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In day-to-day life, we all navigate a range of risks: each time we cross the road, for example, we face a relatively slight chance of serious injury or death. Some risks are more serious than others, so we devote more of our time and effort to mitigating them. For instance, other things being equal, it […]

This year, SUNY/Empire State College in Prague participated in the celebration of Black History Month. We sponsored a series of events aimed at showcasing the history and contributions of African-Americans within the story and fabric of U.S. history. We began Black History Month with a lecture delivered by internationally recognized scholar Dr. Max Hilaire. His discussion focused […]

The University of New York in Prague (UNYP), has won the Czech Superbrands award for the third year in a row. “Three years recognized for excellence in our marketing as well as our reputation is a great honor.  This is possible because our staff and our students strive for excellence at every opportunity,” commended Mark […]

Donald Trump’s rise to power gave us a preview of what’s to come in 2018. A lot of people are still pinching themselves in the hope that 2017 was just a bad dream. 2017 was the “D” year – characterized by words like disruption, disturbance, destruction, depression, deception, defiance, discontent, despair and death. More generally, […]

As cultural interfaces, universities are hubs for business, academia and language, and as such are linguistic nurseries. Individual disciplines generate a huge range of dense jargon, neologisms and quirky language use. Out of this comes one of the perennial conundrums of the Composition teacher: whether, as gatekeepers, we should enforce grammar standards which are orthodox […]

The University of New York in Prague (UNYP) is proud to welcome a new senior executive to its team, Ing. Eva Anderová, Mrs. Anderová will serve as the University’s Vice President for Public Affairs.  She will be tasked with leading initiatives to bring attention to matters of higher-education and private higher-education to the media and […]

We’ve all been there – the captive audience of a presenter who shows a long Powerpoint presentation, reads from hundreds of slides and at the end hauls out the classic phrase “I hope you don’t feel tired…!” This is invariably the same presenter who started the presentation with the dread words “I will try to […]

A platform to discuss current issues, a place to find friends for life, the perfect environment to develop yourself and to prepare for your future job and all kinds of life situations – these are just a few ways to describe the European Youth Parliament (EYP). EYP is hard to describe in a single phrase or sentence, […]

A quiet, eager man known as Professor Bowman once told me — a fidgety sophomore petrified by my fear of failure or humiliation – that I should always “Say ‘yes’ first, and think about it later”. He said this was the way to face new opportunities about which I was unsure or potentially underqualified to […]

If you are the founder of a successful company, you are likely to have built up power and control in your company for over 20 years, with everyone around you relying on your decisions. For an entrepreneur, having power means having a sense of control, choice and the ability to influence, and it is a […]