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The 24th FAPESP Week took place on 25 and 26 March at Freie Universität Berlin. The event was organised by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in cooperation with the German Research Foundation (DFG). The University of Münster was successfully represented at the event.

The Brazil Centre of the University of Münster is looking for a committed Head of its Liaison Office at the German Centre for Research and Innovation in São Paulo (DWIH São Paulo) to start as soon as possible.
 

The University of Münster has had an eventful first quarter with significant developments in the renowned CAPES-Brazil Chair.
 

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Münster invites interested medical students and young professionals to participate in the Münster-Med-Summer-School 2025. The two-week program will take place from 4 to 15 August 2025, offering participants from all over the world the opportunity to experience innovative teaching methods, interactive workshops, and current medical research.

The winning team of the German-Brazilian EdTech Hackathon 2024, which took first place with the Green Seed project - now called Leko - travelled to Germany to get to know German universities and their innovation facilities. 
 

CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) has announced new application deadline for the 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".

The Centre for Empire Studies: (Post)Colonial Histories and Global Entanglements (CES) at the University of Münster offers fellowships for early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences.

The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) together with the German Research Foundation (DFG) invites interested parties to the FAPESP WEEK Germany in Berlin on 25 and 26 March 2025.
 

It is with great consternation and profound sadness that the Brazil Centre announces the death of its esteemed member and cherished friend, Professor Matias de Oliveira Pinto, professor of cello at the Faculty of Music of the University of Münster.

Ana Larissa Oliveira, an outstanding professor at the Faculty of Humanities at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), is the new holder of the Brazil Chair at the University of Münster, which this year will be hosted by Prof. Dr. Julia Metag at the Department of Communication (IfK).

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.