Little Africa

Jamie Dawson May 23, 2016 All around the world there are populations of descendants of Africans who endured forced migration as a result of centuries of slave trade, but no population is larger than that …

Petrópolis

Miranda Adamczak May 21, 2016 Like the emperors of Rio’s Imperial era, on Saturday May 21, the Global Gateway group took a trip to the mountainous city of Petrópolis to get away from the heat …

A Muslim, A Jew, and Jesus Christ: City Tour of Rio de Janeiro

Ali Khan May 16, 2016 Outside of an interreligious dialogue, the three together may sound a bit strange, right? Not in Rio. In our city tour, we visited the Christ the Redeemer, Escadaria Selaron, and …

Street Culture (Gloria)

Karen Huerta One will never get tired of walking down the streets of Rio. There are always new things to see and experience. Every morning we walked down the streets of Catete and Gloria to …

CIEE and Classes

Laura Bunn May-June 2016 The UW-Madison Global Gateway program is offered in cooperation with the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). The CIEE staff planned and led a range of organized excursions throughout Rio including …

UW Madison in RIO 2016 First Impressions of Rio

When we first arrived here I was amazed by how Rio could be so fast paced, yet so slow at the same time. The cars would fly by and there was always somewhere to be, …

Rio2016: Who are the participants?

Miranda Adamczak, from Green Bay, Wisconsin Majoring in: Communication Sciences and Disorders Described by her program mates as: Open to learning about new cultures Endlessly energetic ThoughtfulLoves to laugh! Best braider on the trip Friendly …