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The representatives of AIESEC Czech Republic, Kateřina Smolová and Radek Štěpán, presented their organization profile and internship opportunities that may be of interest to a lot of our students and recent graduates.   The presentation that took place at UNYP, room 303 in the Londýnská main building was enriched by valuable experience of a student who has […]

UNYP PULSE guest lecture series was inaugurated with a presentation by prof. Max Hilaire on the response of the international community to the international crises. In front of a full classroom, prof. Hilaire referred to the difficulties that the international community finds to address some of the challenges that our societies are confronting today. He made reference to […]

Author: Professor Max Hilaire, PH.D. Position: Lecturer, Empire State College, State University of New York, USA and Associate Professor and Chairperson, Morgan State University, USA. The world faces some unprecedented crises that no one state can solve unilaterally and no global institutions exist to address them adequately. The world faces some unprecedented crises that no […]

Author: William B. Cohn, J.D.  Position: Business Administration Faculty There was much head-scratching at the 2014 Forum 2000 Conference on “Democracy and its Discontents,” held in the Czech Republic October 12-15, 2014. Panelists bemoaned resurgent authoritarianism, decline of civil liberties/human rights, loss of respect for law, and foolish foreign policy. How could this be when […]

Author: Dr. Tess Slavíčková Position: Communication and Mass Media Faculty I am fairly sure that all of us at UNYP consider ourselves learners of at least one foreign language. In that case we are no doubt all familiar with the problem of not just learning new words, but learning how to use them properly. I […]

On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, Fred Williams, owner of Williams Technical, provided another installment of the UNYP/CVUT entrepreneurship lecture series.  Fred’s talk centered on the intentional or unintentional acts that cause great damage, usually at very low cost, and very low risk.   Sabotage has varied etymological theories, from the Dutch shoes being thrown into machinery to […]

UNYP´s rector, Dr. Andreas Antonopoulos, participated in a networking event organized by Wayra, the startup accelerator of the Spanish telecommunications provider Telefónica. Dr. Antonopoulos gave a short speech about the cooperation between Wayra and UNYP. He mentioned involvement of UNYP´s students in Wayra and the support that UNYP gives to students to become an active part of global […]

During the first September weekend, a group of UNYP students decided to take on a seemingly impossible task: write, shoot and edit a movie in 48 hours.  The group calls itself Color:Blind and despite being rather diverse, it succeeded in working very well together and producing and submitting an eligible entry for the 48 Hour Film Project […]

New Student Orientation (NSO) is a series of social and academic events for students to help them with a successful transition from high school to university. It is also an important time for forming relationships with classmates, staff and other members of the UNYP community. NSO Fall 2014 started today.

Author: Aaron Johnson, Ph.D., CFA Position: Professor and Entrepreneurship Center Director Sometimes, students surprise you. In addition to specific subject matter, it’s always nice to try to instill some of the intangibles in a classroom experience; things like responsibility, ambition, creativity, critical thinking, and leadership.   Arguably these things are more important to professional success […]