The Child Learning & Development Lab in UNYP’s Center for Advanced Behavioral Research officially opened at Belgická 40, on December 9th, 2016, Research Group Leader and Chair of Psychology department, Edel Sanders, is leading two investigations, with pilot projects slated to run in late Spring and early Fall of 2017.  The Child Learning & Development Lab is modeled […]

On November 8th the Communications department at UNYP hosted an international conference on media accountability. The conference, entitled Media Accountability at the Crossroads: European Challenges and Perspectives, was organized by the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Alpen-Adria- Universität Klagenfurt, and the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism. It was held as a […]

On 25th November 2016, the German business newspaper Handelsblatt published an article about UNYP entitled “Very close to the east,” by Hans-Peter Siebenhaar. This article summarizes the main points. For several years, the University of New York in Prague has provided students with the ideal combination of education and networking to pursue high-powered careers. A truly international education […]

Radek Ptacek, a psychologist and lecturer at the University of New York in Prague has accepted an invitation to a popular talk show called “Show Jana Krause” where he talked about today’s very widespread problem of burnout. According to his words, burnout syndrome has an advantage for people, because they understand it. A man knows […]

Why do we decide in certain situations the way we do? Why someone becomes a workaholic and someone would be “bohem” his whole life? What drives our actions, emotions and even the quality of our life? The answer can be found in the six human needs we all aim to fulfill in different ways. The […]

A man stands in front of modern sculpture near the entrance to Bratislava’s Eurovia shopping center. He stares at his smart phone, alternately reading, drawing, pressing the screen, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings. After about five minutes, he resolutely sets off towards the wall of the shopping center, stopping about 20m away from his previous position. In […]

In October I was at a small, intimate, concert (capacity 150) by a band originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that I used to listen to and became friendly with over the years. It was a comeback tour show, promoting a comeback record, they used to have a fair following in Europe a decade or […]

The University of New York located in Prague for several years and its graduate students who have no problems finding very good jobs. Bloom in the East The University of New York in Prague constitutes one of the best private schools in the Czech Republic says Bernard Bauer (Director of the German-Czech Chamber of Commerce and […]

Perhaps you just arrived in Prague to study abroad. Perhaps you’ve been studying at university for several months. Either way, the holiday season can be a magical experience in the Golden City for the international student. Maybe while exploring the many Christmas markets or when chatting with Czech students, you’ve come across some of these […]

UNYP was honored to host distinguished guests from Tarleton State University (US) on 8 December in Prague. Prof. Alex del Carmen, Executive Director of the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Strategic Studies at Tarleton, and Prof. Tara O’Connor Shelley, Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership & Public Policy, met with UNYP’s General Manager Sotiris […]