Physics students prepare for school
international optics
Created just seven months ago ehnow one of the most active among the 27 student research groups of the Optical Society of America (OSA), one of the most prestigious scientific societies in the world, the Chapter of students from the "Gleb Wataghin" Institute of Physics, at Unicamp, is already preparing its first major international event. From October 31st to November 3rd, the Chapter will hold the 1st "Sérgio Porto" School of Applied Optics, at IFGW, aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students. The presence of at least 80 registrants from Brazil and Latin American countries is expected.
The OSA Student Chapter at Unicamp (www.ifi.unicamp.br/osa) is the first in Latin America and today brings together 22 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Institute of Physics. Chaired by master's student Paulo Dainese and guided by professor Hugo Fragnito, his advisor, the Chapter's objectives are to disseminate optics, carry out research in the area and bring students closer to the market.
In addition to the international school, the Unicamp Chapter's goal for the coming months is to hold modern physics workshops for high school teachers, to hold new training courses for University technicians (a first course was successfully held, last May) and the organization of visit programs to companies operating in the optics and telecommunications sector. The objective is to show businesspeople what research and other optical activities are carried out at Unicamp.
In its command structure, in addition to the president and vice, the Chapter has a secretary and a treasurer. For its first activities, it had an initial fund of 500 dollars provided by OSA. On the 14th, the group brought to the attention of Rector Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, at the Rectory, the results of their most recent work and plans for the future.
Anima Mundo selects IA students
The war between the olive and the fork know. That's when she rolls all over the circumference of the plate trying to escape the "stainless" power of the cutlery. But who can imagine the olive being embarrassed after being "undressed" by its taster? This mix of horror and humor, gracefully represented by Tatiana Cuberos, a fourth-year fine arts student at Unicamp, is among the works selected for the Anima Mundi Festival 2002. The original idea of A Fina de uma Azeitona, Tatiana's animation, 21 years old, pleased the organizers of the event and the first animation exercise in the student's life is among the festival's competitors.
The video animation Sentimento Nativo, written by André de Pádua, 21 years old, a fine arts student at the Unicamp Arts Institute, was also selected. The video proves the two-year experience of Pádua and his co-producer Bruno Celegão in creating cartoons. With an impeccable script and perfect image, the short tells the story of a predator who redeems himself and is moved when he sees that in the tree he felled there was a lion tamarin with its young. Upon realizing that the cub survives, the predator decides to adopt it. In addition to defending environmental preservation, Pádua guarantees that the idea is to convey a feeling to the public. “In all my work I like to privilege feeling,” he argues. The duo Pádua and Celegão were placed third at the Festival do Minuto with the short Vida. They are responsible for building the website www.animar.com.br.
The students say they have no intention of receiving any prize, as they feel successful with their selection from among the many entries that the festival usually receives. According to Tatiana, the organization favors the idea, the script, but was surprised, as The fate of an olive was the result of its first exercise started in the classes of professor Wilson Antônio Lazaretti, animation professor in the plastic arts course, winner of the best direction at the 6th Curitiba Festival with the film Quem Sabe, also selected to be presented at Anima Mundi.
Anima Mundi is an international festival held in the capitals of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The chosen works participate in traveling exhibitions to be shown throughout the country. This year, the films will be presented in Rio de Janeiro, from July 12th to 21st, and in São Paulo, from July 24th to 28th. The evaluation will be carried out by a popular jury - made up of visitors - and a professional - made up of a panel of animators, filmmakers, journalists, visual artists and other specialists linked to art and animation. All winners will receive the Anima Mundi trophy and a cash amount, depending on the category in which they were awarded.
Unicamp in the Press
Popular Mail
The Campinas newspaper announced, the day after the appointment of governor Geraldo Alckmim, that linguist Carlos Vogt, former dean of Unicamp, would be president of the Superior Council of the Amapro Research Foundation in the State of São Paulo. Vogt replaces Brito Cruz, current rector of Unicamp.
Entrepreneur Magazine
The magazine edited by the Technical Support Group (Gtcom), with the support of the São Paulo Commercial Association, dedicated six pages of the May edition to an interview with the dean of Unicamp, professor Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, called "A shock of technological innovation in companies". At the time, Brito was still running Fapesp.
FSP
"Demand makes individuals 'pop up'" was the title of the Fovest notebook for an interview with professor Sônia Miriam Draibe, from the Center for Public Policy Studies (Nepp) at Unicamp. Draibe credits the number of young people who complete high school with the increase in number of private colleges in Brazil.
Popular Mail
According to Unicamp's Center for Teaching and Research in Agriculture (Cepagri), June 12 was the hottest day of a cold month, reaching 29,5 degrees. The high temperature is the hottest in the last 107 years. For Professor Hilton Silveira Pinto, from Cepagri, "this is an anomaly with no relation to the El Niño or La Niña phenomena".
