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🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

How our ancestors changed the course of human history by using mushrooms

Researchers reveal how ancient mushrooms provided sustenance, medicine, and social cohesion among early farmers, influencing the development of civilization.

Mar 15 • 08:47 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Young woman with 'the worst pain in the world' resumes veterinary medicine college in MG: 'Opportunity to finish the course'

Carolina Arruda, a 29-year-old suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, is resuming her veterinary medicine studies in Bambuí, Brazil, after a break due to severe pain.

Mar 14 • 08:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

UFPE will appeal Justice's decision to suspend Medicine course for landless and quilombolas

The Federal University of Pernambuco plans to appeal against a court ruling that suspended its Medicine course for landless individuals and quilombolas.

Mar 12 • 13:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Justice suspends Medicine course at UFPE for landless and quilombolas

A federal court in Brazil has suspended a Medicine course at the University of Pernambuco designed for landless individuals and those from quilombo communities due to alleged irregularities in the selection process.

Mar 11 • 00:13 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Lula authorizes PUC-Rio to create undergraduate medical course; entrance exam expected in 2027

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has authorized PUC-Rio to establish an undergraduate medicine program, with an entrance exam planned for 2027 pending further evaluations.

Mar 6 • 17:07 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

PUC-Rio receives federal government authorization to create a Medicine course

President Lula authorizes the creation of a Medicine course at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Mar 6 • 15:26 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The only female student in Mechatronics in one of the vocational training programs with the most job opportunities in Spain: "I scored 13.2 in the Selectivity exam and didn’t get into the career I wanted"

Noelia Márquez, the only female student in her Mechatronics vocational training course, shares her journey after not being accepted into medicine or dentistry, ultimately finding fulfillment in her current studies.

Feb 23 • 22:26 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Medicine was the most contested course in the 1st edition of Prouni 2026 in Acre

The medicine course was the most sought-after in the first round of the Prouni 2026 program in Acre, with 1,678 applicants and 20 students selected.

Feb 17 • 15:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

UCP-PJC will hold the largest graduation of doctors since the creation of the course at the border

The Central University of Paraguay (UCP) in Pedro Juan Caballero is set to host its largest graduation ceremony for new doctors, marking a significant milestone in medical education in the border region.

Feb 16 • 14:09 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

After 8 years of preparatory course, young woman secures 1st place in Medicine at federal university

After eight years of intensive study and preparatory courses, Sarah Lúcia Cardozo Passarinho achieved her dream of being admitted to the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul's Medicine program, ranking first in the entrance exam.

Feb 9 • 20:44 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

UniFACEF Medicine: a course with only 10 years of existence reaches national top

UniFACEF's Medicine program, established just 10 years ago, has achieved the highest scores in national evaluations, confirming its quality and educational excellence.

Feb 6 • 18:07 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Medicine ranks 2nd among the most sought-after courses in Sisu 2026 in Piauí; see which one leads

The Medicine course at the Federal University of Piauí secured the second position among the most competitive courses in the Unified Selection System (Sisu) 2026 in Piauí, with the first place going to the Physiotherapy program at the State University of Piauí.

Feb 5 • 19:52 UTC

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