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Article
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Money laundry
Debret: from brush to pen
Holography: Photonic Crystals

Critical Consciousness

Hemoglobin
Animal food
History in backpacks
Unicamp in the Press
Panel of the Week
Job opportunities
Theses of the Week
Learning
Crustaceans and their Habitat
 

Left searches for the �lost agenda�

the reforms they will destroy the State's infrastructure and the economic policy is contrary to the expectations of left-wing intellectuals. This is what economist Plínio de Arruda Sampaio Filho, professor at Unicamp's Institute of Economics and one of the mentors of the document “Interdicted Agenda - A Prosperity Alternative for Brazil”, says, says. from the government. The manifesto lists seven points considered vital for the country to grow again. For Plínio Filho, a change in economic policy is fundamental.

History

Engraving Guaicuru cavalry charge, by Jean-Baptiste Debret. Thesis by historian Val�ria Alves Esteves Lima reveals how the French artist created stories from the systematization of information to show a �civilizable� and promising Brazil for Europe.

Holography in the production of photonic crystals

Research coordinated by
teacher Lucila Cescato (photo),
from the Institute of Physics, is the first
Country using holography to manufacture
photonic crystals, whose application will
from improving the efficiency of
light emitters to construction
of optical components and circuits.

Documents seized by the dictatorship


The Annexes part of the Brasil Nunca Mais Collection, belonging to the collection of the Edgar Leuenroth Archive (AEL), brings together 10.760 pieces of material seized from political activists. Used as proof of "subversion" by the dictatorship, the documents are important sources of research.

Dias Sobrinho criticizes Prov�o’s ranking

The president of the Special Commission for the Assessment of Higher Education, professor José Dias Sobrinho, states that Provão's ranking prioritizes the logic of competitiveness and talks about the likely measures that will be adopted by the MEC for the assessment of higher education.
The habitat of small crustaceans


Research coordinated by Professor Fosca Pedini Pereira Leite, from the Institute of Biology, investigates the relationships between tiny crustaceans and their habitat. The study, which is part of the Biota Project, has proven to be an indicator of changes in the marine environment

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