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Scientist and AUR Trustee Antonio Giordano awarded the CORE Prize for Oncology 2017

Reggio Emilia, Italy, the 2nd International Congress on “Clinical Needs and Translational Research in Oncology”.

Postcards from Atlanta: AUR’s top achievers study abroad at Emory University

EmoryEach semester, a host of U.S. study abroad students arrive at AUR’s beautiful Rome campus to experience Italian culture and enrich their studies.

Oil and wine cultural itineraries, a field trip to Umbria

With the aim of integrating scholarly research material with direct observation and tasting experiences, the field trip to the Umbria region was a unique experience.

Internship experience at The Italian Banking, Insurance, and Finance Federation

My internship at The Italian Banking, Insurance, and Finance Federation (FeBAF) revolved mainly around economic and finance rather than international relations (my major), although international relations was incorporated in many aspects. Starting my internship, I was not expecting my tasks to be so heavily focused on economics, but looking back, I am grateful to have had this experience, as it brought another subject to my attention, one I’m now interested in studying. As a result of this internship experience I declared a minor in economics at the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester. During my internship, my main tasks were to translate documents, attend seminars and write summaries for FeBAF’s two newsletters - Lettera F in Italian and Spotlight in English, or carry out research on requested topics. I had various research assignments, all of which needed to be presented in English and Italian.

M.A. in Arts Management supports international conference on the boundaries of museum mediation

AUR students and faculty are invited to attend a conference on the boundaries of museum mediation taking place in Florence November 16-17, 2017.  The International symposium focuses both on the relationships between museums and audiences, and on the professional skills of museum mediators.

Nutrition Policies and Programs with Professor Harold Alderman. January 2018.

This course will lay out a framework for the interplay of food, health and sanitation, and child care as underlying determinant of nutrition. Using this framework the course will illustrate levers for change and the evidence on what works to improve nutrition, from both the standpoint of economic returns as well as human rights.

This course runs from January 8-19, 2018. Monday-Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm.
This course is part of the M.A. in Food Studies and is also open to anyone who would like to audit the class for a fee of 900 Euros.

Internship experience at The American Academy in Rome.

During the Summer of 2017 I was offered the opportunity to intern at the American Academy of Rome. Specifically I would be assisting with placement of the incoming books and handling non-required texts in the Library.

The Library of the American Academy houses over 160,000 collections of books with a focus on Classical Studies, The Arts, and Food Studies. It has over three floors holding this vast collection of books and my main task was to manage shifting books to allow for an incoming 20,000 books.

There was plenty of shifting to do and not much time to do it. The shifting took place during August when the Library was closed to the public and needed to be done before it opened again. It was very physical work and I was constantly moving, yet at the same time it was somewhat peaceful. While interning at the American Academy I began to understand more about the type of worker I am and how I manage working under time pressure. I learned to manage my time better, for example; which project it was better to take on at what time for instance, and I also learned to set mini goals every day to make the job more satisfying and motivating. Another important skill I acquired from this internship was working as part of a team, which I know I can take with me to future jobs. While working with other people I understood that everyone has their own pace and you need to find a way to meet in the middle, which was completely new to me; I appreciated this aspect the most.

Business Leader Lectures: “A Day in the Life of an Advertising Copywriter”

Bronwyn SweeneyAUR Alumna and Business Club founding member Bronwyn Sweeney (BUS ’07) flew in from London, returning to AUR to engage students through a discussion of the day-to-day life of an adver

Business Students Cook Up Real World Experience

A cooking class that was created and owned by a world-renowned chef is how the students of Doing Business in Italy spent their Friday morning class field trip. My classmates and I visited Fabio Bongianni’s Fabiolous Cooking Day located in the city of Rome.

Momenti Iconici: Exhibition of Artworks by Professor Davor Džalto

Professor Davor Džalto is not only Director of the M.A. Peace Studies program and B.A. Arts History program at AUR but is also a world-renowned artist who has recently opened a new exhibition at the church Santa Maria della Pace in Rome. The exhibition features a number of new works by Professor Džalto and was officially opened by H.E. Msgr. Stanislav Hočevar, Archbishop and Metropolitan.