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Jane K. Aparecido, Brazil Gateway director, was invited to represent Ohio State in events held by two prestigious public Brazilian universities.
On November 22, Aparecido, spoke about Ohio State’s internationalization strategy during the Internationalization Forum at São Paulo State University (UNESP) to around 150 UNESP staff and faculty.
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and the Ohio State School of Music developed a partnership for a series of academic exchange events in 2022 and 2024. In September, Ohio State welcomed three artists from Brazil who hosted master classes and a recital and performed in the Latin American Music Celebration Concert. They also met with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and visited local schools.
The Ohio State University is ranked in the top 30 nationally among doctoral institutions hosting international students, according to a national report released today.
Ohio State is 26th in the nation and 6th in the Big Ten with 6,604* international students enrolled in 2021, a decrease of 3.8 percent from 2020.
The outbreak of COVID-19 during the 2020-21 academic year significantly limited the ability for students to study abroad and Ohio State currently is not nationally ranked.
The Ohio State University is pleased to announce that 10 undergraduates and two doctoral candidates received prestigious U.S. Student Fulbright Awards for the 2022-2023 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
On June 10, the Brazil Gateway team delivered a presentation about Ohio State to the Passo-a-Passo Institute in the city of Itatiba, São Paulo. The institute works on treatment therapy for children with disabilities through interaction with horses and does research in hippotherapy and social responsibility.
Richard Vasques, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State, visited the Polytechnic Institute (IPRJ) at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) to present a lecture in early July.
On June 22, the Brazil Gateway, Office of Academic Student Success, Office of Student Life and Office of International Affairs hosted a virtual
Three Ohio State Area Studies Centers have been awarded more than $5.5 million in U.S. Department of Education grants for the next four years. These awards support language and area studies learning and provide grant opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and professional school students.
Delegations from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), a public university, and the Dom Cabral Foundation (FDC), a business school, both from the state of Minas Gerais, visited Ohio State in May.