Summer 2025
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Read more: Bones and All: Day 6
Today was less about historical events and more about looking closely at how historical things were built, and why. At St. Barbara’s Cathedral, the flying…
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Read more: May 9th – Understanding troubles in the history of PragueToday we visited Terezin. Terezin is a fortress built in the 1700s originally built for protection. It was later used for much more than this.…
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Read more: Day #5: Walking Tour & Cooking Class
For our 5th day, we finally got a proper tour of some of the main sites of Prague! Led by our amazing guide, Jana, we…
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Read more: Innovation & Everything Needed to Innovate: Day 3
Visiting the Central Bohemian Innovation Center was a nice reminder of the differences in business, engineering, and innovation in different cultures. In Czech, the ecosystem…
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Read more: Adventure Through the SewersToday morning, we had the unique experience of having a tour of an old, but advanced sewage treatment plant. Through the tour, we learned how…
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Read more: Not all Waste is Trash: Day 2
Today we toured a wastewater treatment facility, which sounds a lot less glamorous than it actually was. What stood out most was the Czech emphasis…
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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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