Adapting to Life in Florence

There are a couple of things that are a part of the culture in Italy that I have had a hard time assimilating. First, there is the concept in Italy of “Bella Figura”, which I learned about in my cross-cultural psychology class, where the importance of how one looks and physical appearance is crucial to…

Florence and the Distinct Academic Environment

In Florence, the only primary business course I am taking is international finance, but the class itself is much broader and covers a wider range of topics than the typical finance class I find at Pitt. The class talks about exchange rates, investing in other counties, how different stock exchanges and banks work around the…

Florence, Italy : The Beginning, February 2023

My name is Avery Moore and I am a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, studying finance and creative writing. I have always been exposed to business because my dad worked for EY growing up, so studying business has been a plan for me for a long time. I am a very creative person, though, and…