When I landed in London on January 8th, 2025, I wasn’t just arriving in a new country. I was stepping into a totally unfamiliar… More
Abigail Scifres
London, England 
When I landed in London on January 8th, 2025, I wasn’t just arriving in a new country. I was stepping into a totally unfamiliar way of living. As someone who had never lived in a big city before, I didn’t know exactly what to expect from five months at… More
Ireland was my third time abroad with funding from Arcadia. A fact which I still can barely believe. The first time I went abroad was for Arcadia’s Preview program. I went to Paris for a week to study Oscar Wilde. The second time, I went to Brunswick… More
Ireland was a very easy choice for me to make as a fantasy writer. Elves, dwarves, and dragons are synonymous with the genre that I spend most of my time consuming and creating. That is because Celtic and Anglo-Saxon mythological archetypes are the backbone… More
As you walk around Glasgow, hot pink signs claiming that “People Make Glasgow” will catch your eye on every block in the city. Whether it be on bikes, lampposts, trash cans, or stickers haphazardly adhered to the back of traffic signs, the city slogan… More
As a business major at Skidmore College, I’ve always been interested in understanding how organizations operate and influence society, or more specifically, the consumers. Originally, I was drawn to anthropology because of a similar fascination with human… More