John Gieryn: What if the purpose of companies was “to create benefit for the world and try to make it a better place”? Or if they had “employee happiness” as a key performance indicator? While it may seem far-fetched at first, we at Loomio have the privilege of serving one such company that is leading the way and showing how businesses can make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to our communities.
In dem Netzwerk kooperieren Ärztinnen und Ärzte sowie und Forscherinnen und Forscher des Universitätsklinikums Düsseldorf (Koordination), der Heinrich-Heine-Universität (HHU) Düsseldorf und der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH), um sogenannte cholestatische Lebererkrankungen besser zu verstehen und langfristig die Versorgung betroffener Patientinnen und Patienten zu verbessern.
Das Risiko der Antikörperentwicklung steigt mit Dauer und Intensität der Behandlung. Dadurch kann die Therapie mitunter erheblich an Wirkung verlieren. Die Studie gilt als bisher umfangreichste zu diesem Thema im Hinblick auf die Teilnehmerzahl und wurde in der Fachzeitschrift Neurology, dem Journal der American Academy of Neurology, veröffentlicht.
A new survey shows that only a handful of people who said they distrust the Internet are actively choosing encryption in response.
The survey, called the CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust, was conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Canadian think tank the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). The Internet Society (ISOC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are partners in the survey, which is now in its fifth year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,[...]
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Dalla trasmissione "Uomini e profeti" di Rai Radio3, con Luigino Bruni (LUMSA)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.