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CÉSAR LATTES, EMERITUS AND HONORIS CAUSE

Photo: Antoninho Perri

Physicist César Lattes, One of Isaac Asimov's chosen ones in the book Geniuses of Humanity, he receives the titles of Professor Emeritus and Doctor Honoris Causa from Unicamp. At 80 years of age, he is convalescing from yet another health problem at his home in Campinas (on the left), without losing his irreverence. This edition recovers stories, thoughts and excerpts from interviews given to Jornal da Unicamp by the discoverer of the pi meson.

Photo: Disclosure Pinsky shows
the faces of fanaticism

Historian Jaime Pinsky, who has just published the book Faces of Fanaticism, talks about the effects of intolerance today.

Cataracts, the biggest cause of blindness

Unprecedented research carried out by the HC Ophthalmology Sector reveals that cataracts are the main cause of blindness in Campinas.

Planes is the subject of a dissertation

Study developed for Adauto Delgado Filho's professional master's degree analyzes aspects of Strategic Planning (Planes).

Photo: Antoninho Perri AI creates department
of Cinema

Recently created by the Unicamp Arts Institute, the Cinema Department was born with the proposal to prioritize multidisciplinarity.

Photo: Antonio Scarpinetti Physicists resort to a
new light for ion detection

Researchers from the Unicamp Physics Institute and the Synchrotron Light Laboratory come together in an experiment that proposes a new technique for studying atoms.