31 March 2011
Brazil’s Ministry of Education has just awarded 141 scholarships for Cape Verdean students, who will receive a monthly 545-real stipend to study in the South American country. The scholarships are financed by the Milton Santos Higher Education Access Project, which this year benefited students from 24 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. A […]
Posted in Brazil, Cape Verde, Scholarships, World
31 March 2011
Portuguese politician Pedro Passos Coelho will most likely play a key role in the near future of Portuguese politics. He is the leader of the major opposition party – the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD). Last week, all the opposition parties in the Portuguese parliament rejected the Socialist-led government’s list of austerity measures. The move […]
31 March 2011
Portuguese Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science Manuela Veloso is known for her contributions to the development of cognition, perception and action in autonomous robot teams. She has studied how autonomous agents can work cooperatively in complex environments and has pioneered work on robotic soccer playing. Most recently Manuela Veloso has developed the CoBo […]
31 March 2011
Steve Lewis, a former Microsoft executive, is behind the Living PlanIT project to build a brand new smart-city in Paredes, Portugal. Smart cities have intelligence and remote sensors built into the very fabric of the city – its buildings use computing power to monitor and constantly adjust for optimal efficiency. According to the The Wall Street […]
31 March 2011
The National Organization of Portuguese Americans (NOPA) announced the launching of a webpage at the organization’s website dedicated to the fine arts and culture of Portugal and the Portuguese-American artists making a difference in their communities. According to the announcement, “NOPA’s initiative intends to promote our artists and bring awareness to the public about their […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, Organizations
31 March 2011
Neurologist and author Atónio Damásio, Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, is the keynote speaker at the Neuroscience Janssen Award ceremony taking place, today, March 31, at the Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, where he will address “The origins of consciousness.” His current work involves the […]
Posted in Awards, Conferences, People
