King’s College London
The Centre, housed at King’s since 2015, has been incorporated into the School of Global Affairs and affiliated to the Brazil Institute, reinforcing the School’s expertise in Latin American issues.
Speaking on the advantages of this new partnership, Director of the King’s Brazil Institute Dr Vinicius de Carvalho said:
To have the Center for Mexican Studies of UNAM working closely with us at the Brazil Institute reinforces our capacity to engage on Latin American knowledge and exchange at the School of Global Affairs. The Center is dynamic and active. It’s progammes and activities complement what the Brazil Institute promotes in relation to Latin American topics. At the King’s Brazil Institute we are very enthusiastic about this partnership.– Dr Vinicius De Carvalho
NASA team names Martian hill after Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez
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Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, an astrobiologist on the Curiosity Mars rover team, passed away January 28, 2021. Among his many accomplishments, he helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds on Mars. Photo: Luz Fabiola Aceves Diaz. Image Source: IANS News
Washington, April 6 : The team of scientists and engineers behind NASA s Curiosity rover has named a hill along the rover s path on Mars in honour of recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez.
A craggy hump that stretches 120 meters tall, Rafael Navarro Mountain is located on Mount Sharp in northwest Gale Crater, NASA said on Monday.
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A craggy hump that stretches 120 meters tall, âRafael Navarro Mountainâ is located on Mount Sharp in northwest Gale Crater, NASA said on Monday
The team of scientists and engineers behind NASAâs Curiosity rover has named a hill along the roverâs path on Mars in honour of recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez.
A craggy hump that stretches 120 meters tall, âRafael Navarro Mountainâ is located on Mount Sharp in northwest Gale Crater, NASA said on Monday.
Navarro-Gonzalez died on January 28 from complications related to Covid-19.
A leading astrobiologist in Mexico, he was a co-investigator on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM), a portable chemistry lab aboard Curiosity that has been sniffing out the chemical makeup of Martian soil, rocks, and air.
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Jose Martinez, a resident of Cobden, Ill., gets the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Feb. 27 at a temporary vaccination clinic.
Illinois and some other states have prioritized farmworkers in their coronavirus vaccine plans. For many migrant workers from Mexico, this means they could receive the vaccine a year earlier than in their home country.
On a recent Saturday, white vans shuttled small groups of migrant farmworkers from the southern Illinois orchard where they work to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The workers had arrived days earlier from Mexico for the start of the tilling season.
Many attend St. Joseph’s Spanish-language service during their months-long stay in the rural village of Cobden. But on this day, they came to the church, not for Mass, but to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.