Alumni

February, 2015 – Eight UNYP student representatives attended the London International Model United Nations (LIMUN) conference held at Imperial College, London. The group was made up of students with prior Model United Nations (MUN) experience as well as those experiencing MUN for the first time.  Each student, also referred to as a delegate, took part […]

On the 4th of March, the UNYP Psychology Club organized “Game Night”!  The purpose of the event was to get students together, connect them through playing a game, as well as enrich their knowledge in psychology by getting them thinking about terms related to psychology in some way. The participants were divided into 4 groups […]

The Director of International Programs for Empire State College of the State University of New York that offer with UNYP their Bachelor’s Programs in Prague visited UNYP for 2 days on February 26th and 27th. The visit was in parallel with the ESC mentors visit that comes to Prague frequently to work with the students on […]

On February 27th, Dr. Max Hilaire gave a fascinating talk at UNYP regarding the new Republican congress in the United States and its potential effect on American foreign policy.   Dr. Hilaire’s blend of encyclopedic knowledge and insightful sense of humor gave the audience of students and faculty knowledge as well as a refreshing perspective on […]

The team of UNYP students who won the CFA Research Challenge 2015 in the Czech Republic were honored and officially announced during the CFA Society FORECASTING DINNER 2015 held at the Czech National Bank on Friday 19th of February.  Marek Jindra, the President, of CFA Society Czech Republic gave the Welcome Speech. Keynote speakers of the […]

Since 2008 UNYP has established a recycling policy throughout the university recycling paper and plastic.  For this to happen special bins were placed all over our premises and special arrangements were also made with a recycling company. Taking a step further and starting January 2015 we initiated a cooperation with ASEKOL, a company recycling small […]

Todd Nesbitt Chair of Communication and Mass Media  In a remarkable speech in Stuttgart 25 years ago, NYU professor Neil Postman cited George Orwell in declaring that people in 1990 are just as naïve as those who lived in the Middle Ages.  Borrowing Orwell’s 1940s observation to describe the dangers of the information age, he […]

Dr. Judith Gerardi Professor, Empire State College SUNY Playtime is a vital and integral part of psychological development. It is not trivial or a waste of time.  We know that play is fun and that enjoyment is an essential part of life. Most of us, however, have never stopped to think about its significance in […]

Tanweer Ali, M.A. Business Administration Faculty Investment analysts are influential people. They are often sought by the media to comment on all manner of news stories, and their recommendations to buy, sell or hold shares of a company move financial markets – and they have the ear of most corporate chief executives. But what exactly […]

A team of five UNYP students participated in and won the prestigious CFA Research Challenge 2015. This is the third year in a row that a UNYP team has been winning this award while competing against teams from Charles University, The University of Economics in Prague, the Anglo-American University and CERGE-EI! This string of consecutive […]