Renaissance
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Read more: Florence Apartment LivingI am currently living in an apartment in the heart of Florence with four other Pitt-student roommates: Hadley, Josie, Kayley, and Emily. This apartment is…
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Read more: Italy’s InfluenceWhen entering the Swanson School of Engineering in my freshman year of college, I already knew that I wanted to major in bioengineering. After all,…
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Read more: Italian slow downIn my study abroad program, I am taking two courses that aim to explore and help students understand the great ingenuity behind the Renaissance period…
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Read more: Saying “yes” within budget!Budgeting while abroad, especially for a month-long program, is hard. It’s a weirdamount of time that lets you kind of settle in and then you…
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Read more: Adjusting in FlorenceBeing in another country for the first time in my life provided me with more struggles than Iexpected. Prior to leaving for Florence, I did…
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Read more: Make your own memoriesAlyson Ferrari – Chemical Engineering Everyone has their own reason for choosing to study abroad. My reason was to beimmersed in the culture, which meant…
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Read more: A little bit goes a long wayAlyson Ferrari – Electrical Engineering As an engineering student who is pursuing an Italian minor, my motivation for this tripspanned beyond simply visiting Italy. I…
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Read more: A New Meaning to Experiential LearningAlyson Ferrari – Electrical Engineering Ever since coming to Pitt, I have found that my favorite educational and professionalexperiences have been paired with tangible, hands-on…
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Read more: From Pitt to Ponte VecchioEmily Dunn – Chemical Engineering Despite being a Pitt run program with some Pitt faculty and all Pitt students, the classes I took inFlorence had…
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Read more: Jean-Claude or Gabri and DavideGarret Phipps – Civil Engineering Claude-Jean, a Frenchman from Lille who spoke very little English, asked if the seat next to me was taken. It…