Intel opens educational software development centre in Cluj

Intel Romania announced the expansion of its local team with the addition of 35 employees from the newly acquired education software specialist Kno whose only educational software development centre in Europe is located in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, according to local online publication Hotnews.ro. Until 8 November, the 35 employees worked for US-based company Kno which Intel acquired at a global level. The main activities of the local team in Cluj consist of digitising classic books and working on a digital platform for the interaction between students and teachers in the classroom.

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Capoeira Treffen und brasilianische Rhythmen

Am Samstag haben sich zwei Capoeira Gruppen aus Cluj zusammengetroffen, um dem Publikum eine Capoeira-Vorführung anzubieten. Vadiação Capoeira Cluj, Cercul Întreg und Casa do Brasil – das brasilianische Kulturzentrum aus Klausenburg, haben sich zusammengetan und zwei Stunden den Saal der Theaterabteilung innerhalb der Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften mit brasilianischem Rhythmus ertönen lassen. Aber was ist eigentlich Capoeira?

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New Nanocrystals Study Findings Reported from Babes-Bolyai University

Current study results on Nanocrystals have been published. According to news reporting from Cluj Napoca, Romania, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, „Nanocomposite powder and compacts of NiFe2O4/Ni3Fe type were synthesized using mechanical milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS) techniques. The samples have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser particles size analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX).”

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How Will You Celebrate on December 10?

In Romania the Cluj Transilvania Convivium will gather to recall childhood recipes and bake traditional near-forgotten desserts, while in Tanzania, five communities are planning to come together for a school garden harvest and collective meal. In the US, local endangered foods will be cooked up at a dinner party, and in Venezuela the humble potato will take the stage, becoming the focus of a community festival. Hard-hitting issues will be faced in Mexico with a two-day debate program on food and the environment, while in Australia the traditions kept alive by Aboriginal women will be celebrated. Add a kimchi party in South Korea to the mix, being organized by the local Slow Food Youth Network to swap and compare family recipes for this national dish, and it’s fair to say there’s a lot on the menu for this year’s Terra Madre Day.

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Liberty Technology Park Cluj opens up its gates with the first edition of the ITC in the Park event

Liberty Technology Park Cluj, a Fribourg Development project, investment fund managed by business man, Ion Sturza, will be launched Thursday, 5th of December, with the first edition of ITC in the Park. The event, which includes a series of conferences and debates, as well as the launch of business accelerator Spherik, adresses to the IT community and the academic community from Cluj, and it aproaches the trends in business market influenced by the IT industry.

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