Student Reflection by Joaquina Mendive (C’27 W’27, Portuguese target) This summer, I was fortunate enough to study Portuguese in Lisbon, Portugal for four weeks. Through Huntsman summer funding, I enrolled in Lusa Language School while living in the city. It was a vast cultural experience, through which I not only…Read More
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Behind the Scenes
One of the Most Powerful Congressional Committees Student Reflection by Sarthak Shrestha (C’27 W’27, French target) This summer, I interned for the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce in Washington, D.C., specifically within the Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee. The committee’s jurisdiction spans a vast array of legislation, but…Read More
Empowering Change Through Microfinance
Student Reflection by Gobhanu Korisepati (C’27 W’27, Hindi target) This summer, I had the profound opportunity to lead and expand the operations of SWIFTmfi, an initiative close to my heart aimed at Sustaining Women in Financial Turmoil. Based primarily in Muscat, Oman, and Chennai, India, I worked as the Executive…Read More
Summer in Taiwan
Language Study in Taiwan Student Reflection by Kelly Yang (C’27 W’27, Mandarin target) This summer, I had the privilege of attending a 4-week intensive language immersion program at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei. My daily schedule consisted of 3 hours of small group Mandarin classes, supplemented by…Read More
HuntSpeak: Interviewing Couloir X. Hanson
Interviewed by Emily Despinoy I feel like life is a constant struggle to reach certain higher goals. The ones that I want to work toward are freedom, loyalty, and diligence. The Basics: Couloir is currently a Senior targeting and minoring in German, and concentrating in Statistics and Finance. In addition,…Read More
Alumni Interview: Raina Nortick Huntsman‘03
By Kelly Shen Q: Just for some background: what was your Huntsman class year, your hometown, and target language? A: My name is Raina Nortick. I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and I graduated from Huntsman in 2003. My target language was French, and I studied abroad in Lyon. Q:…Read More
Alumni Interview: Emily C. Chiu Huntsman‘04
By Sanjay Kalaga Q: Just for some background: what was your Huntsman class year, your hometown, and target language? A: I was made in Hong Kong, born and raised in California. As part of the Huntsman Class of 2004, my target language was Mandarin, and I studied abroad at Tsinghua…Read More
A Case of Misplaced Identity
For me, living at ‘home’ required a student visa. Jonathan Lahdo August 29, 2018 An answer to “where are you from?” should come easily enough; and for most people, it does. After all, even if you were born, say, to immigrant parents, you can almost always think of home as Genericville,…Read More
The Integration of Blockchain Technology to the Beef Industry
A Comparative Analysis Cole Hancock Abstract This paper seeks to explore the different plausible and implemented applications of blockchain technology in the beef industry in two representative markets: The United States and Kenya. Previous papers discuss implementation of blockchain to the beef industry, without a focus on the variations between…Read More
Virginity Testing in Morocco: Assault on Dignity, or a Shield Against Assault?
Samidha Sane February 29, 2020 Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca Morocco. Getty Images. CASABLANCA—Ibtissam remembers the laughter, the music, the henna-stained hands of the women lined up to welcome a newlywed couple in her neighbor’s home in Safi, a city in Western Morocco: “It felt like a party.” The negafa, a…Read More
Ripple Effect: How the Venezuelan Crisis is Impacting Colombia’s Economy and Foreign Relations
By Kelly Shen and Joshua Yang Edition by Shaila Lothe and Amjad Hamza Border Crossing Welcoming Venezuelan Immigrants into Colombia. Source: Wikimedia Commons. In the past two decades, under both President Hugo Chávez and President Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party, Venezuela has experienced mounting political and economic trouble…Read More
From Starter Nation to Start-Up Nation:
Transformations in the Israeli Economy By Ben Winer History of Comparative Capitalist Systems Introduction The rise of the Jewish nation state from the ashes of the Holocaust is an impressive historical feat that has captured the attention of the world. Within this stunning story lies a subplot no less transformative…Read More
The Study of Motivation to Work in the Youth of Italy
Matteo Brunel University of Pennsylvania ‘22 LITERATURE REVIEW “Belief in personal control is highly adaptive, for its presence or absence can have a significant impact on the regulation of cognition, emotion, and even physical health” — L. A. Leotti (2012) on “The Inherent Reward of Choice” According to Financial Times…Read More
