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For many decades, sports fans in the West have always (seemingly) rooted for the underdog to win against the odds-on favorite.  For the same reason, consumers often find the underdog more attractive than the category leader, a phenomenon that has been noted by Harvard Business School writers Professor Anat Keinan and Martha Legrace. According to […]

As a student—and perhaps also later in your professional or organizational training—you will encounter instructors, coaches, and mentors. All three contribute to the educational process, but they do this in different ways and it is important to know what they do, how they do it, and the ways in which each of these different approaches […]

Summer and all its free festivals and activities is over. But before the snow starts falling, we get one very special festival to welcome the winter: Signal Festival. This festival of lights is a full-scale event that integrates art and technology into Prague’s urban landscape. Even if you don’t feel like exploring the city, one of the […]

On November 11th, the University of New York in Prague together with the UNYP Student Council will be hosting the next installment of TEDxUNYP. Following last year’s success, TEDx is returning back to the University of New York in Prague. The event will be held in three sessions each with five speakers and a prerecorded TED […]

I’d like to start with a quote from Paulo Coelho’s book, Brida: “Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong, my dear,” said her father looking at the clock. “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” That’s an interesting quote, but what does it have to do with feedback? Well, think how many […]

The University of New York in Prague, in cooperation with the Tarleton State University and the Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention of the Czech Republic, organized a symposium entitled “Crime, Conflict and Violence in a Global Society” on September 11. The symposium was an opportunity for scholars to come together to reflect on the role that the different […]

You might not know it, but 21 September is known as International Peace Day. The day was first celebrated in 1982, and is meant to promote the concept of peace throughout the world. Many countries and organizations, including the United Nations, observe this day. You don’t have to study Intercultural Communication or International and Economic Relations to contribute to world […]

At University of New York in Prague, we love our students. And so we’re empowering them. This year, real students will be sharing university stories with the world. “We want to show people what UNYP is all about,” UNYP General Manager Sotiris Foutsis says. “It’s important to let students know what life at UNYP is […]

UNYP has always been committed to sport, and this commitment is now taking on a new dimension, as the university becomes the Official Partner of the Sparta Praha floorball team. We talked to UNYP’s General Manager Sotiris Foutsis and Marketing Director Mark Anderson about what the partnership will mean for Sparta’s players and UNYP’s students. Q: Why did […]

Entrepreneurs and teachers can be some of the most important people when it comes to world peace, according to Dan Shechtman. Many people who get degrees in Business Administration or MBAs dream of starting their own businesses. What they might not realize is that their dream could also make the world a better place. At the end of the 2016-2017 […]