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UFRGS inaugurates Confucius Institute
The Institute has the goal of teaching Chinese language and culture to students and professionals in Brazil. Classes will be taught by Chinese teachers, ensuring high quality education for students of our university. The Institute inaugurates at the Language and Literature Institute (Campus do Vale) on April 25th 2012
UFRGS' digital repository is named number 41 in the world
LUME, the University's digital repository, has been named Number 41 in Open Access Repository in the World by the Ranking Web of World Repositories, moving up more than fifty places.
UFRGS' Central Library reopens with new infraestructure
UFRGS Central Library reopens with new air-conditioning and reading spaces. The library houses an important collection of the University, composed of rare books, atlases and dictionaries
Cooperation Agreement with Dassault Aviation
The agreement reflects the motivation of Rafale International and their partners to be at the forefront of innovation and to prepare for the technological future, through the establishment of privileged networks between actors of Education and R&D parties, such as UFRGS
Chinese language UFRGS student wins language competition at national level
On May 12, Rafael Papageorgiou, student of Chinese language at the Instituto Confúcio at UFRGS, was the national winner of the Brazilian preliminary in the 11th Chinese Bridge Competition for exchange students held in São Paulo
UFRGS Japanese group organizes free cultural activities
To participate in the 10th National Museum Week, the UFRGS Japanese Immigration and Culture Memorial group organized many cultural activities and events, which were held until May 25th. The schedule included expositions, workshops and mini-courses
RELINTER team represents UFRGS on mission to the United Kigdom
UFRGS participated on a mission to the United Kingdom, organized by the AGDI (Gaúcho Agency of Promotion and Development of Investments), a division of the SDPI (Secretariat of Development and Promotion of Investments of the Rio Grande do Sul State Government)
Student selected to take course promoted by Unesco
Pamela Marques, student of the Graduate Program in Education (PPGEDU/UFRGS), researches the role of young university students in national contexts of extreme poverty, with a case study on Haiti
Head of the Physics Institute elected as International Councillor of the APS
Márcia Barbosa was elected in June. Recently, the UFRGS professor has also been elected vice-president of the IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics)
UFRGS signs a cooperation agreement with Galilee International Management Institute
Represented by Carlos André Mendes, Professor from IPH, UFRGS participates in the Training Program of the Agricultural Technology and Irrigation at GIMI
UFRGS sport teams win the JUGs – Jogos Universitários Gaúchos 2012
Both Men’s Volleyball and Chess team have become the State champions
UFRGS signs agreement to boost petroleum research and development
Agreement cofunded by CNPq and BG Brasil, with the participation of a Scottish university, acknowledges the UFRGS as one of the institutions with the largest oil and gas research portfolio in Brazil
Physics Institute Director receives international award
Marcia Barbosa was awarded for discovering a water anomaly “that may lead to a better understanding of the mechanism of proteins folding, which is essential for the treatment of some diseases”, according to Unesco
Brazilian astronomers discover a satellite in the Milky Way
The satellite discovery, Balbinot 1, was named after a PhD student who headed the research
The Mayor of London visits UFRGS
Authorities signed an agreement of intentions with the University and the State of Culture of RS
UFRGS researcher is awarded by The World Academy of Science
Jairton Dupont, from the Chemistry Institute, will be part of the TWAS, along with seven other Brazilian scientists
Representatives of the Ohio University seek partnership with UFRGS
Research and exchange experiences were the debated subjects
UFRGS professors receive the Gaucho Researcher Award 2012
Professors were awarded in seven different categories
Ambassador of Ecuador visits UFRGS
Horacio Sevilla Borja has expressed interest in stimulating joint research development, in bringing students to Brazil and in the racial quotas experience
UFRGS receives R$13 million in investments by FINEP
The University is the institution with the most funds released by the CT-Infra/Proinfra 2011. Infrastructure projects will benefit greatly from this
International partnership graduates first group of students
Savoie University’s degrees were given in a graduation ceremony at the Noble Hall of the College of Law
Capes Prize for Theses 2012 highlights 10 works from UFRGS
Four theses defended at UFRGS in 2011 won the Capes Prize for Theses in their fields. Six others received Honorable Mention
UFRGS stands out at the 2012 Young Scientist Award
Student Caetano Decian Lazzari was ranked second place in the undergraduate category and professor Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel received an honorable mention for his career
UFRGS is the best Brazilian University according to Ministry of Education
Quality indicators about higher education in Brazil highlight UFRGS’s programs. The General Index of the University programs has reached a score of 4.28, which is the highest among all the Brazilian universities
UFRGS presents a machine used by the Nazis in World War II
University Museum exhibition about the British Mathematician Alan Turing consists of the Enigma Machine A2200
UFRGS gains a spotlight in an international ranking
Second in Brazil and third in Latin America, the University continues being one of the best universities in the world, regarding the spread of information and the impact of the knowledge produced
Klaus Miczek joins in on a research developed in partnership with UFRGS
Along with professor Rosa Almeida, the Tufts University researcher is supervising the investigation on social stress and brain modifications
UFRGS’s participation in Computer Science Fair attracts foreign interest
Our University took part for the second time in the largest international Computer Science Fair, held in Hannover, Germany
University’s President welcomes researcher from University College London
UFRGS and UCL researchers aim to strengthen partnerships for studies in the field of epilepsy
UFRGS discusses agreement with Chinese university
Harbin Normal University seeks cooperation of exchange programs for language teachers. UFRGS will provide professionals to teach Portuguese and will receive Chinese teachers
UFRGS develops new research with stem-cells
Specialists in the Hematology and Stem-cells Laboratory, of the UFRGS Pharmacy College, study the development of a new biomaterial that may assist the regeneration of human organs
Main Lecture at UFRGS lifts up the defense of democracy
In a conference this morning, Cláudio Fonteles, a member of the National Truth Committee worked to encourage community participation in forming a network for the defense of democratic rights. At the event, the following news was released: UFRGS will have its own Truth Committee
Representative of the UN’s Department for Peacekeeping visits UFRGS
A meeting at the President’s Office was held to discuss the organization of an International Seminar about the reformation in the world security sector at the university
Albert Fert is Doctor Honoris Causa at UFRGS
The title honors the cooperation of more than 30 years between the University and the French physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 2007
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