NYU Prague Student Blog
Sofiia Shkarpita, 17, wrote “Siren” for NYU Prague’s Production and Publication: Travel Writing course, reflecting upon her experiences as a Ukrainian student in Prague. Her piece was later published in the Czech magazine, Reflex. A siren that goes off every first Wednesday of the month at 12 pm. A simple, already unnoticeable thing for … Continue reading Guest Essay: “Siren”
Studying in a new university, settling down in an unfamiliar environment, worrying about the ongoing war in your home country. Meeting new friends, missing the old ones, getting stressed out, being homesick. These are just some of the feelings and difficulties our NYU Prague Ukrainian students must deal with. However, what helps them to overcome … Continue reading A Piece of Home in Ordinary Things
By Alessia Diez
Last month, New York University announced that NYU Prague would be accommodating about 15 Ukrainian undergraduate students who have been affected by the Russian invasion.
The Ukrainian undergraduate students will be residing in the NYU Prague dormitories and attending NYU Prague classes during the 2022-2023 academic year, says NYU Prague’s Associate Director Thea Favaloro. Interested Ukrainian students can apply here.
“Geographically, NYU Prague is the closest NYU site to Ukraine,” explains Favaloro. “As Czech, Ukrainian and Russian are all Slavic languages, the local culture and language should feel more familiar to Ukrainians than perhaps would be the case in other countries where there are NYU sites.”
Continue reading “NYU Prague Set to Host Ukrainian Students Next Year”
By Hannah Butts On Wednesday, March 2nd, NYU Prague hosted Michael Romancov, a leading expert on political geography at Metropolitan University Prague, to give a talk titled, “An Overview of the War in Ukraine.” In his talk, he spoke about Vladimir Putin, and gave context to NYU students about how the state of affairs … Continue reading How Did We Get Here?
By Leah Gaffen Assembling bulletproof vests probably was not a skill that anyone expected to pick up during their semester abroad. But that is exactly what many NYU Prague students have been doing over the past week as they support the efforts of Post Bellum, a nonprofit organization that has raised over $5 million to … Continue reading United for Ukraine
At the beginning of this month, the initiative Students for Ukraine, organized by students from the Prague Theatre Academy in collaboration with Czech TV, streamed 72 hours of nonstop performances in support of Ukraine in the midst of Russian aggression. The livestream took place at the National Theater in Prague with the goal of raising … Continue reading we ask
