25 June 2013
The Azores based developers of Ziphius, the first app-controlled aquatic drone, have announced today their invention is going into mass production and that they are seeking venture partners. According to Azorean, the company behind the development of Ziphius, as first step Ziphius is launching its Kickstarter campain,a funding platform for creative projects to help finance the […]
Posted in Awards, Azores, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, São Miguel, World
24 June 2013
By Shana Silva (*) Being the daughter of Portuguese immigrants to New Bedford whose first language was Portuguese, I was naturally drawn to Our Sisters School, where I became an AmeriCorps teacher in fall 2012. The school is a tuition-free, independent, secular, all girls’ middle school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that serves mostly Portuguese and […]
Posted in Azores, Cape Verde, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal
24 June 2013
By Michael Colson (*) Although he is a prominent Portuguese cultural critic and a leading intellectual, Eduardo Lourenço is not widely known in the Anglo-American world. Several of Lourenço’s essays on cultural and philosophical topics have been collected in Chaos and Splendor & Other Essays (2002), edited by Carlos Veloso (Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World
24 June 2013
Indianapolis is home to a Sephardim community which began to be established during the first two decades of the 20th century. After being expelled from Portugal at the end of the 15th century, the Sephardim dispersed through the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey, Greece, Southwest Asia, North Africa and the Balkans). Eventually they also ventured into […]
Posted in Azores, Canada, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Madeira, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
24 June 2013
On June 10th, the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building in Mineola was once again turned into an authentic Portuguese “Aldeia” or village, complete with traditional food, music and youthful folklore dancing. Over a dozen local Portuguese organizations took part in the annual event hosted by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Comptroller George Maragos, […]
22 June 2013
The University of Coimbra, one of the most relevant educational institutions in Portugal and abroad, was granted today UNESCO’s World Heritage status, during the 37th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC). Because the University of Coimbra spreads through many areas of Coimbra city, UNESCO’s World Heritage status includes the city of Coimbra, one of […]
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