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In an interview, the new rector of ISCTE and former Minister of Defence discusses her leadership, the importance of gender equality in academia, the role of universities in defending democracy, and her goals for the institution, including fostering interdisciplinarity and addressing the challenges of artificial intelligence.
The new rector replaces Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar, who had applied for a second term.
Professor António Candeias was elected today as the new rector of the University of Évora (UÉ), receiving 17 votes from the academy's General Council, while the current rector Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar received seven, according to a source from the institution.
Out of 14 applications for the position of rector, the Electoral Commission of the University of Porto admitted the three national candidates and rejected nine of the 11 international proposals received. In the running are Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Lasisi Salami Lawal, Pedro Nuno Teixeira, Luís Antunes, and Altamiro Costa Pereira. The Italian Salvatore Cuzzocrea was rector of the University of...
Costa Pereira was involved in the controversy regarding the 30 applicants to the Medicine course this academic year. There are three national applications and 11 international ones.
