Word: brazile
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...Although Brazil has been largely understudied in the past, the nation has attracted growing student interest, Coatsworth said...
...gift from Mr. Lemann is just extraordinary because it allows Harvard to establish ties to Brazil and makes sure the exchange of ideas and people will be greater than it has in the past,” Coatsworth said...
Although Coatsworth estimated that the Rockefeller Center currently sends approximately 10 or more students to Brazil each summer, he said the only formal program in Brazil has been a Portuguese language and Brazilian culture course offered through Harvard summer school...
...million gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the office in São Paulo—“the informal capital of the country”—and fund scholarships for both Harvard students studying in Brazil and Brazilian students coming to Harvard, Coatsworth said. Currently only five students from Brazil are enrolled in the College, according to the Harvard International Office...
Coatsworth added that the gift will also fund fellowships for Brazilians admitted to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, School of Public Health and John F. Kennedy School of Government, in addition to funding doctoral students studying Brazil...