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unusual facts about University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras



Angel Peña Ramírez

Peña has a Bachelor's degree in Labor Relations from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, and a Master's degree in the same major from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus.

Basta Ya... Revolución

The song "Antonia murió de un balazo" is about the murder of student Antonia Martínez by a police officer during the 1970 riots at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.

Himno de la Vida

Composed in 1938 by Francisco Arriví and Augusto Rodríguez, Alma Mater or the Himno de la Vida (The Anthem of Life), is the anthem of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.

Norma Burgos

She studied at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, where she obtained both a Bachelor's degree (Cum Laude) with a major in Economy, and a Master's degree (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Puerto Rico's School of Public Administration.


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Antonia Martínez

A year after her death, University of Puerto Rico Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet Jacinto Gutierrez was killed while defending the Reserve Oifficers' Training Corps building at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras.