Weekly quiz

Before we get to the weekly quiz, an update on where we stand. The Bologna Center will be closed April 17-26. We will be checking email during that period, but if you do not hear from us quite as quickly as you normally do, don't worry. We will respond. 

Open House will take place on May 5&6. If you need a visa for Italy, please make sure you plan in advance. Getting a tourist visa is fairly straightforward, but sometimes it can be tricky. Make sure you contact us if you face any difficulties in obtaining your visa.

For candidates who applied to SAIS Bologna through the Bologna Admissions Office, the deadline for matriculation is May 16.

If you have not met the economics entry requirement, you will receive an email soon after April 27. As you know, we offer an online course over the summer  and the deadline to enroll is May 17. We know you'll meet the deadline! 

Now, on to the quiz:

What is the name of the art work in the center of the picture and where exactly is it located?

Picture by Elisabeth Mondl, BC 2011

Amina Abdiuahab

A stately tradition

Every academic institution has its traditions. Some involve pomp and circumstance -- convocation and commencement come to mind. Others are less grandiose. Some, well, we just should not mention.

One of the Bologna Center's best-known traditions has withstood the tests of time and indeed radical changes in Europe and  international relations. The Austrian Ball remains a fixture on students' calendars.

The annual Ball reflects the Center's longstanding ties to Austria, which has provided us 367 alumni, punching well above the relative weight of its population. The winter social event illustrates the cohesiveness that tends to characterize classes here.

Below are some photographs by Bologna Center students of this year's Austrian Ball, which they attended in Vienna on February 5 during the break between the first and second semesters. The annual ball is hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency's staff association.

Most students took an all-night chartered bus to get to Vienna -- and yet by evening looked every bit the part in the stately Hofburg Palace.

by Nicolo' Lanciotti

by Megan Holt

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano
by Edna Kallon

by Rachel Salerno

by Jennifer Crawford

by Nicolo' Lanciotti

 

by Elisabeth Mondl

by Rachel Salerno

by Annabel Lee

by Megan Holt

by Elizabeth Mondl

by Britt Sylvester

Nelson Graves

Here is Bologna

Here are some pictures of Bologna taken by current students. We leave these with you to admire while the Bologna Center goes on holiday from December 23 until January 5. The blog will take a rest around Christmas and New Year's, but it never goes into hibernation!


Remember: If you have any questions as you prepare your application or as you consider applying to SAIS Bologna, please write to ngraves@jhubc.it or to admissions@jhubc.it. We'll get back to you as soon as possible. Promise.


Thank you for following our blog. We look forward to your comments and feedback. And best wishes for an excellent 2011.

San Luca at sunset
(Elisabeth Mondl)

A new look at an old piazza
(Elisabeth Mondl)

    Halloween
    (Kristen Larson)

Bologna from on high
(Elisabeth Mondl)

Leaves in the park
(Kristen Larson,
courtesy of SAIS BC Blog)

Bologna lights
(Christoph von Toggenburg,
 courtesy of SAIS BC Blog)

Cioccoshow
Bologna’s annual celebration of chocolate
(Kristen Larson)

Superdome
(Elisabeth Mondl)

Bologna skyline
(Kristen Larson, courtesy of SAIS BC Blog)

Nelson Graves