Berkley Center

Junior Year Abroad Network blogger Trevor O'Connor describes encountering ubuntu, a southern African philosophy on the interconnection of all of humanity, as a paradigm shift from the United States’ dominant vision of individualism.

Junior Year Abroad Network blogger Emily Jonsson wrestles with the fallout of the report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania while studying abroad in Rome.

Junior Year Abroad Network blogger Kaitlyn Hashem describes how studying abroad in Jordan has opened her eyes to the subtle, commonplace ways in which faith and gratitude in the midst of difficulty are revealed in everyday Arabic phrases.