ENERGY, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A Collaborative Field Course in Brazil (January 7-21, 2010) Come learn about this exciting new opportunity for students to travel to Brazil in January 2010 to study Energy, Water and the Environment. INFO SESSION TODAY Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:30pm - 5:30pm Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Maxwell Dworkin - Room 135 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA This collaborative engineering field course is a joint initiative of Harvard's SEAS, the Escola Politécnica of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies' (DRCLAS) Brazil Studies Program. Professor Scot Martin, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry, will be leading the course with other Harvard faculty (including "Dean Venky" and Prof. John Briscoe) with the support of the DRCLAS Brazil Office in São Paulo. The program will include Brazilian students and faculty from throughout the country and will take place in Brazil from January 7th to January 21st, 2010. The following Harvard students are encouraged to apply: students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs at SEAS, doctoral students in related disciplines in GSAS, and current graduate students from other Schools across the University (HKS, HBS, HLS, etc) who hold undergraduate degrees in engineering. There is no foreign language requirement for this course, which is not credit-bearing. Preference will be given to students who have an interest in pursuing related research and/or coursework subsequent to the program’s conclusion. For undergraduates, preference will be given to students in their final two years of study and to those pursuing or planning to pursue senior thesis work that is related to the course’s content. For more information, please visit the course website: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/seas2010 Tomás Galli de Amorim Program Officer, Brazil Office David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil