I can’t believe this semester is coming to an end. It has been an amazing experience and I never could have imagined it to go the way it did. Over the past few weeks I have taken a deep dive into the art of the Renaissance time period in Florence for my art history class….

It seems crazy that my program is almost over. Before starting this semester, I had no idea what to expect and all I can say is that I could have never imagined how  beneficial it would be for me. I have become a lot more self-confident and braver when it comes to trying new things…

Studying abroad has helped me develop many soft skills. For me, an important one has been adaptability. Since coming to Italy a few of the things I have had to adapt to have been moving to a new country, adapting to a new routine for classes, sharing a room with someone else, and having to…

One of the biggest challenges I have dealt with while living in Italy is communicating with locals who don’t know English very well. For example, recently I tried to buy an HDMI cable for my apartment. The store worker knew enough English to ask me what I wanted and handed me a cable. However, it ended up…

This semester I am taking Managing Global Supply Chains, Elementary Italian 1, Renaissance Art History, and an Urban Studies class. It seemed a little weird for me at first to only take one business class in a semester, since I’m used to taking all or almost only business classes most semesters. However, studying abroad in…

Hi, My name is Anusha Banerjee! I am a junior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Supply Chain Management and Business Information Systems. Currently, I’m studying abroad in Florence through the GBI in Florence program. I became interested in studying abroad at the beginning of my freshman year after my advisor told me about…