Panther programs are designed by our Global Experiences Office staff along with faculty, composed primarily of Pitt students, and are typically led by someone from Pitt.
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Through the Stomach, to the Soul
Adam Taylor, Engineering a Craft Brewery: Belgium Summer 2022 Not only is food the window to the soul, food is the backbone of culture and will define your experience abroad. Every culture develops a cuisine influenced by the environment and tastes of the people and cultural groups who call the area home. While we often think…
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So Much to See, So Much to Do
Adam Taylor, Engineering a Craft Brewery: Belgium Summer 2022 Ever since I was a freshman in high school, I have wanted to travel the world. That year, I took my first French class, and I started really getting into European soccer. I was already fascinated by Roman and Greek mythology from history and literature classes, and…
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Expanded Perspectives, New Goals
Emma Mahally, Comparative Healthcare in Graz Summer 2022 Studying abroad has influenced many of my goals. Some goals I want to accomplish initially from studying abroad include learning more in depth about the European healthcare and insurance systems and healthcare delivery, so that I can have the knowledge to be open minded and have diverse ideas…
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Walkable Cities in Belgium
Adam Taylor, Engineering a Craft Brewery: Belgium Summer 2022 One of my favorite things about Belgium, and Europe in general, is that their cities and towns are largely built around walking or cycling. We spent hours walking around Leuven, Brussels, Ghent, and Bruges, and it was so easy. Sure, you needed to look out for the…
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A New Everyday Life
Emma Mahally, Comparative Healthcare in Graz Summer 2022 As a student on the Comparative Healthcare in Graz, Austria study abroad program, we are living in Graz for 4 weeks. The Hotel das Weitzer is a very nice hotel in a great central location. It is close to two tram stops that we use to get to…
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Overcoming Language Barriers
Emma Mahally, Comparative Healthcare in Graz Summer 2022 As I reflect on my time studying abroad in Graz, Austria with Pitt’s Comparative Healthcare program, the biggest challenge I faced was the language barrier. The official language in Austria is German, and I had no previous experience with the German language prior to the study abroad program.…
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Student Advice – London
Justin Smeraglia, Global Business Institute: London Spring 2022 I have two pieces of advice for anyone thinking about this program in the future. Firstly, this is a study abroad; it is meant to be fun. That does not mean, however, that there is not work to be done and stressful situations. You will have to balance classes…
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A Central Home in London
Justin Smeraglia, Global Business Institute: London Spring 2022 I am living in an apartment in the east of London. The neighborhood is in between The City of London and Whitechapel, part of the Tower Hamlets postal code and technically called Aldgate. The apartment building itself is inconspicuous, sitting in a street that contains a pub, a…
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How to Budget for Study Abroad
M Wolfe, Pitt in Florence Spring 2020 One of my biggest worries about going to live abroad was did I had the self-discipline to not waste my money and end up broke in a foreign country. I was in Florence, Italy, and my program made me have at least 1,000 euros a month. So, I…
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A Day in My New Homecity: London
Liza Emesibe, Pitt in London Spring 2020 You might be thinking to yourself right now, “How does one even establish a quotidian routine as a foreign student?” Well, allow me to explain. Moving to an unknown city may seem like a stressful and intense experience, let alone an unknown city that is also known to…