The US Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action policies in a 2023 ruling, stating race-based college admissions ...

View inside the premises of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, or UERJ, on April 6, 2017. (Tasso Marcelo/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) By Shannon Sims.

In 2003,the name was changed to the University to Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, but the acronym was kept. There are five campuses across the city. The university is home to five ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rio de Janeiro Governor Luiz Fernando Pezao signed a deal Monday with several Brazilian universities and research institutes to develop a plan for cleaning up the polluted waters ...

Around 85,000 students at Rio de Janeiro's State and Federal Universities face an uncertain future as universities are caught up in the public service pay freeze affecting healthcare and law ...

Rio de Janeiro Governor Luiz Fernando Pezao on Monday signed a deal with several Brazilian universities and research institutes to develop a plan to clean up the polluted waters of the city’s ...

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, sometimes known as the "University of Brazil" and commonly abbreviated to UFRJ, is one of the largest and best known universities in Brazil. Founded by the ...