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Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist
 

Community | Fundraiser for slain MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro surpasses $350,000 –  Boston, MA

The family of Nuno Loureiro, a respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, who was tragically killed earlier this month, continues to receive an extraordinary outpouring of support from the community and friends.  Professor Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15, 2025, and died the following day at a […]

Book | Three Stories of Forgetting | By Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida – Editor’s  Note

Three men haunt these pages. Perhaps they are tormented ghosts who cannot find rest. All three have been expelled in some way, sent on solitary journeys into the night. Celestino, an old slave trader, returns to the solitude of his home and garden after a life of horrors. Boa Morte da Silva, an Angolan who […]

Update | Portuguese national identified as suspect in the killings at Brown and MIT – Boston, MA

In a major development, law-enforcement officials have publicly identified the suspect in the killings at Brown University and MIT’s Professor Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, as Cláudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Torres Novas, Portugal. Authorities said Valente was later found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Professor […]

Community | Portuguese physicist Nuno Loureiro fatally shot in Brookline – Massachusetts

Portuguese physicist Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, late on the evening of Monday, December 15. Authorities confirmed that Loureiro, originally from Viseu, Portugal, was found with multiple […]

Portugal Named “Economy of the Year 2025” by The Economist – London, UK

Portugal has been selected by the British magazine The Economist as the “Economy of the Year” for 2025, placing the country at the top of a ranking of the world’s 36 richest economies   Titled “Which economy did best in 2025?”,  the magazine highlighted Portugal’s strong blend of macroeconomic indicators, including solid GDP growth, low inflation, […]

Arts: Lena Gal’s painting expresses passion and contemplation – Interview

18 November 2013

By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) Helena Maria Galvão Amaral – “Lena Gal” –  has been painting professionally for over twenty five years. The apparent ease of her composition reveals mastery, dedication and nurturing. Her art is eclectic, dynamic and technically skillful. She likes to explore the borderline between dreams and reality and paints largely from […]

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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Painting, People, Portugal, São Miguel, World

Reading: Book talk by novelist Jacinto Lucas Pires – UMD

13 November 2013

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, Department of Portuguese, the MA & PhD Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory and the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives announce a book talk by novelist Jacinto Lucas Pires scheduled for Wednesday, November 20, at 12:00 noon. The event, free and open to the public, will […]

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Posted in Books, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Appointed: Sara Oliveira Director of Brand & Communications at Vodafone – Portugal

13 November 2013

Sara Oliveira has been appointed Director of Brand and Communications at Vodafone Portugal. Oliveira has 16 years of experience in management, working as vice president of the Portuguese-American Post-Graduate Society (PAPS), in Boston, MA. Oliveira, who has a degree in Economics from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a major in Business Economics, was responsible […]

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Posted in Community, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Petition: Tell Congress to support Lajes Air Force Base – PACP

12 November 2013

A petition sponsored by the Portuguese-American Citizenship Project (PACP) was posted on Facebook to stop the proposed reduction of  US military presence at Lajes Air Force Base, on Terceira, Azores. The initiative urges Portuguese-Americans to undersign the petition requesting Congress to continue supporting  Lajes Air Force Base on Terceira.  Petition Background  For more than six […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, World

NASA: Jocelino Rodrigues finalist at the AXE Apollo Space Competition – KSC, Florida

11 November 2013

Jocelino Rodrigues, 19, is one of the top four UK finalists who will compete December 1 for astronaut training in the AXE Apollo Space competition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.   Born in Porto, Portugal, Rodrigues is a 2nd year Aerospace Engineering student at the University of Bristol, UK. He will spend the […]

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Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

Launched: International Graduate Certificate Program in Portuguese Global Studies – e-Learning

11 November 2013

The Open University of Portugal and Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA, are jointly launching their first International Graduate Certificate Program in Portuguese Global Studies. Starting January 2014, the program is oriented mainly toward: (i) Portuguese heritage-descendents in the United States who want to reconnect with their family background origins or just want to acquire additional […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Genealogy, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World