The way we conceive and structure each edition of the Newsletter results, hopefully, in the registering of the most significant moments of our life together in a vast community such as the University of Lisbon. We perceive it better and with more hindsight when we go through past editions.

Accordingly, when in months or years to come, we re-read this edition, and the latest ones, we surely will not fail to see the present as a time of change at the University and in academia in general, which goes hand in hand with changes in society, some of which are cyclical and disturbing (i.e. budget cuts in higher education institutions, cuts in the social welfare provided to students, and cuts in scientific research), while others denote the improvement in the services offered by the University.

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