Two Sisters. Two Paths

Dominique and Alyssa Mack are twin sisters. They have both attended Johns Hopkins University. And yet their paths have diverged.

Dominique is finishing her first year at SAIS in Bologna and plans to finish her master's in Washington next year.

Alyssa attended the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, finishing in 2008. She now lives in New York and is practicing law.

In the video below, they talk about the paths they have chosen and where they are headed.

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Amina Abdiuahab

Professor calls SAIS Bologna students "a breed apart"

What do SAIS, economics and global warming have in common? Charles Pearson's expertise.

Pearson studied at SAIS. Later he taught at SAIS and headed the International Economics department for 17 years. He taught at SAIS DC, SAIS Bologna and Hopkins-Nanjing.

We spoke to Prof. Pearson while he was in Bologna this week teaching a three-part seminar on economics and the challenge of global warming. The seminar is one of several "mini courses" that are longer than the traditional 90-minute lecture but more compact than a semester course. His most recent book is "Economics and the Challenge of Global Warming".

In our interview below, Prof. Pearson, who now lives in Thailand and teaches at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, discusses changes at SAIS, his mini course and the connection between economics and climate change.

What has changed most at SAIS since he was a student? A SAIS education now costs more, he says, and students want to make sure it can lead to a good job. Solid training in economics helps land such jobs, he says.

Asked about SAIS Bologna, Prof. Pearson says he has always been envious of Bologna Center students, calling them "a breed apart".

No disagreement there from us in Bologna.



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Nelson Graves