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New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

15 Nov 2024

Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...

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Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

Bolsonaro’s attitude to coronavirus increases ‘risky behaviour’ in Brazil

05 May 2020

Study suggests that TV appearances by Bolsonaro led to millions more Brazilians ignoring social distancing in the days following broadcast.

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Young leaders from UK and Latin America tackle future at Shaping Horizons

11 Sep 2019

More than 100 future leaders from the UK and Latin America have gathered at the University of Cambridge to discuss the future of work and education...

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«Dança dos Tapuias», célebre quadro do pintor neerlandês Albert Eckhout

Opinion: Pirate, turncoat, survivor: the life and times of Anthony Knivet, a Briton in 16th-century Brazil

14 Oct 2016

Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sá (Department of Spanish & Portuguese) discusses the life and times of Anthony Knivet, a young soldier from Norfolk who...

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Got milk? China joins the lactose lovers.

From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s fast-expanding markets

21 Oct 2015

Khaled Soufani (Cambridge Judge Business School), Mark Esposito (Grenoble Ecole de Management and Harvard University) and Terence Tse (i7 Institute...

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‘Para Ingles ver’ (for the English to see): the other side of the World Cup

05 Jul 2014

Brazilians are famous for their love of football but millions of ordinary people are angry at the huge sums spent on the World Cup. Lucy McMahon, a...

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Prof Duncan Maskell, the Vice-Chancellor Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, and Fapesp’s Prof Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Agreement signed between the University of Cambridge and the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp)

23 Sep 2013

School of Biological Sciences signs agreement to support collaborations with researchers in the Brazilian state of São Paulo

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Cambridge and Brazil discuss possibilities for further scientific collaboration

19 Jun 2013

A delegation comprising some of Brazil’s most senior researchers and science administrators was in Cambridge on June 7 to take part in a half-day...

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New Visiting Fellowship will bring Brazilian expertise to Cambridge

14 Jun 2013

Professor Christopher Dobson, Master of St John’s, and Professor Jorge Guimarães, President of CAPES, sign agreement for the creation of the Celso...

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Amazon rainforest

Leading the battle to protect the Amazon

09 Jan 2013

A graduate of Cambridge’s fledgling MPhil in Conservation Leadership returned last month to speak to current students about his vital work to protect...

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Michel Laub

Two of Brazil’s best young novelists discuss their work with Cambridge academics and students

22 Nov 2012

Cambridge got a taste of Brazil last week as the University welcomed two of the country’s most outstanding contemporary authors, Tatiana Salem Levy...

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Cambridge hosts conference on internationalisation of Brazilian science

21 Nov 2012

Brazilian postgraduate students and researchers met in Cambridge on Saturday 10 November for the 5th conference of the Association of Brazilian...

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