nations Development Programme regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Food Program, and Plan International.
The headquarters of the World Organization of the Scout Movement's InterAmerican Region were relocated there in 2010. [4]
Among the members of the academic section are the Balboa Academy, ILISA (a Spanish language school), Isthmus University (architecture), and international programs of Georgia Institute of Technology, McGill University, University of Pennsylvania, Florida State University (present as the Florida State University-Panama campus), Saint Louis University, Iowa State University, and SIT Study Abroad (School for International Training). [5] [6] [7] [8]
The League of American Bicyclists (LAB), officially the League of American Wheelmen, is a membership organization that promotes cycling for fun, fitness and transportation through advocacy and education. A Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the League is one of the largest membership organizations of cyclists in the United States.
Stephen P. Hubbell is an American ecologist on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of the unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography (UNTB), which seeks to explain the diversity and relative abundance of species in ecological communities not by niche differences but by stochastic processes among ecologically equivalent species. Hubbell is also a senior staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama. He is also well known for tropical forest studies. In 1980, he and Robin Foster of the Field Museum in Chicago, launched the first of the 50 hectare forest dynamics studies on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. This plot became the flagship of a global network of large permanent forest dynamics plots, all following identical measurement protocols. This global network now has more than 40 plots in 22 tropical countries, and these plots contain more than 8000 tree species and 6 million individual trees that are tagged, mapped, and monitored long-term for growth, survival and recruitment. The Center for Tropical Forest Science coordinates research across global network of plots through the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Since 2008, the program has expanded into the temperate zone, and is now known as the Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory or SIGEO.
Lovejoy High School (LHS) is located at 1587 McDonough Road in Hampton, Georgia, United States. The school's teams are known as the Wildcats. Lovejoy High School is the southernmost secondary school in Clayton County.
Fort Clayton was a United States Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone, later part of the Republic of Panama.
North Clayton High School is a four-year public high school located in College Park, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Clayton County Public Schools. The school was created in 1937 as Flat Rock School, serving 44 students in grades 8–10 with eight teachers. Grades 11 and 12 were added the following year, and the school was given its current name.
The Palacio de las Garzas is the governmental office and residence of the President of Panama. It receives its name because of herons roaming freely in the courtyard. The herons were first brought to the building in 1922, by the former president Belisario Porras, at the suggestion of friend and famed Panamanian poet Ricardo Miró.
Kinnernet is a series of invitation-only unconference events formed by entrepreneurs, technologists, startup founders, scientists, media professionals, and creatives.
Learfield IMG College is a large collegiate sports marketing company, representing more than 200 of the nation's top collegiate properties including the NCAA and its 89 championships, NCAA Football, leading conferences, and many of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Learfield IMG employs more than 700 people in nearly 100 offices throughout the United States. The company was created in 2018 through the combination of Endeavor's IMG College division and Learfield Communications of Missouri, managed by the Atairos Group.
Florida State University-Panama, or FSU-Panama is an international branch campus of Florida State University located on the isthmus of Panama. FSU has operating a broad curriculum program in Panama City of the Republic of Panama for over 50 years. The campus, located by the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal, provides students with many facilities, including the largest English-language library in the Republic of Panama, computer facilities, research facilities, student housing, and athletic facilities. The student population is generally international and comes from the United States, the Republic of Panama and other countries.
The Continental Basketball League (CBL) was a men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April 2010. The league is headquartered in Florida.
María Alessandra Mezquita Lapadula is a pageant titleholder, was born in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá on November 11, 1983. She was the official representative of Panamá
Nicolle Morrell, is a Panamanian model and a pageant titleholder from Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá who was represented the Panamá Centro state in the Bellezas Panamá 2010 pageant, on August 2, 2010, and won the title of Miss Panamá Earth 2010.
Steve Runge is an American college golf coach and former professional golfer.
Panama–Sahrawi Republic relations refers to the current and historical relations between the Republic of Panama and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Panama was the first state of The Americas on recognizing the SADR in July 1978, formal diplomatic relations were established on 1 June 1979. A Sahrawi embassy was opened in Panama City in 1980, during the Aristides Royo government.
Miss Panamá 2013 the 47th Annual Miss Panamá pageant was held at the Atlapa Convention Centre, Panama City, Panama, on Tuesday, 30 April 2013.
La Academia is a Paraguayan reality musical talent show that premiered May 28, 2013 on Telefuturo and it is currently in its first installment. The show is hosted by Dani Da Rosa and is adapted from the Mexican program La Academia.
Carolina Del Carmen Brid Cerrud (born July 4, 1990 in Panama City) is a Panamanian actress, TV host, model and winner of the Miss Tourism Panamá 2011, Miss Metropolitan International 2011 and Miss Panama 2013 beauty pageants. She represented Panama at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant.
Eduardo Tejeira Davis was an architect and historian of architecture from Panama City, Panama.
University of Swahili Foundation is an Indo-American University in Panama. It comprises more than 70 departments and its main campus is in India.
Mehr Eliezer is a Panamanian-Indian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Señorita Panamá 2019. She represented Panama at Miss Universe 2019.