CUBES: a UV spectrograph for the future

In spite of the advent of extremely large telescopes in the UV/optical/NIR range, the current generation of 8-10m facilities is likely to remain competitive at ground-UV wavelengths for the foreseeable future. The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) has been designed to provide high-efficiency (>40%) observations in the near UV (305-400 nm requirement, 300-420 nm goal) at a spectral resolving power of R>20,000, although a lower-resolution, sky-limited mode of R ~ 7,000 is also planned. CUBES will offer new possibilities in many fields of astrophysics, providing access to key lines of stellar spectra: a tremendous diversity of iron-peak and heavy elements, lighter elements (in particular Beryllium) and light-element molecules (CO, CN, OH), as well as Balmer lines and the Balmer jump (particularly important for young stellar objects). The UV range is also critical in extragalactic studies: the circumgalactic medium of distant galaxies, the contribution of different types of sources to the cosmic UV background, the measurement of H2 and primordial Deuterium in a regime of relatively transparent intergalactic medium, and follow-up of explosive transients. The CUBES project completed a Phase A conceptual design in June 2021 and has now entered the Phase B dedicated to detailed design and construction. First science operations are planned for 2028. In this paper, we briefly describe the CUBES project development and goals, the main science cases, the instrument design and the project organization and management

Curriculum Innovations: Experiments In Developing A Public University [inovações Curriculares: Experîncias Em Desenvolvimento Em Uma Universidade Pública]

It is presented in this article an analysis of the innovation experiences in curriculum activities showed during the I Conference "Innovations in Curricular Activities: experiences at Unicamp ". The analysis intended to study the innovative activities developed in the student's formative work in this institution, through the 49 papers presented in it, and had as aim, to know the ambit, the focus and the indicators of directions of actions that such activities have been assuming inside the institution. The experiences presented involved teachers and students from about 30 courses of the 58 now existents. We understood that the knowledge of the scenery of curriculums innovations activities of an institution can explicit the directions taking in relation to the subjects of the teaching, and can facilitate the implementation of political decisions about the formative actions in an institution and in direction to a continuous creative process.102200213LDB - Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, , Brasil, MINIST́RIO DA Educação, Lei N°. 9394/96Cardoso, A.P., Educação e Inovaç̃o, , http//www.ipv.pt/millenium/pce6_apc.htm, acessado em novembro de 2007Ferretti, C.J., A inovação na perspectiva pedaǵgica (1989) Inovaç̃o Educacional No Brasil: Problemas e Perspectivas, , GARCIA, W. E, São Paulo: Cortez EditoraGarcia, W.E., Legislaç̃o e Inovação Educacional a partir de 1930 (1989) GARCIA W Inovaç̃o Educacional No Brasil: Problemas e Perspectives, , São Paulo: Cortez EditoraGoodson, I.F., (1995) Curŕculo: Teoria e Hist́ria, , Petŕpolis: Ed. VozesHumphreys, D., Davenport, A., (2002) Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning As A Nation Goes to College, , Association of American Colleges and Universities. Washington, DCHusen, T., (1994) The Role of the University: A Global Perspective, , Unesco: Universidade das Naç̃es UnidasMasetto, M., Inovação na Educação Superior (2004) Interface - Comunicaç̃o, Sáde e Educação, 8 (14), pp. 197-202. , set. 2003- fevMessina, G., Mudança e inovaç̃o educacional: notas para reflex̃o (2001) Cadernos de Pesquisa, (114), pp. 225-233. , novNiskier, A., Tecnologia Educacional: uma viSão poĺtica (1993) Petŕpolis, VozesVeiga, I.P.A., Inovaç̃es e Projeto Poĺtico-Pedaǵgico: uma relação regulat́ria ou emancipat́ria? (2003) Cadernos CEDES, Campinas, 23 (1), pp. 267-281. , dezembro(2000) Poĺticas de Integraç̃o Curricular, , Porto: Editora PortoPinar, W.F., Reynolds, W.M., Slattery, P.E., Taubman, P.M., (1995) Understanding Curriculum, , New York: Peter LangPinar, W.F., Avanço Intelectual atrav́s da disciplinaridade e horizontalidade nos Estudos Culturais (2007) Discursos Curriculares Contempor̂neos. Mangualde: Pedago Ediçães, , PARASKEVA, J.M. (org), PortugalSantos, B.S., (2002) A Cŕtica da Raz̃o Indolente: Contra O Desperd́cio da Experîncia, , São Paulo: Cortez EditoraSaviani, D.A., Filosofia da Educação e o problema da Inovação em Educação (1989) Inovação Educacional No Brasil: Problemas e Perspectives, , GARCIA, W. E, São Paulo: Cortez EditoraSenge, P., Conduzindo organizaç̃es voltadas para o aprendizado: o destemido, o poderoso e o inviśvel (1996) O Ĺder Do Futuro, pp. 121-125. , HESSEMBEIN, FGOLDSMITH, M.BECKHARD, R. (orgs), São Paulo: FuturaStenhouse, E.L., (1981) Investigacín y Desarrollo Del Curriculum, , Madri, Morat