Life at Lauder

People who visit China often do not have the chance to travel outside the first-tier cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Shenzhen. While these financial and cultural centers can be wildly impressive in their sheer size and flashiness, there is much more to China than the Big Four. Last week…Read More

The Lauder Institute French Program’s Class of 2017 learned firsthand about how digital innovation is transforming Paris-based wine- and spirit-maker Pernod Ricard and helping it respond to global supply chain, marketing, and sales challenges. Students met a number of executives including CEO Alexandre Ricard (G’01 WG’01), Chief Learning Officer Alban…Read More

The second week of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan continues this week here in Tunis and it has been wonderful participating in and observing the traditions of the month. From the delicious dishes that families serve for iftaar, the meal that breaks the long day of fasting, to the…Read More

The lonely German immersion is doing fine! The German track program is intense, broadly contextualized and smart oriented Together with Angelika Fuehrich, I am now at the end of my third week in Germany. Like most of us Lauderites, I have language classes every morning and cultural, business or academic…Read More

Despite the fact that our immersion is sandwiched between the World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, two of the world’s largest football events, we have still managed to witness Brazil’s enduring passion for futebol. Futebol is integral to Brazilian culture and is inescapable in Rio. It is not a…Read More

As part of our two-month summer immersion in China, the Chinese Program visited a “marriage market” (相亲市场) in the heart of Shanghai. This market takes place at the People’s Park (人民公园) every weekend and is the hot spot for parents looking for prospective life partners for their children. Marriage in China…Read More

Misconceptions about India’s multiple languages abound, ranging from the belief that the most widely spoken language in the country is called “Hindu,” to the idea that India’s hundreds of languages are all related, all the way to the assumption that there even is a majority language. These are false. The…Read More

Our group of fifteen Spanish trackers has been enjoying our first two weeks in Peru, indulging in the wonderful gastronomy Lima has to offer and learning about the country’s recent growth. During the first decade of the 21st century, Peru experienced very strong economic performance, achieving 8.5% GDP growth in…Read More

The Lauder mini-immersion trips to Cuba aims to foster insights into the causes and consequences of the Cuban Revolution and the implications of this historic event in contemporary Cuban society. In addition, participants learned about and experienced the consequences of economic reforms in everyday life. Prior to the on-site program,…Read More