Souza To Be Honored For Contributions

Paulo Roberto Pereira de Souza will receive the Award for Significant Contributions to Relations Between Florida and the Americas during the conference for helping to develop a permanent relationship between UF and Brazil. Souza is a founding member of the Advisory Board of UF’s Florida/Brazil Institute; directed collaborative research and exchange projects between the law faculties and co-authored comparative environmental law and policy studies in and between Florida and Paraná; and coordinates the Master’s Course of Law at the State University of Maringá in Brazil. He has served as rector of the State University of Maringá; state secretary of science, technology and economic development; state secretary of urban development and environment; and director of development, exchange and international operations of the Bank of the State of Paraná.