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Student Writer: Emmie Arnold
Name: Emmie Arnold Home University: Vanderbilt University Summer Courses at DIS: Children with Special Needs, Prostitution and The Sex Trade When you study at DIS in the summer, you have three housing...
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Students Tip Us Off With CPH Summer Spots
Keep up with the adventures of Session 1 Students through DIS social media, as they squeeze in their last Copenhagen memories! Their Instagram photos, tagged with #disabroad, suggest they’ve discovered...
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This Weekend in Copenhagen
Summer students, if you are still in Copenhagen or have just arrived, consider these events in and around the city: Bernstorff Palace is offering two free events in their courtyard! See below for...
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Student Writer: Zoe Smolen
Name: Zoe Smolen Home University: Portland State University Summer Courses at DIS: Sustainable Food Systems: Ecology, Economy, and Ethics My name is Zoe Smolen. I was born and raised in Southern...
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Student Writer: Jolene Dreier
Name: Jolene Dreier Home University: University of Nebraska – Lincoln Summer Courses at DIS: Livability in the Modern City, Positive Psychology For the next three weeks I will be enrolled in Positive...
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Student Writer: Emmie Arnold
Name: Emmie Arnold Home University: Vanderbilt University Summer Courses at DIS: Children with Special Needs, Prostitution and The Sex Trade “Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!” – Ms. Frizzle from...
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A Scandinavian Summer Tradition: Sankt Hans Aften
If walking around Copenhagen Sunday night, you may notice “witches” raised atop bonfires across town, ready to be set on fire. Islands Brygge, Amager Strand, Nyhavn, and Christianshavn are just a few...
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Student Writer: Zoe Smolen
Name: Zoe Smolen Home University: Portland State University Summer Courses at DIS: Sustainable Food Systems: Ecology, Economy, and Ethics While I’m in Copenhagen I’m studying food sustainability. The...
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Student Writer: Zoe Smolen
Name: Zoe Smolen Home University: Portland State University Summer Courses at DIS: Sustainable Food Systems: Ecology, Economy, and Ethics My absolute favorite thing about being in Copenhagen (besides...
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Sankt Hans Aften Part II
The summer solstice just occurred, bringing not only an extrodinarily long day here in Denmark (17 hours 33 minutes!) but also an age-old and entertaining tradition called ‘sankthans’ or Saint John’s...
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Student Writer: Lee Yan
Name: Lee Yan Home University: Carnegie Mellon University Summer Course at DIS: Scandinavian Design & Architecture My name is Lee Yan and I am born and raised in Hong Kong. I’ve always been a keen...
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Student Writer: Lee Yan
Name: Lee Yan Home University: Carnegie Mellon University Summer Course at DIS: Scandinavian Design & Architecture A typical day in Copenhagen starts with an alarm at 7:00 am. Since I live at...
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Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Full Swing
If you haven’t heard the buzz yet… The CPH Jazz Festival is taking over the city for its 34th summer. With three full days left of the festival, the city is bopping heads to every last one! Read up on...
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Summer Writer: Ryan Wakat
Name: Ryan Wakat Home University: University of Colorado – Boulder Summer Courses at DIS: Design and Society in Denmark, Furniture Design in Scandinavia After being in Copenhagen for about 2 months...
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Welcome Fall 2013 Students!
The fall 2013 students are finally here and Vestergade is buzzing once again, with an exciting and nervous atmosphere running through DIS buildings! Sunday arrivals brought an afternoon of unpacking...
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DIS Alumna Interns in Copenhagen
Name: Jessica Johns Home University: Georgetown University Program while at DIS: International Business Four months is definitely not long enough when it comes to DIS and when it comes to studying...
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Illuminating Alumni: Fulbright Scholar, Kerry Greaves
Here at DIS, we constantly hear stories of alumni going on to do hugely interesting and exciting things in their lives. From time to time, one lands right back on our doorstep. This happened earlier...
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Getting Lost, And Other Ways to Culturally Immerse
During the first week at DIS, both faculty and staff encourage students to get lost and veer off route, shake hands with new people, and explore places that aren’t a part of a plan or daily routine....
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Top 7 Reasons Why Denmark Is the World’s Happiest Country
Once again this year, Denmark was named the happiest place on Earth – and by no less an organization than the United Nations! The latest World Happiness Report plopped us Danes atop of a populous pile...
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This October’s Noteworthy DIS Blogger Stories
Have you checked up on our DIS bloggers lately? They’re on a roll, in a big way! With 25 students across all different academic programs, there’s no question that hours can be spent surfing their...
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