Proae launches notice for scholarships and student assistance grants

The Dean of Student Affairs (Proae), at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), opens the selection process for scholarships and student assistance grants from the educational institution, in various forms. The benefits are intended for students regularly enrolled in in-person graduations on the campuses of Natal, Macaíba, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (Facisa) and the Higher Education Center of Seridó (Ceres).
With vacancies for food, transport, residence, daycare, glasses and athlete, the notice has a renewal deadline of August 2nd. To register for the first time, you must register from July 15th to August 10th. The notice is available on the home page of the Integrated Academic Activities Management System (Sigaa), under News and Announcements.
Student Assistance
UFRN's student assistance programs are aimed at undergraduate students who prove to be in a situation of social and economic vulnerability, with the priority objective of ensuring students with low purchasing power have basic conditions for their quality stay at the institution, contributing to the minimization of school retention and dropout rates, when resulting from a lack of financial conditions.

Ethnographic Film Exhibition takes place from this Thursday

The Virtual Anthropology Center (Navis/UFRN) will hold, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September, the second virtual edition of the Latin American Ethnographic Film Exhibition. The non-competitive event, also promoted by the Postgraduate Program in Social Anthropology (PPGAS), is part of Navis' 20th anniversary program. During the three days of activity, the Center's YouTube…

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GeoRisco participates in book on Panorama of Covid-19 in Brazil

Researchers from the GeoRisco group, from the Department of Geography at UFRN, participated in the production of the book “Panorama da Covid-19 no Brasil”. The work was proposed by professors from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) and seeks to carry out a survey with the diagnosis…

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UFRN professor highlights ambiguities in the social context of the pandemic

In an article published in the international Philosophy magazine, Voluntas, from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), professor Dax Moraes, from the Department of Philosophy at UFRN, analyzed the ambiguity in the context of the pandemic, according to observations and reflections about the early days of the pandemic and social distancing. Titled “Pandemic ambiguity: an essay on impersonality”,…

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UFRN opens selection for Master's in Social Anthropology with affirmative vacancies

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) has released a notice for the Master's in Social Anthropology selection process. The notice is aimed at indigenous candidates, quilombolas, gypsies, transsexuals and transvestites, following the institution's affirmative action policy. Four places will be offered. Registration must be made through SIGAA, until October 23, 2024. The…

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