Editorial Note
Joining Efforts in Times of Change
It is true, and we all can acknowledge it, in the collective life of institutions the size of FMUL or UL, the most diverse tasks cross each other at frantic pace, often leaving little time for reflecting on them, as it would be required.
Daily life in a great University is rich as is stimulating. Teacher and Student activities, as well as all the technical and administrative support without which those could not be carried out, always prove to be particularly demanding when we want to be up to our best examples.
And indeed, in our common home – whom teachers and students call the alma mater, a Latin phrase which translates to the English words nurturing mother - it is not uncommon to find, in the same individual, three of the most noble trades which the human spirit engendered: studying and learning, teaching, and even the supreme art of healing, the ars medica.
In this context, there seems to remain little time for celebration. And yet, to keep up the true spirit of university also means remembering all those who are gone - hence the homage to figures such as David Ferreira and Miller Guerra, which you will find in this issue of the Newsletter.
It also means to keep in mind that what livens up an university are its students and hence their Day, with the stimulating exchange of experiences that it brings about.
Also here we talk about the 50th Anniversary of the Student Day and the Academic Crisis of 1962, which our University has been celebrating, as can be seen reflected in the remarkable exhibition at the Rectory.
A few days ago, on 26 May, the staff of the University held their first Convention, which was really successful and greatly motivates us to the joint work that lies ahead.
In the past 6 June took place the public ceremony for presentation of the future Center forMedical Simulation and Robotics in Portugal, which will be installed in the Câmara Pestana Builiding (FMUL). The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic, ProfessorCavaco Silva.
This project will allow the training of health professionals using high technology and virtual reality environment, focusing on training in the medical team as a whole and with particular attention to relational and behavioral aspects.
As always, we have, in this edition, diverse institutional information relating to teaching, research activities, projects, information on services, etc.
Finally, as we have said before and will continue to, we expect an increasing number of colleagues to be a part of FMUL’s Newsletter, sending proposals, comments, helping us improve and better reflect the FMUL. In this edition, we ask you to take part in a short questionnaire that will help us to better assess the Newsletter.
André Silva
Equipa Editorial
news@fm.ul.pt
Daily life in a great University is rich as is stimulating. Teacher and Student activities, as well as all the technical and administrative support without which those could not be carried out, always prove to be particularly demanding when we want to be up to our best examples.
And indeed, in our common home – whom teachers and students call the alma mater, a Latin phrase which translates to the English words nurturing mother - it is not uncommon to find, in the same individual, three of the most noble trades which the human spirit engendered: studying and learning, teaching, and even the supreme art of healing, the ars medica.
In this context, there seems to remain little time for celebration. And yet, to keep up the true spirit of university also means remembering all those who are gone - hence the homage to figures such as David Ferreira and Miller Guerra, which you will find in this issue of the Newsletter.
It also means to keep in mind that what livens up an university are its students and hence their Day, with the stimulating exchange of experiences that it brings about.
Also here we talk about the 50th Anniversary of the Student Day and the Academic Crisis of 1962, which our University has been celebrating, as can be seen reflected in the remarkable exhibition at the Rectory.
A few days ago, on 26 May, the staff of the University held their first Convention, which was really successful and greatly motivates us to the joint work that lies ahead.
In the past 6 June took place the public ceremony for presentation of the future Center forMedical Simulation and Robotics in Portugal, which will be installed in the Câmara Pestana Builiding (FMUL). The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic, ProfessorCavaco Silva.
This project will allow the training of health professionals using high technology and virtual reality environment, focusing on training in the medical team as a whole and with particular attention to relational and behavioral aspects.
As always, we have, in this edition, diverse institutional information relating to teaching, research activities, projects, information on services, etc.
Finally, as we have said before and will continue to, we expect an increasing number of colleagues to be a part of FMUL’s Newsletter, sending proposals, comments, helping us improve and better reflect the FMUL. In this edition, we ask you to take part in a short questionnaire that will help us to better assess the Newsletter.
André Silva
Equipa Editorial
news@fm.ul.pt
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