2010 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

91 Universidad ORT Uruguay AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2010 Dr. Oded Balaban (Israel) Chair of the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Haifa. Activity: Delivered the lectures “What is Objective Knowledge? The Distinction Between Values and Knowledge,” June 1; “Plato and the Foundations of Democracy,” June 23; and “Scientific Thought and Common Sense,” July 27. Yanira Petrides, CPA (Mexico) Master of Accounting from Florida International University. Professor at the School of Management and Accounting at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico. Activity: led the “Ethics Seminar” as part of the Specialization Diploma in Accounting, the Master’s in Financial Management, and the Master’s in Accounting and Taxation, December 13–17. Dr. Marcos Farias Ferreira (Portugal) Professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon. Activity: delivered the lecture “Russia’s Foreign Policy: Energy and Sovereign Democracy,” May 7. School of Architecture Eng. Alejandra Benítez (Argentina) Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires. Activity: taught the weekly course “Concrete Technology Applied to the Manufacture of Precast Elements,” June 23–25. Architect Freddy Massad (Argentina) Adjunct Professor at the School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning, University of Buenos Aires. Activity: delivered the lecture “Reconfiguring Paradigms: Critiques of Hypermodernity,” October 27. José María Doldán (Argentina) Professor in the Department of Visual Design at the School of Design and Communication, University of Palermo. Activity: served on the review panel for the Interior Designer Portfolio, March 22.