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Author: Edel Sanders, M.A., EdM Position: Instructor of Music and the Mind Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. Gottfried Leibniz – mathematician and philosopher My doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge examines the relationship between musical and mathematical cognition.  I explore mathematical elements, such as […]

Author: M.A. Kevin Capuder Position: Chair of Business Administration Department When a former Goldman Sachs’ managing director, the former head of the U.S. Central Bank and the former U.S. Treasury Secretary all begin to talk about ideas considered far  outside the economics mainstream just a few years ago, one could be excused for thinking the world is […]

Author: Andreas Antonopoulos, M.Eng., MBA, Ph.D. Position: Rector of University of New York in Prague There are a lot of things that the financial crisis of the last few years has changed but one of the most profound changes observed is the renewed interest and activity in startup companies and entrepreneurship in general.  Since the final years […]

In November, three recent UNYP graduates Andrea Šandorová, Jakub Čermák and Jiří Sýkora won the prestigious BCG Strategy Cup, a student competition held by the Boston Consulting Group in the Czech Republic. Participating teams are required to analyse a real-life business problem and to come up with a solution. The competition was introduced in 2007 […]

Christmas is the time to show love and affection to those that matter in our lives but also to those that need us. This Year University of New York in Prague will support 3 child foundations. For every new “Like” on our Facebook page until Friday December 20th 2013 we will be donating 1 Kc. Also […]

Author: Martin Pavlíček, M.A., MBA Position: Advanced Public Relations Instructor I do not wish to put myself above others, or give the impression of being a perfectionist: PR people make mistakes just like everyone else. But lately it has occurred to me that a lot of journalists are making way too many of them way too […]

Author: Aaron Johnson, Ph.D., CFA Position: Graduate Business Programs Manager As I write this, I am miles above the earth, being hurled swiftly through the air in a relatively small metal tube, making my way from Oslo to Vienna.  I have been the beneficiary of one of the professional development opportunities offered to UNYP faculty.  […]

Author: Dr. Humberto Aguilera Position: Instructor of Community Psychology at UNYP Thinking outside of the box is a popular metaphor that referring to creative thinking in order to analyse an issue or a problem. However, when we try to do some creative thinking we don’t know where to start. Einstein suggests starting with the problem […]

Author: M.A. Kevin Capuder Position: Chair of Business Administration Department Bankers like to tell us that global megabanks are beneficial for the modern economy. By addressing all aspects of multinational corporate financial demand, these institutions provide a required service and needed liquidity to global markets. Financial markets need liquidity to be sure. Liquidity can be simply defined […]

Author: David Starr-Glass MBA, M.Sc., M.Ed. Position: Mentor, International Programs (Prague), State University of New York – Empire State College On the morning of August 15, 2013, Moritz Erhardt, a 21-year old German student, was found dead in his apartment in London. Moritz had been an intern at the London-based investment banking division of Bank of […]