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Brazil Gateway News

February 2023

Fisher College of Business first to travel to Brazil since 2020

For the first time since 2020, Ohio State students studied abroad in Brazil. The Fisher College of Business Honors Cohort education abroad program provided Buckeyes with an opportunity to work with Brazilian students on a case for a company, understand the opportunity and challenges associated with a major emerging market and become immersed in Brazilian culture.

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Features

Global Perspectives: Mariana Inglez

Mariana Inglez, a PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo, was a visiting scholar at Ohio State in 2020 with the support of CAPES PrInt, a foundation within the Ministry of Education in Brazil whose central purpose is to coordinate efforts to improve the quality of Brazil's higher education.

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Alumna publishes book with Brazilian teacher

Marla Goins, PhD '20, published the book “A Amiga Estadunidense da Abayomi” in collaboration with Maria Aline Soares, a teacher and activist in Brazil. Goins also recently published an article titled “Diva’s Culturally Sustaining Black Feminism: Tales from an Afro-Brazilian Teacher-Activist-Mother.”

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Campus news

Brazil Gateway visits Columbus sister city

A delegation from Greater Columbus Sister Cities International visited Brazil in January to meet with companies and government offices in Curitiba, Columbus’ sister city since 2014. The group included members and representatives from Columbus’ business, health, housing and transportation sectors.

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Ohio State professors engage Brazilian audiences

In November and December, Fabio Leite, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the Lima Campus, taught the virtual workshop “Developing Intercultural Competence: A preparation to study, research or work in another culture or interact with other cultures.” On January 31, Joseph Raasdschelders, a professor at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, was a keynote speaker at the opening week of graduate programs at the National School of Public Administration.

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Alumni Club of Brazil receives book donation

The Alumni Club of Brazil recently received a donation of 100 books from the Columbus nonprofit 2nd & 7 to launch a free library of books in English for children in Brazil. The donation is a result of a collaboration between James Sisto, chief legal officer at Schuerger Law Group, Kessia Cericola, Ohio State alumna and attorney, and Amy Hoying, executive director of 2nd & 7.

Founded in 1999 by three former Ohio State football players, Ryan Miller, Luke Fickell and Mike Vrabel, the nonprofit provides free books to promote reading and give children positive role models by working with student-athletes to read books in classrooms.

The Alumni Club of Brazil also recently unveiled a club t-shirt. Ohio State alumni can order a t-shirt by emailing brazilalumni@osu.edu.

Upcoming events

February 27

6 – 7 p.m.

Threats to and the Future of Democracy in Brazil

Hear from guest speaker Andrew Janusz, professor, University of Florida. Janusz will discuss Brazilian democracy and the attempted coup on the recently installed government of President Lula.

March 8

6 – 7 p.m.

Judicial Dialogue: The United States Supreme Court and the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil – A historical and comparative analysis

Join the Center for Latin American Studies and the Brazil Gateway for a virtual talk with Bruno Cunha, a visiting scholar at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

April 6

6:45 – 9 p.m.

Film Screening: Secrets from Putumayo (2020, Brazil)

This screening is part of the Spanish Film Club – a six-part film series co-sponsored by six offices at Ohio State.

Ohio State’s Global Gateways facilitate the university's global reach in China, India and Brazil. Learn more at oia.osu.edu/global-gateways.

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