Author: Savannah Prager

  • Students Adjust to Semester Abroad

    By Savannah Prager January 1, 2023 NYU junior Leah El-Ouazzane is a born traveler, growing up in Paris, Texas and San Francisco. So it seemed likely that a study abroad semester would enhance her college experience. She spent a semester in Tel Aviv, followed by another this fall in  Buenos Aires, even planning on a…

    An intersection in an old European city. The sky is pinking like the sun is setting, and there is a palace-looking apartment block in the center.
  • Over Spending Comes Easy

    By Savannah Prager December 1, 2022 On her way to class in Greenwich Village, NYU journalism student Elle Liu used to stop in a coffee shop for her daily $8 Matcha latte. Now, on a semester abroad in Prague, she has a daily hyper-fixation: espresso tonics, at half the cost of her lattes. Yet, her…

  • Czechs Face Energy Crisis

    By Savannah Prager November 15, 2022 “Caution advised: Protest on Vaclavske namesti” read the subject line of NYU Prague’s mass email to students and faculty on September 28th. While the Czech Republic borders on an eight-month-long war, classes continue despite pro-Russia protesters lurking. Tensions are heightened by both the political divide over the war and…

  • Ex Pat: William Nattrass

    By Savannah Prager October 15, 2022 Hailing from a rural town in the United Kingdom, William Nattrass moved to Prague three years ago to follow his Czech college girlfriend.  He worked several jobs before COVID hit. However, after observing the differences in the UK’s and Czechia’s handling of the pandemic, Nattrass decided to launch a…

    Headshot of a man smiling in front of a hedge.