Evandro Chagas Institute Evandro Chagas Institute The Evandro Chagas Institute (Portuguese Instituto Evandro Chagas, or IEC) is a non-profit organization which promotes public health in Brazil named after Evandro Chagas. In the 1940s fisherman Henrique Penna from the Rockefeller Foundation in Rio de Janeiro reported that he had discovered cases of leishmaniasis in Brazil's countryside. The disease had not been previously detected in Brazil, and as a response, Carlos Chagas of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute organized a commission leishmaniasis to be headed by his son Evandro Chagas. In 1938 this commission became the "Instituto de Pathologia Experimental do Norte", or Northern Institution for
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute (AGI) is a company that offers publishing consulting and technical training. The institute also writes and publishes books on publishing, business strategy and design technology. AGI was founded in 1994 by Christopher Smith and Jennifer Smith. American Graphics Institute originally provided instruction on the use of early desktop publishing software from companies such as Adobe Systems and Quark, Inc. AGI later began teaching web publishing and interactive design classes. In 2007, American Graphics Institute was acquired by creative staffing firm Aquent. In July 2009, the founders reacquired American Graphics Institute. AGI's founders and instructors