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Global Impact

American Academy students taking part in CPR training at PUCPR's medical school

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

American Academy students relax and play guitar after class at PUCPR

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

UCM's Bob Christy with photo students in Brazil

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

Tall trees on the PUCPR campus

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

Rainy Day at PUCPR

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

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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Students Planting Trees at Trees for the Future

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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.

Associate Professor Amy Sato's Research Team, includes from left, doctoral student Kara Hultstrand, visiting professor Giane Bientinez Sprada, Sato, and doctoral students Clarissa Shields and Caroline West

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.