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A visit by representatives of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, the institute of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) dedicated to the remembrance and study of the history of medicine in Brazil, served as the impetus for organizing a seminar that took place on 6 December in Rio de Janeiro.

The official residence of the German Consul General in Brazil was once again the venue for the University of Münster's annual alumni meeting, which was organised jointly with the Freie Universität Berlin as in 2022. Almost 40 participants came together on 26 November in the beautiful evening weather to exchange contacts and experiences. 

On 16 October and 19 November, the first two online events in the series “The Future of Online Participation in Smart Cities“ took place, organised by the Brazil Chair and the Brazil Centre at the University of Münster. 

At the end of October, the Brazil Centre at the University of Münster welcomed a group of students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, led by Prof. Daniela Leal, Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, for a two-day visit.

As part of the CAPES-Brazil Chair, the research team led by the Brazilian academic Prof. Dr José Carlos Vaz is organising the online event series "The Future of Online Participation in Smart Cities".

In cooperation with the RWTH Aachen University and the Brazilian Embassy in Berlin, the Apoena Network of Brazilian Researchers in Germany invites all researchers interested in German-Brazilian research cooperation as well as advanced students to the second network meeting in the North Rhine-Westphalia area on 18 October 2024. 

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is now accepting applications for its research stay program in Germany, specifically designed for Brazilian professors and scientists. 

The last leg of the trip took place in Chile, a country with numerous joint publications with the University of Münster. This time, the delegation was accompanied in most of its appointments by another representative of the University of Münster.

CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) has announced the opening of the application period for second Chair in the 2023 call for applications of the CAPES-Brazil Chair Programme at the University of Münster (UM) with the topic ‘Modelling Infection Disease Dynamics for Epidemiologic Management’.

For someone who hasn’t yet been to South America, it might be surprising to know that it takes longer than 6 hours to reach Buenos Aires, in Argentina, from Medellín, in Colombia. The long flight marked the beginning of the second leg of the Brazil Centre’s fact-finding mission, which proved itself as rewarding as the first part. 

Around 9000km separate Münster from Colombia’s capital city of Bogotá. Yet this distance might feel a bit shorter as of August 2024, when a delegation of the Brazil Centre has paid its first official visit to the country as part of its effort to evaluate collaboration potentials for the University of Münster in Latin America. The first stop of a two-week long fact-finding mission that will also cover Argentina and Chile presented a promising outlook for future collaborations.

The University of Münster’s WiRe – Women in Research programme is now accepting applications for exciting fellowships awarded to international female postdocs in 2025.

During the week of the 24th of June, the University of Münster was delighted to welcome three delegation groups from various Brazilian institutions, including the University of São Paulo (USP), the Butantan Institute, the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
 

The 2nd meeting of the Brazilian Diaspora for Science and Innovation in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) will take place on Friday, 18 October 2024, from 13:30 to 19:00. This time at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen University), in the Skylounge of the main building (4th floor), Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen.