Other News from Participating Centers

Americans Deserve Better User Privacy

On May 15th, the White House tweeted it had created a new online surveying tool for Americans to report instances of social media censorship due to political bias. Setting aside the politics of this move, there are serious privacy and security concerns that come with hosting such a survey on its website.

Alumni FGV Direito Rio recebe David B. Wilkins, da Harvard Law School, para palestra

David B. Wilkins é Diretor do Center on the Legal Profession e Vice Diretor for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession da Harvard Law School e, na ocasião, falou para o público presente sobre o tema "The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization”.
O evento foi fruto de parceria do Alumni FGV Direito Rio com Harvard Law School Association of Brazil e contou com a presença de ex-alunos de ambas instituições, bem como estudantes da FGV Direito Rio. O mesmo aconteceu no dia 29/03 na sede da FGV em Botafogo. 

Wikimedia Czech Republic hosts hackathon to improve Wikimedia’s software

The annual Wikimedia Hackathon brings people with different skillsets together to improve the software that powers Wikimedia websites. This edition took place at the Prague National Library of Technology and provided an opportunity for volunteer technologists to meet in person, share ideas, have fun, and work together to improve the software that Wikipedia and its sister projects depend on to ensure free knowledge is available and accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

Almuni da FGV Direito Rio faz LL.M. na Harvard Law School

Ex-aluno comparou parte da sua experiência com seu aprendizado na FGVO ex-aluno da FGV Direito Rio, Evandro Sussekind (lado inferior direito da foto), finalizou este ano o LL.M. na Harvard Law School. Evandro afirma que a experiência foi de muito aprendizado e desafios. “A euforia dos primeiros dias de orientação durante o verão rapidamente deu lugar a uma rotina árdua de estudos e prazos intervalados por alguns momentos de lazer. Rotina essa não muito diferente da que eu tinha na FGV durante os primeiros períodos”, exemplifica.

The Week in Internet News: Better Broadband Boosts Employment

High-speed jobs: A new study suggests that better broadband service lowers unemployment rates, Vice.com reports. Researchers from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Oklahoma State University tracked broadband availability and unemployment rates in Tennessee and found that counties with access to high-speed broadband had a slightly lower unemployment rate than those with slower service.

Sudan junta shuts down Internet to cover-up horrific human rights violations

Following the massacre of peaceful protesters at a sit-in near the Army Headquarters in Khartoum on June 2nd, Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) began restricting internet connectivity throughout the country. By June 4th, the country’s internet connection was completely shutdown. Despite this, protesters called for full civil disobedience on Sunday,[...]

Oikonomia. Meditazioni sul capitalismo e il sacro

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Dalla trasmissione "Uomini e profeti" di Rai Radio3, con Luigino Bruni (LUMSA)
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Educación y cooperación para combatir el cambio climático

En la sede del ex Congreso representantes de la Universidad de Chile presentaron ante la ministra de Medio Ambiente, el subsecretario de Educación y parlamentarios, iniciativas que buscan combatir el cambio climático desde la educación, con el objetivo de generar políticas públicas que puedan ayudar a hacer frente a este problema mundial y de cara a la COP25, que se realizará en Chile durante el mes de diciembre.

"Los pueblos originarios podemos crecer en la academia"

De enero a mayo de 2020, la académica del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos (INAP), una de las pocas mujeres que se ha adjudicado este reconocimiento, realizará una estadía como profesora visitante del David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies de la destacada universidad estadounidense.

Académica Nury González participó de bienal Révélations de París

Bajo la curatoría del diseñador Mauricio Clavero, la propuesta "Nido de pensamientos" fue parte de esta muestra desarrollada en Francia entre el 22 y el 26 de mayo, donde el único país latinoamericano invitado fue Chile.

Estudiantes de la U. Chile y de educación básica realizan nuevo mural

Liderados por el profesor de la Facultad de Artes Carlos Gómez, siete alumnos de la misma facultad y trece estudiantes de octavo y séptimo básico del Liceo Manuel Rojas de la comuna de Macul pintaron 25 metros de los paneles transitorios ubicados en el acceso a Avenida Grecia.

Spanish municipal elections: what happened with the new municipalist projects?

Sol Trumbo Vila: With the results still playing out, the survival of parties like Barcelona en Comú will depend on their ability to bring together the ‘three souls’ of the movement.

​Research team led by NTU Singapore finds information in a third of eczema apps inconsistent with international guidelines

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Amicus Brief in Mobley v. State

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International Conference: “Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons: Contributions to the Deepening of Democracy”

Note: the updated submission deadline is June 20, 2019.

Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal

Date: 6 – 8th November 2019

Organiser: Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL)

The second international conference “Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons” will be a meeting point for researchers, activists, public officials and social entrepreneurs involved in social and solidarity economy, governance of the commons and new social movements in different parts of the world.

The Art of Maintaining “Good Vibes:” lessons on practices and skills from two egalitarian communities

Katarzyna Gajewska: If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Egalitarian communes create an alternative to capitalist individualist lifestyle and values. The add communal organization of life and sharing living space to the self-managed enterprises that they operate to generate income. Living in such setting means agreeing to be challenged and confronted with the conditioning of modern upbringing. They developed practices that help to create an alternative to the socialization in the capitalist system.

India’s Latest National Security Dilemma: The Huawei Ban and NAM(O) 2.0

Hong Kong Chapter: Why Aren’t There More Women in Tech?

The tech industry in Hong Kong and across the world remains male dominated. Why aren’t there more women and what can be done to fix this?

Lehrpreis 2019 für Tania Langebner

Gute Lehre soll sichtbar gemacht und anerkannt werden. Am 05. Juni 2019 wurde Tania Langebner mit dem Lehrpreis der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität ausgezeichnet.

Entdeckung immunologischer Auffälligkeiten im Blut von Patienten mit Schizophrenie

Die rein klinische Diagnose der Schizophrenie setzt sich aus mehreren verschiedenen biologischen Untergruppen zusammen und es war ein Ziel der Untersuchung eine solche Untergruppe biologisch, mittels einer Blutentnahme, zu identifizieren. Die genaue Charakterisierung einer solchen biologisch definierbaren Untergruppe wird es in Zukunft erlauben, gezieltere und umfassendere Pharmakotherapien zu entwickeln.