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Greetings from the Brazil Gateway Team
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We are happy to share with you our second newsletter. Once again, there are wonderful things happening in Brazil and at Ohio State.
We have recently launched an acceleration in innovation and advanced manufacturing program with Brazilian partner institutions that will bring more than 20 business executives to Ohio State and generate the type of knowledge exchange Ohio State has always been lauded for; the Brazil Gateway team participated actively in The MBA Tour raising awareness about the Fisher College of Business program; an Ohio State student shares his academic and research experiences at a Brazilian university lab and his cultural experiences living and traveling around the country.
We hope you enjoy and feel inspired by these stories. Feel free to share our newsletter with people who are involved or would like to be connected with Ohio State initiatives in Brazil. We will see you next month!
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Acceleration in Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Program Launched by Ohio State and Brazilian Partners
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The program will guide executives and innovation decision-makers from Brazilian companies, multinationals with operations in Brazil and Brazilian governmental agencies to develop action plans for implementing strategies and developing technologies related to advanced manufacturing.
The program is scheduled to take place in July or August.
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Brazil Gateway Participates in The MBA Tour
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The MBA Tour is an independent information source that holds educational events and fairs regarding MBA admissions. In March they held their Latin American tour, taking university representatives to Mexico City, Lima, Bogota and São Paulo.
The Brazil Gateway team, Luke Barbara, director, and Jane Aparecido, academic relations and alumni community manager, were at the event representing Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business to talk about its MBA and masters programs with interested attendees during their scheduled meet-ups.
Aparecido also participated in a panel along with representatives of Queen's University, Copenhagen Business School and University of Toronto to discuss how to prepare for an MBA application. Over 160 people registered for the event.
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Service-Learning Program in Brazil is a Success
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During spring semester, Ohio State Department of Design students engaged Mackenzie Presbyterian University students to create and design solutions for a non-profit organization, Centro de Inclusão Social Pela Arte, Cultura, Trabalho e Educação (CISARTE). CISARTE serves the homeless population in São Paulo by fostering social inclusion, providing resources in educational training and job placement and bringing public awareness to the challenges of "street situation" living through culture and art.
In preparation for the on-site work in São Paulo, the Brazil Gateway provided students with a virtual presentation on city and contextualized the situation of the urban poor.
Together, the student teams designed and built a bookshelf and desk wall system, four kitchen tables, eight chairs, a screen wall with bench, a storage unit and a way-finding system for the 1,200 square meters CISARTE space.
With the success of the pilot course, Design Matters in Brazil will be offered again spring semester 2018, and design students will have the opportunity to apply design thinking and design doing in the field to serve a vulnerable population. This type of coursework provides students real-world experiences and, in the process, extends education beyond the campus by engaging and empowering community members-a mission of a land-grant university.
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Testimonial: Ben Stocker's Cancer Research Experience
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Ben Stocker is in his third year studying biomedical engineering at Ohio State. He received the Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Fellowship and spent one year in Brazil doing cancer research.
Preliminary data supports our hypothesis, but more experiments will have to be performed to improve the statistical significance of the findings and further explore this process. The lab that I work in at Ohio State, Dr. José Otero's neurodevelopmental neuropathology lab, will now be collaborating with Dr. Moreira's lab to continue the project.
While in Brazil, I also had to opportunity to experience a different culture and learn more about a distant region of the world. I loved eating the local foods and visiting the renowned attractions throughout São Paulo such as Instituto Butantan, a world-famous facility that researches and produces antidotes for many species of venomous snakes, spiders, and scorpions. The fascinating snake and spider exhibits rivaled any zoology exhibit I have visited here in the states.
Prior to starting my 10-week research experience with Dr. Moreira, I had the pleasure of traveling to Rio de Janeiro with the Pelotonia fellowship director, Jeff Mason, and a former Pelotonia researcher who lives in São Paulo, Leonardo Bueno. It was great exploring Rio and visiting extraordinary attraction such as Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain with Jeff and Leonardo.
Following the 10 weeks of research in São Paulo, I had the unbelievable opportunity to extend my stay in Brazil and attend the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Attending the Olympics allowed me to explore even more of Brazil and other countries, as I was able to meet travelers from every corner of the earth.
My second trip to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics concluded an amazing experience of conducting research, learning new methods, finding new friends, exploring a beautiful country, and creating lasting memories.
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May 5 - 12
Global Applied Program from the Fisher College of Business will visit Brazil
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May 15 - 26
Short-term Brazilian law program will take place at University of Brasilia
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May 18 - 19
Law professors will participate in an International Law Congress at CESMAC
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May 25 - 26
Brazil Gateway and Ohio State Education Professors will present at the International Seminar at the University of São Paulo
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May 25 - June 6
The Brazilian Experience Music and Education Education Abroad Program in Curitiba
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May 29
Moritz College of Law Finn Summer Fellow will arrive in São Paulo to intern at ADUS nonprofit
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