Education

Faster access to equipment

USP and UNICAMP create portals to expand the shared use of core research facilities

Academic connections

Brazilian student at American university creates network to connect students and businesses

Change with stability

Report highlights the 2018 investments of FAPESP both in research in collaboration with businesses, and in the international recognition of science produced in São Paulo

The impact of brain circulation

Compared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experience

The language of science

Mastering English has become increasingly important to scientific production and dissemination.

Leveraging knowledge

Laboratory schools affiliated with higher education institutions put scientific knowledge to use in addressing education challenges

A place for girls in mathematics

A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject

The race for excellence

Strong performance in international rankings and against benchmarks reflects a drive for research impact at state universities in São Paulo

Social inclusion in higher education

New life for the Ipiranga Museum

With support from public and private companies, construction to restore and modernize the monumental building begins in September

Endowment fund veto overturned

Brazilian Congress rescinded a veto by President Jair Bolsonaro that prevented foundations that fund public universities from acting as managers of philanthropic funds known as endowment funds

Refugees better educated than the average Brazilian

Most refugees arriving in Brazil have a high-school diploma (while one-third have a degree) and are working

Learning to save

Brazilian living in the United States pushes for financial education in public schools

Research at high school

Scientific foundation courses give high-school students a chance to experience academic research

Spaces for learning

School libraries have a positive impact on student performance, especially in low-income communities, study finds

Heide Hackmann: Unified knowledge

Natural science and social science organizations merge to form an international council to fund transdisciplinary research projects

A legacy for the future

A decree issued in 1989 created an original funding model that unlocked extraordinary growth at state universities in São Paulo

Women resuming a prominent role in computing

Initiatives encourage girls to explore technology, programming, and entrepreneurship in Brazil

Marcelo Knobel: Learning from autonomy

For the chancellor of UNICAMP, stable funding and liberty in management boosted the quality of universities in the state of São Paulo

Guidelines for engineering courses

The Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country

Toward the survival of indigenous languages

With the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil

Giving wings to curiosity

Seventeenth edition of Brazilian Science & Engineering Fair brings together top science projects from across the country

Preparing for the future

Undergraduate research projects can help students decide whether to continue onto graduate programs

Medals worth a spot at university

UNICAMP welcomes first students admitted on science competition performance without admission exams

Sources of inspiration

Higher education in Brazil incorporates different approaches from around the world

A complex machine

Sustained by taxation, educational funding systems like FUNDEB, which will end in 2020, represent a new challenge for the federal government

Women earning PhDs in Brazil

A total of 21,591 researchers received PhDs in Brazil in 2017

ITA engineer to head the CNPq

Aeronautical engineer João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo is the new president of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the largest federal funding agency in Brazil

British universities face financial uncertainty

British universities are on the brink of a credit crunch, having run up debts of £10.8 billion amidst financial uncertainties caused by Brexit

Long distance connections

Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise