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  Rio de Janeiro - ninemsn Encarta
Rio was the capital and dominant city of Brazil from 1763 to 1960.
Rio's role as national capital for almost 200 years meant that much foreign trade had to pass through the main customs office here, and the city acted as a distribution centre for goods moving in and out of the country.
From 1808 to 1821 Rio was the seat of the exiled royal family of Portugal, and in 1822 it became the capital of the independent Brazilian Empire.
au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554853/Rio_de_Janeiro.html   (805 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Rio de Janeiro ("River of January") is the name both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital from 1764 to 1960 when the government was transferred to Brasília but remains the second biggest city the country after São Paulo.
Rio is a city of contrasts and much of the city clearly ranks alongside world's most modern metropoles a significant percentage the city's 13 million inhabitants do still in areas of poorer quality housing.
www.freeglossary.com /Rio_De_Janeiro   (1245 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is the name of both a state and a city in south-eastern Brazil.
Rio was maintained as Brazilian capital in 1889, when the military overthrew of the monarchy and imposed a republic.
Rio was eternalized in the song "Garota de Ipanema" composed by Tom Jobim and recognized worldwide and recorded by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
www.99travel.com /rio.shtml   (1931 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro:
Rio de Janeiro was also a candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics but unfortunately for the Brasilians these games are to be held in London, England.
Rio de Janeiro is also a paradise for rock climbers, with hundreds of routes all over the town, ranging from easy boulders to highly technical big wall climbs, all inside the city.
Hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro started in the mid 1970s and quickly proved to be perfectly suited for this town, due to its geography; steep mountains encounter the Atlantic Ocean, which provide excellent take-off locations and great landing zones on the beach.
winelib.com /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro   (3551 words)

  
 Real Estate in Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gaspar de Lemos; he named it "Rio" because he thought it was a river mouth rather than a bay.
Rio is a city of contrasts, and though much of the city clearly ranks alongside the world's most modern metropoles, a significant percentage of the city's 13 million inhabitants do still live in areas of poorer quality housing.
Rio de Janeiro was also a candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
realestateinbrazil.com /Rio-de-Janeiro   (1379 words)

  
 Universities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro is one of the most developed States and Brazil and, in many senses, it is still the cultural capital of Brazil.
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, several faculties spread across the city of Rio de Janeiro.
University Center of Volta Redonda, situated near the border between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
www.v-brazil.com /science/universities/rio-de-janeiro.html   (317 words)

  
 AEC: Designing for the 21st Century Conference
Universities are universally recognized as paradigms for democracy, and their physical design should provide accessibility for all - understood as the elimination of all physical and social barriers for people with disabilities.
The Federal University community will be the major beneficiary of this research project, as it will permit a better understanding of the various spatial and physical problems that afflict individuals and groups with disabilities.
The universal design population has been drawn to be "all people to the greatest extent possible" (12) and transgenerational populations of people, regardless of age, physical, sensory and cognitive capabilities (13).
www.adaptenv.org /21century/proceedings4.php   (16183 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro
It is Brazil's second largest city, the capital of Rio de Janeiro State, and the country's leading cultural and tourist center.
Rio is an important seaport located along the maritime traffic routes that link the coastal cities of northeastern Brazil and the more economically developed areas of southeastern Brazil.
Rio's role as national capital for almost 200 years meant that much foreign trade had to pass through the main customs office here, and the city acted as a distribution center for goods moving in and out of the country.
www.fortunecity.com /oasis/malibu/459   (784 words)

  
 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is seated in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with three campi (Fundão island,Praia Vermelha and the humanities core at IFCS downtown) and two more independent buildings in downtown Rio.
It was founded in 1932, originally as "University of Brazil" (Universidade do Brasil), by gathering a number of previously autonomous institutions of high education in the city.
By then, Rio was capital of Brazil and it was part of the government strategy to have qualified professionals in the country's new economy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_University_of_Rio_de_Janeiro   (298 words)

  
 SAS | Customer Success: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
According to Jose Agnelo Soares, professor of geology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FURJ), however, SAS now makes it easy for his students to conduct advanced quantitative research and to create advanced predictive models based on quantitative data.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is the oldest university in Brazil and one of the oldest engineering schools in the world.
Geology students at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro gain the skills needed to be successful in their chosen professions.
www.sas.com /success/furj.html   (639 words)

  
 Rio de Janerio Summer Program - College of Law - Georgia State University
Pedro Ferraz is on the faculty at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.
Rodolfo Paranhos is a professor of biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Sergio Potsch is a Professor of Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro who has been working in the Atlantic Rainforest for over 30 years.
law.gsu.edu /rio/about/faculty_brazil.php   (419 words)

  
 SUSAM network Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Geociências (Department of Geography), Brazil
Within the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the 'Laboratório de Gestão do Território' (LAGET) is a section concerned with questions of development planning.
It was founded in 1987 and consists of a group of scientists - PhD; MSc, master students, students - headed by Prof.
www.uni-tuebingen.de /egwinfo/susam/netlaget.html   (286 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Between 1960 and 1975 Rio was a citystate (such as Vienna (Austria), Hamburg (Germany), or Washington, D.C.)) under the name State of Guanabara (after the bay it borders).
Rio de Janeiro has 2 subway lines (Metro Rio) and several commuter rail lines.
Rio de Janeiro has a large terminal for long-distance buses, at Santo Cristo neighborhood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro   (4604 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae
Eduardo T. Fernandes, M.D. - Department of Urologic Surgery at the University of Minnesota
1990: Invited Lecturer on Alimentary Tract Atresias, Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital of the University of Rio de Janeiro.
1989: Invited Lecturer on Genitoplasty, Dept. of Urology, University Hospital of the University of Rio de Janeiro.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
www.med.umn.edu /urology/physicians/fernandes/fernandes_cv.html   (2968 words)

  
 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Apprentissage de Reseaux de Neurones par Algorithmes Genetiques, Palagi, P. M., Carvalho, L. V., 6 emes Journees Neurosciences et Science de L'ingenieur, Paris, Maio, 1992.
Saul Fucks, Relume Dumare, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1998.
www.cos.ufrj.br /~alfredo   (2950 words)

  
 Rio de Janeiro Chapter - Alumni - British Council - Brasil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Rio de Janeiro Chapter - Alumni - British Council - Brasil
To establish contact with the members of the association to identify their interests and expectations with regard to the association.
Representative of the University of Newcastle; Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
www.britishcouncil.org /brasil-alumni-chapters-rio.htm   (230 words)

  
 Pedro L. Oliveira, Ph.D.
From 1991 to 1999 he held positions in the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
He is currently Head of the Departmento de Bioquimica Medica at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
His HHMI project is the study of biochemical adaptations of blood-feeding arthropods to heme toxicity.
www.hhmi.org /research/scholars/olive.html   (430 words)

  
 Featured Author - Academic - National Instruments
José Luiz Horacio Faccini received his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering degree from the Engineering School of the Federal University Fluminense of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1980 and his M. Sc.
Heat Transfer Classes of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering of the Catholic University of Petrópolis, in Rio de Janeiro: 1988-1992.
Laboratory Classes of Centrifugal Pumps Performance in the LTE for the Engineering School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro: since 2001.
www.ni.com /academic/mae_featured_author_faccini.htm   (257 words)

  
 Dr. Carlos Bertulani -- Biography
MSc., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1983 (Thesis: Dissipation in deep inelastic scattering)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,  Assistant professor, 1980-1983
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Associate Professor, 1988-2000 (on leave 1991-1994)
www.physics.arizona.edu /~bertulani/bio.html   (246 words)

  
 Faculty/Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Del Rio comes to CRP from the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro where he was professor and associate dean.
He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Urban Design, the University of Cincinnati and was Senior International Fellow at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Metropolitan Planning.
Del Rio's professional experience is impressive, having served as consultant to various projects with Sasaki-Walker-Associates (SWA), the Regional Development Agency of Rio de Janeiro, urban designer on the Fells Point waterfront revitalization plan in Baltimore, master planning and design for the new communities in Brazil.
www.calpoly.edu /~crp/facultystaff/delrio.html   (222 words)

  
 Robinson Teams with Sorbonne and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro to Launch Global Partners MBA
Robinson Teams with Sorbonne and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro to Launch Global Partners MBA
October 14, 2002 (Atlanta) - The Robinson College of Business will team with leading b-schools in Paris (the Sorbonne) and Rio de Janeiro (the COPPEAD Graduate School of Business, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
In partnering with the Sorbonne and Rio's COPPEAD Graduate School of Business we are uniquely positioned to provide students with a one-of-a-kind program that will enable them to learn and experience, first-hand, the intricacies of doing business on a global level."
robinson.gsu.edu /news/02/global.html   (477 words)

  
 COSI Project Partner - Federal University of Rio Janeiro
Role of the Federal University of Rio Janeiro - Ergonomics and New technologies Research Group -GENTE/COPPE in the COSI network
The Ergonomics and New Technologies Research Group - GENTE/COPPE - is based at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, but it is the major Brazilian link of a set of Ergonomics units beyond Brazil (Rio, Brasilia, São Carlos, Porto Alegre and Natal).
In Patesson R. (dir) Regards, diagnostics and actions de l'ergonomie contemporaine, vol.
www.irit.fr /COSI/project/partners/rio/intro.php   (308 words)

  
 UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
A UFRJ mostrou, mais uma vez, seu reconhecimento ao trabalho e dedicação dos estudantes que concluíram a graduação de forma exemplar, aproveitando ao máximo o conhecimento oferecido pela universidade....
Será no próximo dia 12 de dezembro, terça-feira, o lançamento de um...
Cidade Universitária - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - CEP 21941-901
www.ufrj.br.cob-web.org:8888   (143 words)

  
 ITG News: Brazilian Job Appointments
David Alves was appointed professor of trumpet at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (the federal university in Rio de Janeiro).
Nailson Simões assumed the position of professor of trumpet at UNIRIO (the state university in Rio de Janeiro).
Nailson, who earned his MM from the New England Conservatory and his DMA from Catholic University, has taught at Universidade Federal da Paraiba since 1980.
www.trumpetguild.org /news/brazil.htm   (159 words)

  
 Gully Symposium
This is a city situated in the Sierra do Mar (a mountainous area), 60 kilometres from Rio de Janeiro City.
For further details, contact Dr Tony Guerra, Department of Geography/LAGESOLOS, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitaria - Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, CEP 21940-590, Brazil.
Dr Antonio Guerra (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
soilerosion.net /archive/rio_gully   (137 words)

  
 Rio Tourist Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Map and Topography of the Metropolitan Area (A sketch of a panoramic view of Rio)
Rio's beaches (Another street map with localisation of beaches)
Rio Central Administration Page (How the city is organised.
www.if.ufrj.br /general/tourist.html   (105 words)

  
 George A. DosReis, M.D., Ph.D.
George A. DosReis, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. DosReis received an M.D. in 1977 and a Ph.D. in immunology in 1983, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
He is a four-time recipient of the Scientists of our State Award from the Rio de Janeiro State Science Foundation, and in 2002 was awarded the National Medal of Science by the president of Brazil and a Guggenheim international fellowship.
He is currently professor at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and top career investigator of the Brazilian National Research Council.
www.hhmi.org /research/scholars/dosreis_bio.html   (255 words)

  
 OBGYN.net Flavio Monteiro de Souza, MD, M.Sci. - International Representative - Brazil
Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Approved in admittance tests for Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics in 3 major public hospitals of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - 1985
Approved in admittance tests for Gynecologist and Obstetrician in the Fire Department of Rio de Janeiro, County Health Bureau of Rio de Janeiro, State Health Bureau of Rio de Janeiro and Police Department of Rio de Janeiro.
www.obgyn.net /meet.asp?page=/country/i-bios/souza   (399 words)

  
 DePaul CTI in Rio de Janeiro state
UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Postcard showing Corcovado and part of the city of Rio de Janeiro
Postcard showing another view of Corcovado and the city of Rio de Janeiro
www.cti.depaul.edu /studentlife/brazil/rio.asp   (183 words)

  
 ICOHRTA AIDS-TB - Awards - Fogarty International Center
The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with Johns Hopkins University will create a training program that will allow investigators from Brazil to obtain research training experiences in operational and health services investigation that will strengthen the overall tuberculosis research capacity in Brazil.
The Joint Clinical Research Centre in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University will develop a research training program that will contribute to the expansion of the national capacity to address the public health and scientific challenges of the evolving HIV and TB epidemics within the context of increasing opportunities for care and treatment in Uganda.
The collaboration between the Biomedical and Research Training Institute (BRTI), University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Stanford University will provide clinical, laboratory, epidemiological, statistical and operational research training in an academic framework and increased opportunities for researchers to develop internationally competitive skills essential for effective responses to the HIV and TB epidemics.
www.fic.nih.gov /programs/training_grants/icohrta/awards.htm   (489 words)

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