So far so good!

I can’t believe we’ve been in Firenze for almost a month now, the time has flown by! I have definitely settled into a routine here and it has started to feel like home. My apartment is in a good location, it’s a 25 minute walk from classes which really gets my steps in every day!…

Week Four of Firenze!⚜️

We’re already on week four; it’s definitely going even quicker than I ever anticipated! So far, my neighborhood and living situation have been pretty ideal. I live on Via Degli Artisti, which is about a mile from classes and about 25 minutes from the city center of Firenze. We have tried to venture around our…

Settling Into London: Classes, Culture, and Everything In Between

Hi everyone! These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of traveling, guided learning, and tons of exploring! For Global Business Institute: London, we get to live in Acton, which is just a 30-minute tube ride to Central London! Something that I love about Acton is that there is literally everything here within a 15-minute…

Appalachian Bridges Intro – Leena Patel

Hello! My name is Leena, and I am a senior student at Pitt Business studying marketing with a digital media certificate and global distinction. This is my last semester at Pitt, and my fourth global experience program, and I’m excited to be wrapping up my time with a meaningful consulting project like this one as…

Benvenuti a Firenze!

My name is Claire Dziedzic, and I’m from Rochester, New York. I am a junior at Pitt Business studying Global Management, and I’m currently pursuing the 3+3 program with Pitt Law, where I plan to attend law school after graduating this spring. Back at Pitt I am involved as a member in Women in Law,…

Ciao Flo

Ciao! My name is Angelina Papagni and I am from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania which is about five hours east of Pittsburgh. I am a senior studying finance at Pitt and I also have a Certificate in Leadership and Ethics. Academic wise I am interested in accounting, finance and real estate and have completed an internship in…

Looking back on Vietnam

Hey y’all, I’m Andrew Leon, a Dallas native and sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh triple-majoring in finance, global management, and marketing. I aim to build a career in corporate or private banking with an international focus, either working abroad or managing global client portfolios. This past summer, I traveled to Ho Chi Minh City…

My Goodbye to Ireland

After many error and trials, our entire Haller group finally made it to the end of our timeline for the Haller Global Fellowship Program. It’s been a super exciting, nerve wrecking, but joyous experience. I’ve got to meet some of the students attending the Pitt Business School for the upcoming 2026-2027 year, met many faculty…

Au Revoir Paris :(

Bonjour! Thank you so much for sharing this journey abroad with me. It has been so much fun to detail my experiences and look back on them with such a fond heart. Reflecting back on my first post, I created three goals for myself before I ventured on a plane to Paris. The first was…