El IX CICES es el mayor evento mundial sobre erosión y recuperación de zonas degradadas, y se desarrollará el 26, 27 y 28 de septiembre de este año en Santiago. El evento contará con la participación de 30 países y del experto Shubhendu Sharma, creador del método para establecer bosques en tiempos reducidos.
Depuis plusieurs années, le port de signes religieux au sein des institutions publiques est un enjeu social important dans la société québécoise. Au milieu des années 2000, lors des travaux de la commission Bouchard-Taylor, de nombreux Québécois sont stupéfaits de constater que plusieurs de leurs concitoyennes de confession musulmane affichent publiquement leur religiosité au moyen d’un foulard couvrant leurs cheveux, le hijab. Certains projets de loi ont proposé d’interdire le port de signes religieux pour l’ensemble du personnel des organismes publics ou parapublics.
Last week Facebook found itself at the heart of a security breach that put at risk the personal information of millions of users of the social network.
On September 28, news broke that an attacker exploited a technical vulnerability in Facebook’s code that would allow them to log into about 50 million people’s accounts.
Emily Matchar at Smithsonian: “About 40 percent of American adults are obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) over 30. But obesity is not evenly distributed around the country. Some cities and states have far more obese residents than others. Why? Genetics, stress, income levels and access to healthy foods are play a role.
I Congresso Internacional de Direito e Gênero08h30 até 18h30O Evento: O I Congresso Internacional de Direito e Gênero se propõe a debater, de maneira crítico-reflexiva, temas fundamentais para compreender as diversas formas de dominação que se originam da desigualdade de gênero, com especial ênfase no papel exercido pelo Estado e pela sociedade nesse processo.
Organization Completes Fifth Year of Service and Looks to Expand Reach, Impact
This press release was originally posted by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering on September 26, 2018.
This post reflects arguments made in a joint background paper published by the Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) ahead of the G20 Women’s Group (W20) Summit in Argentina 1-3 October.
Fake news code: Google and several operators of social networks have signed a code of conduct to combat fake news, CNet reports. The code of conduct, pushed by the European Union, stipulates that they must work to disrupt advertising revenues of accounts and websites that spread disinformation. The code also requires that the websites empower people to report disinformation and access other news sources.
Paper by Nikos Askitas, Rafik Mahjoubi, Pedro S. Martins, Koffi Zougbede for Paris21/OECD: “Experience from both technology and policy making shows that solutions for labour market improvements are simply choices of new, more tolerable problems. All data solutions supporting digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will have to incorporate a roadmap of changes rather than an unrealistic super-solution.
Rektorin Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck und Prorektor Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Börner (Studienqualität und Personalmanagement) heißen die Studienanfänger/innen im Hörsaal 3A (Gebäude 23.01) willkommen und informieren gemeinsam mit dem AStA-Vorstand zum Studium und zum Hochschulalltag an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität. Die Landeshauptstadt wird durch Bürgermeister Friedrich G. Conzen vertreten sein.
Join a symposium exploring new approaches for a more cooperative society, based on the thinking of the late philosopher Ivan Illich.
Saturday 13 October: 11.00-18.00
Register Here.
What to expect
Ab dem 1.10.2018 ist Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Organisation und Personal, neuer Dekan der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Süß – zuvor Prodekan der Fakultät – übernimmt das Amt von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap.
Prof. Dr. Florian Heiß wurde vom Fakultätsrat zum Prodekan gewählt. Studiendekan bleibt apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimeshoff.
In June 2014, activists in Barcelona formed a citizen’s platform to stand for election and “win back” the city from its centre-right city council, which the movement saw as having sold out the city to business interests. With little money or experience, the movement ousted the conservative political establishment, and is starting to bring change using a dynamic model of citizen engagement.
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Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: October 1, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingWith little fanfare, the State Department recently posted on its website the results of an empirical study of the acute violence in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims.
Con el conversatorio "A 50 años de la Reforma del 68: la voz de sus protagonistas" continúa el ciclo de actividades "De la revolución estudiantil a la revolución de los feminismos", iniciado el pasado 6 de septiembre con el nuevo número de revista Anales "Mujeres insurrectas".
Los académicos de las facultades de Artes y de Odontología recibieron el galardón en las categorías de Artes, Letras y Humanidades y Ciencia y Tecnología, respectivamente.