The current context forced us to deeply reflect about our society, what we are as a nation, what we are as a higher educational institution, what we research, and what we deliver to the community.

For the president, Alejandro Cheyne García, it is clear that the second main purpose of the university, serving the country, has been obvious in the answer that the educational institution has provided to the multiple challenges imposed by the pandemic. One of those answers has been to work with, and for, the regions, since their capacities to cope with different fronts in this context are not enough.