Dear Students,* We are currently receiving applications for the third edition of this collaborative field course* involving Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) <http://seas.harvard.edu/> and the Escola Politécnica of the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) <http://www.poli.usp.br/>that will be held in the U.S. (Cambridge, Vicksburg-MS, and New Orleans-LA) during January 3-20, 2012. Participants will analyze the challenges of environmental sustainability in the areas of natural resources use, the effect of environmental damage on urban areas and the effects of extreme weather events in an increasingly crowded world. Participating students - 10 from Harvard and 10 from the University of São Paulo’s engineering school (Poli-USP) - will have the opportunity to visit centers of research, environmental management and operations. *Successful participants in the January 2012 course will be given preference in the follow-up collaborative field course that will take place in Brazil in January 2013. * *Selection will be need-blind. A significant amount of financial aid is available to successful applicants!!!* For more information and application form, please visit link below: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/seas-poli-usp-2012 * [image: seas-collaborative-2012-photos.jpg] Vicksburg, MS & New Orleans, LA* Best of luck! Brazil Studies Program Team -- Brazil Studies Program Team Harvard University - Brazil Office David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Avenida Paulista, 1337, 17 andar, cj 171 01311-200 São Paulo, SP - Brasil Tel: +55 (11) 3549-9590 Fax: +55 (11) 3549-9595 www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil