Less than one week left in Florence! Time has flown by so quickly. I can’t believe it’s almost over. Studying abroad in Florence has allowed me to greatly strengthen so many soft skills through many cross cultural interactions. Studying abroad in Florence has also allowed me to travel to many different cities over the last…
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How lying about my aspirations got me to where I am today
My name is Yulia Davyda and I am a junior studying finance and international business at the University of Pittsburgh. Though the majority of my degree is finance and studying numbers, I was not always sure about this path. The way I actually chose business was kind of funny. During high school, the first job…
An Introduction to Tuscany
Ciao a tutti! My name is Cameron Stumpf and I am a junior studying Finance in the College of Business Administration here at Pitt. Aside from Finance, I also am pursuing a minor in Economics, Film & Media Studies, and a certificate in Global Economics and Global Governance. The certificate in Global Economics requires students…
The End: A Semester in Florence, Recapped
My experiences abroad have been plentiful and rich. The cultural enrichment I have gained from living in another country for this amount of time is priceless and reveals to me how immersion in cultures is so important to have worldly viewpoints. I was thinking the other day as I was riding on a bus, about…
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…
A Classroom Is Not Just Four Walls
For the past month my Mondays here in Florence have begun bright and early with an 8:30am International Economics class. After a quick stop for my morning cappuccino at local cafe John Borno, I begin my week learning about the macro and micro trends that influence and define the changing business landscape. What I love…
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…
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