President John Fry and Drexel faculty and administrators recently joined Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s delegation to Brazil and Chile. The trip, which occurred in mid-April, led the delegation to the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Florianópolis and Rio de Janeiro, along with Santiago, Chile.
Fry arrived in Rio on April 10 and signed a series of memorandums of understanding, or MOUs, with universities in Brazil and Chile in which they agree to facilitate faculty research collaborations and student exchange programs, and to encourage enhanced cooperation with Brazil’s Scientific Mobility Program, formally known as Science Without Borders. On behalf of Drexel, Fry signed MOUs with the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, the Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and the University of São Paulo. Before leaving for Brazil, Fry signed a MOU with the University of The Gambia.
These are the latest in a series of agreements with universities abroad that affirm Drexel’s commitment to international academic and research collaborations. Recent partnerships at international locations include those with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Sabanci, Koc and Bogazici universities in Turkey.