Maria Laura Costa do Nascimento, professor of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of School of Medical Sciences (SMS), University of Campinas (Unicamp), and Claudio Coy, SMS Associated Director, received on September 26th, 2019, at the SMS - Unicamp Dean Office, the professors: James Wertsch, Director Emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Professor of Internation and Area Studies; Kurt T. Dirks, Vice Chancellor of International Affairs and Bank of America Professor of Leadership; and Teresa Sarai, MBA Associate Director, McDonnell International Scholars Academy, all from Washington University, Saint Louis, USA. During the visit they talked about future research partnerships and graduate students exchanges between the institutions. WashU and Unicamp are already partner universities and the visit was very important to strengthen collaboration and reinforce possibilities of common and relevant interest in research.

The McDonnell Academy website for students is: https://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/ and a brochure with information about post-graduate school opportunities at WashU is also available at: https://global.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WashU-Graduate-Experience.pdf