The new president of the University of São Paulo (USP), Prof. Dr. Aluísio Augusto Cotrim Segurado, and other high-ranking representatives of USP were received on September 18 by representatives of Berlin University Alliance (BUA), led by Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, member of the Board of Directors of the Excellence Alliance and President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Prof. Dr. Barbara Fritz, Vice President at Freie Universität Berlin in charge of international affairs. The discussions focused on expanding research collaboration and establishing it on an institutional footing. USP is the university with the strongest research program in the state of São Paulo and one of the leading universities in Latin America.

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