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UW-Madison and Unicamp Set Stage for Collaborations

August 30, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

The University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), the top research university in Brazil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to open the door for developing collaborations across a range of areas.

Unicamp President Fernando Costa and UW–Madison Chancellor David Ward signed the agreement during a two-day visit by Costa to the Madison campus.

Costa and Unicamp’s Director of International Relations Leandro Tessler also toured campus facilities and met with leaders from the Division of International Studies, the Brazil Initiative, the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the Morgridge Institute for Research, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), and University Research Park.

“One of our top priorities now is to collaborate with good universities in the United States,” Costa says. “The University of Wisconsin– Madison is one of the very best universities in U.S. and we are very interested in collaborating with UW-Madison. Our visit here has been a very productive one and we are very impressed.”

Ambassador Almino Talks About Unique Ties Between Brazil and UW-Madison

May 03, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

MADISON – Brazil’s rising prominence and influence on the international stage in recent years has captured the attention of a growing number of American universities.

At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, meanwhile, the interest in Brazil has much deeper roots, with activities and interactions dating back more than 60 years. The recognition of Brazil’s recent ascendance led to the launch of the Brazil Initiative in April 2009.

“The University of Wisconsin in Madison is a perfect choice for Brazil, for what the university represents, for its tradition in Brazilian studies and for having some key people who are really interested in strengthening these ties with Brazil,” says Ambassador João Almino, Brazil’s consul general in Chicago.

Almino, best known in Brazil as a political scholar and novelist, recently made his sixth visit since 2008 to Madison, where the Division of International Studies presented him with a Global Citizen Award, to honor his efforts to strengthen the university’s ties with Brazil. While here, he spoke about Brazil, its relations with the United States, and its connections with UW-Madison.

Paulo Sotero to Speak on the Growing Presence and Influence of Brazil

April 27, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

The Brazil Month events will continue on Thursday, April 28, 2011 with a lecture entitled “A Rising Power’s Challenge to Lead: Brazil’s Growing Presence and Influence in the Region” given by Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center.

This free lecture is open to all, and will be held at 4 p.m. in 260 Bascom Hall. The event is sponsored by the Brazil Initiative, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and the Division of International Studies.

Paulo Sotero

Paulo Sotero is the director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Sotero has been the Washington correspondent for Estado de São Paulo, a leading Brazilian daily newspaper, and a regular commentator and analyst for the BBC radio Portuguese language service, Radio France Internationale, and Radio Eldorado, in Brazil. Since 2003 he has been an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University both in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and in the Center for Latin American Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

About the Brazil Initiative at UW-Madison

In recognition of Brazil’s growing global economic and political importance, UW-Madison’s Division of International Studies and LACIS launched this interdisciplinary initiative to promote collaborative research, teaching, and outreach projects focused on Brazil.

The Brazil Initiative seeks to bring faculty and alumni together with private foundations, businesses, and state agencies to enable Wisconsin to understand better and engage with Brazil as an emerging global economy. The Brazil Initiative also works to expand UW-Madison’s study abroad programs in Brazil.

April Brings Visitors to Campus to Celebrate Brazil

April 05, 2011 Division of International Studies No comments

Brazil—one of today’s most vibrant rising global powers and a long-time U.S. partner—is the focus of a variety of visits and events in coming weeks at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Brazil’s economy, now the world’s eighth largest, has enjoyed a solid performance during the global financial crisis and is expected to rise to fifth within the next several years. In recent years, Brazil and the United States also have moved to deepen their engagement and cooperation between the two nations in a diverse range of areas.

UW-Madison’s Brazil Initiative—an interdisciplinary initiative created in recognition of the growing global economic and political importance of South America’s largest county—and campus partners are hosting “Brazil Month” events throughout April.

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