University of Maryland exchange students with Dr. Ricardo Motta Miranda, Rector of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, summer 2007.
Maryland Partners welcome reception for Brazilian students, summer 2008.
Brazilian students learn about diamondback terrapins(mascot of the University of Maryland), summer 2008.
Since 1993, the University of Maryland’s Office of International Programs, the university’s Natural Resources Management Program, and later the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, and Maryland Partners have provided leadership on the Maryland side to a student exchange program between the states of Maryland, USA, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focused on ecology and natural resources management. On the Brazilian side, like effort has been devoted by Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense, and Rio Partners. Every other year, a small group of Brazilian students and one or two faculty members travel to Maryland to learn about its educational and academic facilities, environmental NGOs, related government agencies, and research foundations; in the intervening years, a like number of students and faculty from the University of Maryland travel to the state of Rio de Janeiro.
In 2009, nine University of Maryland students and a professor traveled to Rio de Janeiro for a 2-week visit. They had the opportunity to visit different cities, environmental programs, and two university campuses in the state of Rio. Program objectives included learning about environmental, conservation, and science programs that are located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, learning about the similarities and differences between the Chesapeake Bay and Guanabara Bay and actions taken to preserve both, learning more about environmental and science careers in the host universities, and building people-to-people connections to advance better understanding between the two states.
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