The limits of transparency

For political scientist Bruno Speck (photo), professor at the Department of Political Sciences at Unicamp and researcher at the NGO Transparência Brasil, public financing of small donations from citizens in electoral campaigns and the creation of mechanisms for monitoring the state apparatus can contribute to a more systemic approach to combating corruption. Speck also defends a reformulation of the CPIs and the rule that punishes parliamentarians for breach of decorum.

Unicamp's Innovation Agency launches project to study
the business potential of patents registered at the University.

Material extracted from
plant replaces fiberglass

Fiber extracted from curauá, an Amazonian plant, replaces
Advantages of glass fiber in reinforcing polymer composites.

Epilepsy:
to put an end to prejudice

Unicamp neurologist puts Brazil in global campaign
to minimize the prejudice suffered by people with epilepsy.

How the community views services
from Unicamp

Unicamp is carrying out research for the first time to assess the internal community's perception of the efficiency of the services provided by its bodies. Cecon (photo) and DGRH have already been evaluated.

Squatting birth
arrives at universities
spanish

Obstetrician Hugo Sabatino, from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, takes the technique to Spanish universities
of squatting birth, developed at Unicamp.

The rare books of
Alexandre Eulálio

The Central Library houses collections
of rare books donated by the literary critic,
essayist and professor Alexandre Eulálio (photo),
deceased in 1988.