Global Impact

American Academy students engage in training at PUCPR's medical school.

After class, American Academy students at PUCPR like to hang out and relax. 

A chance meeting on campus turned into a valuable learning experience for a group of photography students in Brazil. 

Students at Kent State's American Academy can enjoy a green and growing campus all year in Curitiba's subtropical climate. 

Kent State students at the American Academy in Brazil are experiencing the country's rainiest season.

The Kent State community planted more than 100 trees in the Climate Change Grove to help offset the university’s carbon footprint and provide a way to research the effects of climate change in our immediate environments.

Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult.

Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who has been studying the connection between obesity and low-income youth for more than seven years.