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On 29 November at 16:30, the NOVA Day celebration will take place to mark the 50th anniversary of NOVA. 

For ten years, NOVA has been offering its doctoral students transversal training, be it on "Science Communication", "Design Thinking" or "How to finish your PhD in 90 days" - a course that takes place next week and for which there are still places available (find out how to register here!). 

Created by António Faria, the exhibition that was on display at the Rectory of NOVA University of Lisbon was nominated in the category of Best Visual Arts Exhibition. One of his pieces can still be visited.

On November 16th, National Sea Day, it will be presented, at the Rectorate building, the new Degree “Ocean Studies”.

The marine resources biotechnology company Sea4Us has just been selected for funding of around 6 million euros. 

Thanks to yet another generous donation from a NOVA and Warwick alumni, a second round of grants is now being launched to support the exchange of researchers between both institutions. Applications until December 5th

NOVA University of Lisbon assumes presidency of SDSN Portugal, in search of innovative solutions to meet the Sustainable Development Goals 

The big winner is Professor Francisco Pereira Coutinho, from NOVA School of Law, and there are three other honourable mentions for Professors Leid Zejnilovic, from Nova SBE, and Ricardo Parreira and João Brás da Piedade, both from IHMT. 

On the 31st of October, NOVA University Lisbon welcomed a notable new member to its community, with the award of a Doctorate Honoris Causa to the singer, composer, writer, former Brazilian Minister of Culture and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Gilberto Gil. 

"A unique day for NOVA", highlighted the Rector of the NOVA University Lisbon, João Sàágua. "A deep gratitude" thanked Gilberto Gil. The story of a very special award in the year in which NOVA University Lisbon celebrates its 50th anniversary. 

This is the second edition of the course, online and free, where the best professors of different schools of NOVA share basic entrepreneurship concepts and ask startup founders to tell about their experiences.