News and Events

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Program

Weathering the Storm

On April 21st, Rome celebrated its 2773rd birthday. The magnificent parades throughout the city that usually mark this occasion were replaced this year by a low-key commemoration broadcast online and on television.

The Edible Gardens of Ethiopia. A new book by Prof. Valentina Peveri

An ethnographic and literary homage to a unique plant from a unique part of Ethiopia. Dr.

Business Faculty at AUR - recent research & publications

Alexander Aidan

Aidan, A. J. (2020) Democratic Assessment: Using a students-as-partners approach to re-think assessment in Consumer Behaviour, JUICE: Journal of Useful Investigations in Creative Education, Issue 3.

Project Eurhope - Together We Can

One of the key questions summarizing the dramatic challenges raised by the COVID19 crisis is: “Once we reach the bottom, to whom should the last ventilator be given: a young woman or an old man?” This question has two wrong, and devastating, hidden assumptions.

Remus volume Xi - Spring 2020

Visit the virtual launch page to celebrate with us this small triumph over adversity, and listen to audio and video contributions from AUR President Richard Hodges, Dean of Academic Affairs Genevieve Gessert, EWLP Program Director Lisa Colletta, professor Andrea Pacor, student editors Alexandra T

Alternative Grading Policy for Spring 2020

In response to the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the global pandemic CoViD-19, the faculty and administration of the American University of Rome have resolved to adopt a temporary grading policy for undergraduate courses in the Spring 2020 semester.