Brazilian engineering student part of broader STEM exchange program

Brazilian student Lucas Ramos is studying chemical engineering at the University of Maine courtesy of Science Without Borders, a program funded by the Brazilian government and aimed at advancing that country’s economic standing and technological expertise. The program eventually will place 100,000 promising students at participating colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, covering all the students’ expenses as they study for one year in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math and participate in a professional or academic internship. Read more about 21-year-old Lucas Ramos and the Science Without Borders program here.

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