[Brazil@Harvard] FYI re: Professors Nicolau Sevcenko & John Briscoe at Harvard

Caros colegas, FYI on recent official announcements of two important faculty appointments that took place at Harvard this Spring: Harvard's Faculty of Arts & Sciences (FAS) press release regarding the appointment of Nicolau Sevcenko as Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, after being a visiting professor at Harvard for three semesters in recent years: "Sevcenko Named Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures" (June 12, 2009) http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news-and-notices/news/press-releases/sevcenk o-06122009.shtml and Harvard University Gazette recent article on the appointment of John Briscoe as Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH): "'Water guy' John Briscoe stays in motion: Brought to Harvard with joint appointment at SEAS, HSPH" (June 11, 2009) http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2009/06.11/briscoe.html see also "Managing the Brazilian Amazon: A Practioner's Perspective" at: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/faculty/voices/briscoe_amazon Atenciosamente, Tomás Tomás Galli de Amorim Program Officer, Brazil Office David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil Av. Paulista, 1337 - conj. 171 São Paulo, SP - 01311-200 - BRASIL Tel: +55-11-3549-9592 Cel: +55-11-9444-6488