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Equipe da FGV Direito Rio conquista prêmios na I Olimpíada de Direito Administrativo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

O time levou o terceiro lugar geral na competiçãoA equipe da FGV Direito Rio obteve o terceiro lugar geral na I Olimpíada de Direito Administrativo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, realizada nos dias 30 de junho e 1º  de julho, com a segunda maior nota nas semifinais.

Casnack: estudiantes crean colación saludable en base a castañas

Libre de colesterol, bajo en sodio y apto para celíacos y veganos. Así es el snack saludable diseñado y elaborado por dos estudiantes de la carrera de Ingeniería en Alimentos de la U. de Chile, que ayer ganó el ya tradicional certamen de la XIV Expoferia de Alimentos Innovadores, que organiza anualmente la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas.

U. de Chile: N° 1 del país por una década en ranking SCImago

La Casa de Bello nuevamente fue la única institución de educación superior chilena entre las 10 mejores de Latinoamérica. La edición 2018 de este ranking, que analiza volumen y calidad de la investigación, productos de innovación e impacto social, la ubicó número ocho en la región, subiendo un puesto en relación al año pasado.El Ranking Internacional de Instituciones SCImago 2018 ubicó por décimo año consecutivo a la Universidad de Chile como la primera institución de educación superior del país por su productividad científica e impacto social.

Toxic protein clumps can prevent their own disassembly

Oligomers are aggregates made up of a small number of protein molecules. In the case of Alzheimer's disease, for example, this is the protein amyloid beta (Aβ). Apart from oligomers, larger structures can also develop out of these proteins, i.e. fibrils and ultimately plaques, which form from fibrils. All these substances are toxic to nerve cells. It is already known that the oligomers are the most dangerous, since even in very small quantities they damage or even kill off nerve cells.

Vertrauensdozent Thomas Hoeren erhält Daidalos-Münze

Die Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes hat Professor Thomas Hoeren vom Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht der Universität Münster für sein herausragendes Engagement als Vertrauensdozent mit der Daidalos-Münze ausgezeichnet.

Diretor da FGV Direito Rio participa de aula de encerramento de disciplina na USP

Eletiva será ministrada na FGV Direito Rio em 2018.2O Diretor da FGV Direito Rio, professor Sérgio Guerra, participou da aula de encerramento da disciplina Dinâmica da Regulação Administrativa do programa de Mestrado da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). A disciplina foi conduzida pelo professor titular da USP e colaborador do Mestrado em Direito da Regulação da FGV Direito Rio, Floriano de Azevedo Marques Neto, e contou com a participação em todos os encontros do professor Sérgio Guerra e do professor convidado Egon Bockmann Moreira, da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

IViR studies opgenomen in Kamerstuk over de toekomst van de onafhankelijke journalistiek in Nederland

Neusser Gesamtschule an der Erft erhält Plakette 'Schule im NRW-Talentscouting'

In Deutschland entscheiden oftmals die familiären Hintergründe über den Bildungsweg. Hier setzt das NRW-Talentscouting an. Im Rahmen des im Ruhrgebiet bereits erfolgreichen Förderprogramms bauen seit 2017 fünf Talentscouts der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf ein Netzwerk mit Schulen in Düsseldorf und dem Rhein-Kreis Neuss auf.

Versicherer fördern juristische Forschung

Am Dienstag, den 03. Juli 2018, unterzeichneten die Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und
die ARAG SE, die Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender Stiftung für Bildung und Wissenschaft, die Provinzial Rheinland Versicherung AG, die ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs-AG, der Verband öffentlicher Versicherer, die Deutsche Rückversicherung AG und die RheinLand Versicherungs AG

Meeting Europe’s Connectivity Challenge: The Role for Community Networks

While Europe tops many charts in terms of Internet connectivity in global comparison, a number of challenges still persist. One of these challenges is the continuing urban-rural digital gap, which concerns many countries both in Western and Eastern Europe.

Frome: The town that’s found a potent cure for illness – community

Frome in Somerset has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation. There are lessons for the rest of the country.

Fab City Summit Paris: Changing the Reality of Our Cities

  • The Fab City Summit Gathers Public Institutions, Industry and Society in Paris to Define the Path Towards The Future of Productive Cities.
  • 18 Fab City members, iCapital alumni and International City Leaders will gather in Paris.
  • International speakers such as Neil Gershenfeld, Saskia Sassen and Dave Hakkens will discuss innovative approaches to future-proofing cities through local productivity.

Emojis or empowerment?

By implementing internal communication platforms, enterprises are hoping to promote efficiency (vulgo: to get rid of e-mail), transparency and employee participation. But such platforms are unlikely to take off by themselves. Only those who understand their organization’s communication and information structures are able to exploit the full potential of Slack & Co. Unternehmensinterne Social Media-Plattformen…

Organizacje pozarządowe zabierają głos w sprawie reformy prawa autorskiego

Dwudziestego czerwca Komisja Prawna (JURI) Parlamentu Europejskiego przyjęła propozycję  Dyrektywy o prawie autorskim na jednolitym rynku cyfrowym, która w debacie publicznej wzbudza coraz większe kontrowersje. Kwestia jest na tyle ważna, a zarazem polaryzująca, że wymaga uwagi całego Parlamentu Europejskiego, głosującego na posiedzeniu plenarnym.

ISOC advocates good MANRS within European R&E community

The Internet Society will be participating in the GÉANT Services and Technology Forum this week, as it continues to develop its relationship with research and education networking in support of improved routing security. GÉANT is the pan-European networking activity that connects and supports 41 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), and which recently joined the MANRS initiative.

Fake news, bots, mecanismos de filtragem e outras ameaças à democracia brasileira

Bipolarização. Aparentemente, uma das palavras mais citadas nas manchetes políticas nos últimos anos. Seja no Brexit, nas eleições americanas ou no Impeachment sofrido pela ex-presidente Dilma Rousseff, as atuais sociedades nunca falaram sobre a construção de muros físicos e imaginários tanto quanto hoje. Visões maniqueístas e extremistas são sustentadas pelo bloqueio e falta de interesse em diferentes opiniões com a ajuda do filtro invisível nas mídias sociais e com as Fake News em diversas plataformas digitais.
A primeira ameaça: O filtro invisível

​NTU Singapore receives S$16.4 million for its Wallenberg-NTU Fellowship to nurture early-career scientists

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Future Thinking: Roxanne Varza on the Internet Economy

In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of  a startup incubator  – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.

Changing Minds by Using Open Data

This blog has been rewritten from the original post on our Open Education Working Group blog and is co-authored by Javiera Atenas, Erdinç Saçan & Robert Schuwer.
 
The Greek philosopher Pythagoras once said:

“if you want to multiply joy, then you have to share.”

Future Thinking: Biddemu Bazil Mwotta on the Internet Economy

In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of  a startup incubator  – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.