By Sohair Koubar The day started with week reviews and analysis about all the seminars and cultural events that took place during this week. Dr. Bruce Laurie and Dr. Katie Lazdowski received the participants’ comments and some few modifications that spot light on the participants’ interests and suggestions for the future SUSI program. The second... Continue Reading →

July 5 th , Thursday Morning started with an outstanding lecture on Post Vietnam and U.S foreign policy given by Prof. Christian Apply from the University of Massachusetts. He began his lecture by asking a question how many of us come from the countries where American military bases are. Four of us raised their hands... Continue Reading →

July 4, the U.S. Independence Day by (Franklin Ngizulu Makanda, Democratic Republic of Congo) The Fourth of July – also known as Independence Day or July 4th – has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American... Continue Reading →

Today’s morning session got political: we participated in a panel about current affairs in the US facilitated by Professors Preston Smith, MJ Petersen and Bruce Laurie. It focused on private and public topics, from national and international perspectives. The topics ranged from household economics, education, rent, food, law enforcement and mass incarceration to political and partisan configurations, relations with other countries and local and federal governance. The panel went on... Continue Reading →

  New England Public Radio, talk on the role of media in the US Volha Kruhlova Well, Springfield turned out to be not just a town, but a metropolitan city. Actually, it’s the third largest city in Massachusetts with a population of about 700,000 people. In the morning we had a visit to the City... Continue Reading →

By Irene (Andorra)            Sunday, July 1, 2018 6 am in Boston: 80 Fº? could be! It is so hot again but an early walk near Charles River will help.   We are supposed to meet at 10 and start the city tour with our kind guides Tom and Yanara so there's... Continue Reading →