Tagged: Brazil Gateway

Suélen Pereira, a Brazilian attorney, is the first recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Alumni Club of Brazil. Pereira’s scholarship supported her enrollment in the Ohio State Moritz College of Law’s summer program, "The Foundations of U.S. Law & Practice."

An afternoon filled with family and friends, good food and football ticket giveaways comprised the best parts of the annual Brazil Gateway send-off events for new Brazilian Buckeyes.

This year, new students and scholars and their families met over lunch in São Paulo to learn more about Ohio State and connect with new, current and former Buckeyes. Caue Faria and Tiago D'Elia, current Ohio State students, were joined by Jaret Waters and Gustavo Ribeiro, Ohio State alumni, to share their experiences and valuable tips about life on campus.

I've been at The Ohio State University since the fall of 2021, when I joined Claudia Turro's lab in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. After receiving my master's in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of São Paulo, I decided I wanted to work on more fundamental aspects of designing metallodrugs for cancer treatment.

In his role as the academic director for the Brazil Gateway, Fabio Leite, associate professor in Experimental/Cognitive Psychology at Ohio State Lima, connects with partners, alumni and current and future students to build and grow long-lasting relationships.

The East Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies have awarded $1.150 million in student support this year in the form of 50 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship grants to Ohio State students spanning 16 graduate programs and 22 undergraduate majors. Funding for FLAS Fellowships comes from the U.S.

Janet Smith, assistant director of outreach for the East Asian Studies Center and Amanda Yusko, program manager for the international student team in the Office of International Affairs, are recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed upon staff at Ohio State.

The Office of international Affairs (OIA) awarded close to $100,000 in grants to seven faculty, 21 graduate students, and two undergraduate students to conduct international research and scholarship projects abroad and in the United States. Awards ranged between $1,000 and $4,000, and will be used during the 2024-25 academic year.

From Brazil to Uganda, Estonia to South Korea and everywhere in between, faculty and students will travel to 18 different countries to advance their research and expand their global engagement.

On March 28, 2024, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Karla Zadnik recognized students and faculty from The Ohio State University who are recent Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays recipients and Fulbright student semifinalists, as well as visiting Fulbright students and scholars from around the globe, during a reception at the Thompson Library.