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On April 1, The Model United Nations Society at UNYP was honored to host their very first Model UN conference aimed at high school students and organised by Arina Rossikhin (4th year, IER/BA) and Anastasia Latenkova (4th year, IER). Among the schools participating were Prague British School, International School of Prague, Deutsche Schule Prag and Pražské Humanitní Gymnázium. The day-long event included […]

You just arrived in the Golden City for a study abroad semester. You wear skinny jeans and plaid shirts. Maybe some thick-framed glasses. As a newly international student, you don’t know where to go for entertainment, shopping, and just hanging out. If you consider yourself part of the hipster culture, you’ll be happy to know […]

Niantic, Inc. In late 2015, Google spun off Niantic Labs during its reorganization into the multinational conglomerate Alphabet, Inc. At that time, Google, Nintendo, and the Nintendo-owned Pokemon Company jointly invested USD 30m into Niantic, Inc. Citibank estimated that in July 2016 Niantic was worth around USD 3.65b, and that the company was expected to make USD 740m […]

Have you ever wondered what is happening when you don’t get an immediate answer? When the person on the other side is just not responding quickly enough for you? Think about it for a second. Silence can be an entire form of communication – not just a lack of it.  Silence can also be used […]

Many of the great values of digital technologies (probably all) have a shadow side. My view is similar to Jung’s; I do not see these shadows as wholly bad, because they enable us to see the light. If we do not integrate the darker side, the lighter side will seem less bright. We need the instinctive, […]

“From today’s perspective, I am amazed at how I could once arrange a date with my girlfriend without a mobile. It seems so difficult and uncomfortable now, almost impossible. Back then it was not only possible, but I did not feel limited at all.” Michael, 40 How would you feel if you had to give […]

In an article written by Lucie Suchá on April 19th for Mladá Fronta Dnes, University of New York in Prague Professor and Director of the Master’s program in Psychology, Radek Ptáček discusses the topic of psychopaths in today’s society. They don’t feel sympathy, they don’t have a conscience, and they’re controlled by the sense of […]

Student Council together with the Administration from UNYP and SUNY/ESC is advocating for a more green university environment and we are kicking it off during Spirit Week 2017.  From April 18th until April 21st there will be very restricted access to plastic cups around the university. You might be asking yourself what to do in case […]

In an article written by Alice Andryzková on March 23rd for Mladá Fronta Dnes, University of New York in Prague alumni, Tomáš Kubica, discusses his decision to pursue a career in business. As a young boy he wanted to be a bus driver, conservationist or a fireman. Many years later he decided to study business. […]

Let’s face it. If you didn’t see it on Instagram, it didn’t happen. Students who study abroad know that one of the many perks of exchange programs is access to all the beautiful sites a European city like Prague has to offer. And beautiful sites means beautiful photos to post so your friends and family […]