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Bronwyn Sweeney (BUS ’07) returns to AUR to reveal “A Day in The Life of an Advertising Copywriter”

Bronwyn Sweeney, a 2007 AUR graduate, is now a successful copywriter turned creative director working for MullenLowe, London.

From Debris to Ethical Agriculture: A Story of Regeneration on the Outskirts of Rome

A myriad of sprouting greens and rows of olive trees mark the landscape of Azienda Agricola CA.SA. Yet, a closer look makes evident the detrimental impact of human intervention and urban processes on the quality and depletion of the soil—dusty, dry, and littered with debris.

Center for Food Studies and Master in Food Studies Webinar “Eating for 1.5°C: Round Table on Climate Change and Sustainable Diets”, 1 October 2021

Based on the Special Issue of the International Journal of Sociology of Food and Agriculture, produced as a result of the AUR Conference in 2019,  a diverse cohort of authors joined a trans-disciplinary conversation on how sustainable diets can help mitigate and adapt to climate change and how so

The role of sales in customer engagement - Elen Ustun, Associate Director of Practice Development EMEA, Align Technology

“How sales and its skills will help you succeed in marketing and business”
By Betelihem Mezgebe, Student Assistant to Business Program

All Roads lead to Rome, sometimes passing through Lampedusa.

Professor Marina Buening will be exhibiting in a new group exhibition in Rome during September and October in a very particular location, Porti Imperiali di Claudio e Trainao, the ancient harbor of Rome.

Professor Lisa Colletta unearths new information in the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome.

While working on a chapter for the recently published The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas (Temple University Press, Sept 2021), Professor Colletta discovered new information about one of the residents eternally resting in the so-called

English Writing, Literature, and Publishing defies all the odds

For decades we have all been hearing about the demise of English departments, but the Bachelor's degree program in English Writing, Literature, and Publishing (EWLP) at The American University of Rome (AUR) continues to buck this trend and has become one of the fastest-growing majors at AUR.

Professor Valerie Higgins featured in Discovery Channel's 'Unearthed' series

The Discovery Channel’s popular archaeology series, ‘Unearthed’, now in its ninth season, features AUR professor, Valerie Higgins, in an episode first broadcast in the US on the Science Channel on July 11th.

The American University of Rome welcomes new members to its Board of Trustees.

The new members of AUR’s Board of Trustees bring a wealth of national and international experience in education, finance, business, politics, culture, and enterprise.

UNICRI & AUR partner in second edition of specialized cultural heritage course on crime & security.

This specialized online course focuses on protecting heritage from deliberate attack & theft, and on ways to combat these threats while understanding the global networks that are often behind such attacks.