By Xie Sijie and Pan Siran NANJING, China — If one exits the Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC), takes a right to walk along Shanghai Road, and makes a right turn at a little alley, they will see a market that looks just like any other Chinese wet market. However, hiding inside the market, with several shabby…
Continue reading ➞ Uncle’s Pizza: Come for the pizza, stay for the company 大叔披萨：不只美味
By Rashi Seth BOLOGNA, Italy – Unbeknownst to the culinary tourists that flock to Florence and Venice, Bologna is one of Italy’s best-kept gastronomic secrets. La citta grossa, the fat city, is home to some of the world’s most beloved food — tortelli, lasagna, pancetta stuffed tortellini, tagliatelle al ragu and mortadella. While people outside…
By Zoe Mize November 20, 2019 BOLOGNA, Italy –– Why Bologna? It’s a common question voiced at SAIS Europe, as students ponder the unusual decision to headquarter SAIS’s European campus in the relatively small capital city of Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. Why not a larger city, a more international city? Why not Rome? …Paris? John Harper,…
Continue reading ➞ SAIS Europe’s CIA history overshadowed by its own obscurity
By Editorial Staff October 30, 2019 Following their inaugural performance at a SAIS Alumni Happy Hour, student-led music organization SAIS Jams seeks to bring local musicians together to share their craft. Inspired by the success of SAIS DC’s annual “SAIS Got Talent” in March of 2019, DC students put their heads together to create a…
Continue reading ➞ Club Corner: SAIS Jams Brings Music to SAIS DC
By Yilin Wang October 29, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On a summer morning in 1943, Congressman Christian Herter and Paul Nitze were chatting about international affairs as usual over the breakfast table in a Georgetown house, while their wives were on vacation. At that time, the world was still shocked by the traumas of World…
Continue reading ➞ The 75th anniversary of SAIS invites reflection on its past—and its future
Taylor Loeb October 25, 2019 Location: Nitze Café Time: Friday afternoon Walks into Grab and Go. Sees Steve. Steve: Hey! What are you up to this weekend? Me: Not much. Just hanging, I guess. You? Steve: Not much. I have this paper to bang out for the Jordanian government about that new tax reform in…
[Editor's note: In addition to pursuing the truth and impactful journalism, the SAIS Observer also supports the advancement of science in the modern world for a better future. We have chosen to partner with the Functional Algorithmic-Yield Kernelspace initiative of JHU’s Whiting School of Engineering to develop and test an artificial intelligence program for generating…
By Nikole Otolia October 25, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. — While much attention has been paid to SAIS’s future move to 555 Pennsylvania Ave., word on the street is that changes may be coming to SAIS’s language department as soon as the next academic year. The SAIS Observer reached out to the SAIS administration, current faculty…
October 13, 2019 By Gerhard Ottehenning WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prospective SAIS students with an interest in European Union institutions and governance may have noticed the addition of a new program: the Master of Arts in European Public Policy (MEPP). Beginning in Fall 2020, SAIS Europe will welcome its first cohort of MEPP students to its…
Continue reading ➞ SAIS unveils new Master of Arts in European Public Policy
By Zoe Mize October 7, 2019 BOLOGNA, Italy — During his welcoming remarks, SAIS Europe Director Michael Plummer, received mixed reactions from incoming students when announcing that the average age of SAIS Europe students for the 2019-2020 academic year is lower than previous years. In fact, this year’s average age of 24 is the lowest…
Continue reading ➞ Is age just a number? SAIS Europe average age lowest in 24 years