After completing the Comparative Economics of Central Europe program this May, I am back home and finishing up my Summer Internship! I had a wonderful time on the Maymester program, and I have loved continuing to reflect on what I learned through blogging about these experiences. Something that surprised me about this program was the…
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Navigating Czech Republic & Poland!
The Maymester experience has left me with new perspectives and understandings, which comes from the highlights and the challenges presented throughout the course of the three weeks in Prague and the Czech Republic. I learned so much through the program itself, but also through everyday life while navigating a new space. One obstacle present during…
Comparative Economics in Prague and Kraków!
Hello! My name is Sydney Kelley, and I am an Economics and Political Science double major with a History minor. I’m a rising senior with aspirations to attend law school after graduating next Spring. This May, I participated in the Comparative Economics of Central Europe program, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic and Kraków,…
Community Research Fellowship Reflections
Something that has really resonated with me since arriving in Pittsburgh, but particularly this summer, is how deeply people care for the Pittsburgh community. Community members constantly strive to work toward a happy, healthy, and equitable Pittsburgh. Meeting so many people engaged in local communities has been one of the most valuable experiences of this…
Research & Collaboration
Hi Everyone, As we enter the last three weeks of this project, I’ve been reflecting on how much I’ve learned from the Community Research Fellowship, and how many people have worked tirelessly to make that possible. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, there are so many components to making a project run smoothly,…
Looking Ahead: Communicating Research
Hi everyone! I can’t believe we’re entering the ninth week of the community research fellowship already. I’ve learned so much over the past couple months, but it’s also been flying by! One of the things that I’ve learned over the last few weeks of working on this project is that the key to changemaking is…
Introduction – Sydney Kelley
Hello everyone! My name is Sydney Kelley, and I am a rising sophomore studying Economics and Political Science with a minor in Chinese and a certificate in Global Health! I consider my hometown to be Ellicott City, Maryland, but I’ve also lived in Florida, Germany, and Texas! These past two semesters, I lived on Pitt’s…