UDLAP’s Academic Excellence and Artistic Promotion in 2025
The Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) reaffirmed its academic excellence in 2025 by achieving perfect scores on national and international rankings. The university excelled in artistic formation and promoting its students through dance, theater, visual arts, and various sports teams. UDLAP also made significant strides in science and technology, as well as mercadotecnia (marketing) and business fields.
Notable Achievements
- Animation Digital: Valentina Cors Chi, a student in the Animation Digital program, and Georgina Anzures, an illustrator and design professor at UDLAP, were part of a select group of 30 individuals worldwide who participated in a summer animation residency at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), founded by Walt Disney.
- Public Relations: Christianne Junghanns Sánchez de Cima and Maday Delaia Espinosa Fosado, UDLAP students, set a precedent by becoming the first Mexican women to participate in ICON, an international conference on communication, marketing, and public relations organized by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) in Washington D.C.
- Sustainable Food Science: Eduardo Rafael Garrido Ortiz, a doctoral student in Food Science at UDLAP, secured second place in the Foro Tecnológico Plant Based Protein Innovation 2025, a competition seeking sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives to enhance food properties.
Recognition for Athletic Achievements
UDLAP celebrated the accomplishments of 16 athletes from its representative sports teams who completed their studies, demonstrating dedication and pride in the verde/naranja colors. The Department of Sports organized a recognition ceremony for their academic and athletic achievements.
- Frida Ortiz Meléndez: Sub-champion twice in the CONADEIP and bicampeona of Copa Telmex in 2023 and 2024, Azteca Soccer student pursuing a Master’s in Marketing.
- Miguel Ángel Hernández Torres: Bronze medalist in 2023, gold medalist in 2024 and 2025 in CONADEIP, Azteca Taekwondo student pursuing a Bachelor’s in Nutrition Sciences.
- Paola Jazmín Aceves Arana: Azteca Volleyball student and Master’s in Health Services candidate.
UDLAP Art Collection Expansion
In commemoration of its 85th anniversary and 55 years on its Puebla campus, UDLAP initiated the inclusion of artists in its Art Collection. The collection now houses nine artists, new perspectives, and voices within a prominent private collection in Mexico within a university setting and the sole one in Puebla state on the Google Art Project platform.
The collection grew with Carlos Flores Romero’s donation of four gravures from his “La danza de la muerte” series, blending contemporary interpretations of German artist Hans Holbein’s XV-century gravures with Mexican graphic culture and sonidero. Marco Antonio Velázquez Ramos, a UDLAP alumnus, also donated two gravures through gestora cultural Vianney Camarillo Acosta.
UDLAP’s Involvement in Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
UDLAP community members participated in a forum organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UNODC Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean in Panama (UNODC ROPAN). The forum featured discussions on combating money laundering orchestrated by criminal organizations to legitimize illicitly-gained funds.
- Alan Betancourt Torres: UDLAP graduate who participated in the Foro Disruptivo 2025: Articulating alliances against money laundering and human trafficking in Cancún, Quintana Roo.
- Lirio Cristina Araiza Colin: UDLAP student who took part in the Foro Disruptivo 2025.
- Nora Gavira Durón: UDLAP professor who joined the Foro Disruptivo 2025.
UDLAP’s Social Responsibility Initiatives
For the third consecutive year, UDLAP implemented a “Parties for a Cause” campaign. Tickets to the first two home games of the Aztecas football team were exchanged for kilograms of beans, which were donated to the Cáritas Puebla food bank for families in Puebla City, Cholula, and those affected by recent environmental disasters in the Sierra Norte.
UDLAP’s Voluntariado Azteca program supported animal welfare, environmental protection, and humanitarian aid for capital poblano families and those impacted by environmental crises in the Sierra Norte.
