The Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) promotes a series of meetings to discuss the future of the University and opens space to hear proposals from academic leaders committed to university management and interested in participating in the next electoral process for Rector and Vice-Rector of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). The first activity was held today, agust 8th, 2021, in the FMUSP Congregation room and featured the presentation of Professor Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Júnior, Dean of Graduate Studies at USP in partnership with Professor Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, Director of the Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences School at USP. Professor Roger Chamas, Vice-Director of FMUSP, opened the solemn session saying that, “FMUSP is open to all who have management plans to apply for the candidacy for the General Dean of USP, in an electoral process that will take place next year”.

Prof. Roger Chammas also added: “this cycle of lectures aims to discuss the challenges of our University, opportunities and challenges, in addition we will express our suggestions for the institutional future”. 

Professor Carlos Carlotti began the presentation of proposals for the partnership between him and Profa. Maria Arminda for the candidacy for the Dean of USP in 2022, respectively he for Dean and the professor for Vice Dean, with the keywords that condense the project of “social responsibility, protagonism and excellence”. Based on these principles, five axes of work were planned: people-oriented management; quality and inclusive education; excellence and innovation research; transparent university; and social commitment.

FMUSP professors and administrative employees also participated in the meeting and interacted with suggestions and proposals for improving the University, some in person and others by video call. 

Professor Maria Arminda declared, considering her and Prof. Carlotti: “this is a happy combination in the contemporary world, between a doctor and a sociologist with proposals to manage USP, the best university in Brazil and Latin America which, in addition to the production of science, culture and high knowledge, has the obligation to reflect and be an interlocutor of social issues and how to face the ills of this country”. The Professor emphasized: “with the dialogue between science and society, we will be able to revise the University to be at the forefront and international”.