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

"When I found out about my father’s diagnosis, my first impulse was to light up,” Nalu Gruschkus writes in the opening line of Abnormal Whites and Excessive Blues, her striking piece about her father’s cancer and her own addiction to smoking.

The American University of Rome (AUR), a leading American-accredited institution of higher learning in Rome, Italy, announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Trustees.

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

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:

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.

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.

A report by Global Fashion Marketing student Sarah Burke.

Exploring Castel Romano Designer Outlet

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

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