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Commencement 2023 at The American University of Rome - the video mix.

The entire AUR community sends its congratulations and best wishes to the outstanding Class of 2023.

AUR honors Jhumpa Lahiri & Carlo Petrini at its annual Commencement ceremony in Rome.

On awarding the honorary degrees, AUR's President, Dr. Scott Sprenger, highlighted the inspirational models that both Mr. Petrini and Ms. Lahiri provided for AUR students. He continued with the following laudations:

Remus Volume XIV - Spring 2023

A note from the editorial team:

Dear Readers,

As yet another academic year comes to a bittersweet end, we present to you the fourteenth edition of REMUS.

Exploring Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Kraków, Poland

This semester, the BS Travel & Tourism Management field trip "Destination Marketing: European Wonders" provided AUR students with the opportunity to delve into the world of cultural and heritage tourism in Kraków, Poland.

Fashion & Luxury Marketing: A student's view of accessible luxury in Rome

A report by Global Fashion Marketing student Sarah Burke.

Exploring Castel Romano Designer Outlet

AUR's 2023 honorary degree recipients announced.

JHUMPA LAHIRI was born in London and grew up in Rhode Island.

The art of cacao processing and the sensorial pleasure of chocolate tasting.

Professor Maria Grazia Quieti, Director of AUR's MA in Food Studies, was recently honored to be invited to the opening of a new state-of-the-art cacao R&D laboratory & training center at the Cacao of Excellence Program, led by an alliance between Bioversity International

Professor Cathy Ramsey-Portolano publishes 'Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History'

Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy: Literature, Art and Intellectual History (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023).

AUR Dramatic Arts Club performing in Teatro Testaccio

The Dramatic Arts Club of The American University of Rome will be performing the original work, Fragments of a Fleeting Life, at Teatro Testaccio (Trastevere) on the evening of May 5, 2023. Tickets are available here.

Helsinki Academic Field Trip with the International Relations program

In late March of 2023, the International Relations and Global Politics program at AUR undertook an academic field trip to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. While the trip was long planned, it occurred at a particularly momentous time for Finland as it became the 31st member of NATO.