04 March 2012
The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease, has granted Portuguese researchers, Carlos Palmeira and Rodrigo Cunha, the “Rapid Response Innovation Award.” Both researchers are affiliated with the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Carlos Palmeira is an Associate Professor in the Department […]
Posted in Awards, Featured, Organizations, People, Portugal, World
03 March 2012
The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) has announced the 2012 UMass Dartmouth Summer Program in Portuguese scheduled to June 25 through July 27. The program offers four for credit courses to undergraduate and high school students at all levels of linguistic and academic proficiency. A limited number […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Portugal
01 March 2012
By Carolina Matos, Editor ♦ Born on Faial island, in the Azores, Alda Petitti moved to the United States at the age of eight with her parents and sister. At age 57, her book Camino Português: A Pilgrims’s Journey tells of her 10-day-150-mile-pilgrimage from Porto (Portugal) to Santiago de Compostela (Spain). The call came about […]
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01 March 2012
By David Mendonça ♦ Pedro Galveias is an established fado singer in Lisbon who has been on the scene since he was a young boy. With the release of “Loucuras de Um Fado,” from Saudade Records, his singing is finally getting a proper representation on disc. Here he reveals a deep sensitivity for both established […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Heritage, Music, People, Portugal
29 February 2012
The head of Portugal’s national association of farmers CAP asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Tuesday for “urgent measures” to fight the worsening drought. With no significant rainfall in February, the situation of extreme drought across mainland Portugal is now severe, the worst in the last 80 years. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with […]
28 February 2012
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman received Monday doctorates honoris causa from three Portuguese universities, the University of Lisbon, the Technical University of Lisbon and the New University of Lisbon. In a joint ceremony held at the Aula Magna of the University of Lisbon, Krugman spoke of the merits of Keynesian economics versus economic orthodoxy and the […]
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