Das neue Programm reagiert auf eine weiterhin bestehende Einstiegsschwelle für das Studium von Kindern aus Nichtakademikerfamilien: Gemäß des Hochschulreports 2020 des Stifterverbandes nehmen von 100 Grundschülerinnen und -schülern aus solchen Familien später nur 21 ein Studium auf, wohingegen es bei Akademikerfamilien 74 von 100 Kindern sind.
Die am HHU-Programm teilnehmenden Senior-Buddys kommen dabei oft selbst aus Familien, in denen sie die Ersten sind, die ein Studium aufnehmen. Entsprechend teilen sie die Erfahrungen der neuen Studierenden.

Es geht um typische Uni-Situationen, z.B. auf dem Campus, im Hörsaal, in der Bibliothek, etc..Gesucht werden Studierende jeden Alters, jeder Herkunft und jeden Geschlechts. Für maximal 30 Minuten gibt es mindestens 20 Euro. Die Fotoshootings finden ab sofort bis etwa Mitte Juli statt. Für alle Interessierten gilt: Mitmachen und Mitstudierenden Bescheid sagen: Die HHU freut sich auf "neue Gesichter"...Und so geht's:

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El anuncio de que los ramos de Historia y Educación Física dejarán de ser obligatorios en tercero y cuarto medio, generó una amplia discusión entre docentes, investigadores, académicos y autoridades políticas, sin embargo es poco lo que se conoce del documento, existiendo confusión sobre sus alcances y reales implicancias.

El maestro chileno radicado en Estados Unidos, José Luis Domínguez, vuelve a tomar la batuta de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile en un programa que repasará tres importantes obras de diferentes épocas y estilos, a cargo de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cirilo Vila y Felix Mendelssohn.

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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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.