The swimmer's achievement reinforces the contribution of NOVA FCT's student-athletes to national high-performance sport, balancing academic demands with top-level international competition.
The new residence, developed by dstrealestate and KKR Investimentos, will add 280 beds to the School's housing offer, distributed across 254 accommodation units over five floors.
The results show that many of the lineages that are currently part of European fauna were already established during the Early Miocene, a crucial period for the formation of modern ecosystems.
"We want to be a leading School at the European level in the Sciences and Engineering, standing out through innovation and the connection between teaching and research", said the re-elected Dean during the ceremony.
More than a scientific event, BAHAMUT 2026 established itself as a shared territory, where different paths and epistemologies intersected to strengthen a science open to dialogue, diversity and transformation.
The winning team, made up of Rui Guilherme Vaz Gonçalves, António Miguel Teixeira Vicente, and Manuel João Mendes, presented an innovative solution in the field of solar energy, designed to address the challenges of energy scarcity and instability.
Students linked to NOVA FCT won three awards at the 7th International Caparica Congress on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials, which brought together specialists from more than 20 countries in Costa de Caparica: Gonçalo F. Carro Pedro and Inês Pereira Gomes in the oral communications category, and Sara Meldoli in the poster category.
This first edition welcomed more than 40 participants.
The researchers who authored the study developed a "self-reliance index" to measure the degree of European independence, not just for isolated elements, but for any combination of elements and even for complete devices.
Over several weeks, participants transformed ideas into projects with the potential to generate social and environmental impact, supported by experts and mentors.
The distinction recognizes a set of results that connect space research with the prevention of muscle power loss in aging.
For the second consecutive year, all places were quickly filled, bringing 68 students from the 10th to 12th grades to the Caparica campus, all enthusiastic about Science, Engineering, and Technology.
