Samba Class and Rio Dancing

On Wednesday, June 6th, the members of our group were anxious for the afternoon excursion, the Samba dance lesson. After hearing continually about the origin of Samba and its relation to Brazil’s culture and history, …

UWRio2018 Who are the lucky student participants?

This is Liliana Teniente, a fantastic human and roommate. She is from Madison, WI, and is attending the UW-Madison in pursuit of a major in International Studies and certificates in Development Economics and Gender and …

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, …