Global Forum of University Presidents unites heads of over 110 universities
MINSK, 23 April (BelTA) – Rector of Belarusian State University Andrei Korol is taking part in the Global Forum of University Presidents 2021 (GFUP 2021) themed Innovate for the Future: Vision and New Mission of Universities. The large-scale event kicked off on 19 April in the online and offline format and is marking the 110th anniversary of Tsinghua University (China), BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian university.
The main focus of the forum is to discuss the features and prospects for the development of universities in the 21st century and to study their potential. The event has brought together the heads of more than 110 universities from Belarus, Belgium, the UK, Israel, India, Italy, China, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, the USA, Sweden and other countries.
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A New Direction for Ecuador
Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso waves t0 supporters during his presidential campaign on April 8 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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A New Direction for Ecuador
What the election of Guillermo Lasso as president could mean for the country
Ecuador’s presidential election concluded on April 11 with Guillermo Lasso winning. This was Lasso’s third run at the Ecuadorian presidency. His opponent, Andrés Arauz, is a 36-year-old socialist and protégé of former President Rafael Correa. Lasso will be sworn in on May 24.
Correa was president from 2007 to 2017. He’s been out of office for four years but still casts a long shadow over Ecuadorian politics. Many see Lasso’s election as an attempt to sever Ecuador from Correa’s influence and his socialist policies. Lasso has promised drastic economic change for Ecuador. A millionaire and former banker, he wants to make Ecuador more conservative. A “devotee”
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A mollusk and shrimp are two unlikely marine animals that are playing a very important role in engineering. The bodies of both animals illustrate how natural features, like the structures of their bones and shells, can be borrowed to enhance the performance of engineered structures and materials, like bridges and airplanes. This phenomenon, known as biomimetics, is helping advance structural topology research, where the microscale features found in natural systems are being mimicked.
In a recent paper published by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), a new approach to structural topology optimization is outlined that unifies both design and manufacturing to create novel microstructures, with potential applications ranging
Chile and Uruguay are experiencing their worst moment of COVID-19 pandemic
Chile and Uruguay emerged as model cases last year for their handling of the COVID-19 crisis and are among the top five countries in the world with the most vaccine doses administered per 100 people daily. But both countries are now experiencing their worst moment of the pandemic with sustained peaks of daily COVID-19 infections.
The relaxation of self-care measures hand hygiene, masks and social distancing along with the political handling of the crisis, and the appearance of more infectious variants, may be some of the factors behind this situation, say experts.