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AUR Fine Arts Professor Mei Chen Tseng Awarded Prestigious Kala Fellowship & Berkeley Residential

Mei Chen was one of just six artists selected from a pool of 276 applicants worldwide for the 2025/26 Kala Fellowship, which provides studio access, funding, a

From Rome to Washington: AUR Graduate Launches Career in Public Affairs at Hudson Institute

Shortly after graduation, Annabelle began a research internship with

From AUR to AFI: Sofia Mezzini’s Journey as an Emerging Filmmaker

At AUR, Sofia excelled academically while embracing leadership roles as a teaching assi

Fine Arts: Professor Valeria Gasparrini Stone Lithography Summer Residency in Passau

AUR Fine Arts professor Valeria Gasparrini spent July 2025 on an artist's residence at the Kulturmodell Bräugasse in Passau, Germany, working with fellow artists in stone lithography.

 

AUR Fine Arts Student Marina Mattei Debuts Solo Exhibition at Venezuela’s National Art Gallery

Born in Caracas in 2004 and of Italian-Venezuelan heritage, Marina is currently pursuing her degree at AUR, where she is developing a distinctive visual language that bridges modernist influences with deeply personal thematic explorations. Her latest body of work, presented in "Synesthesia.

Former AUR Professor Simone Quilici Appointed Director of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo

An architect, urban planner, and landscape historian, Dr. Quilici has been a central figure in the stewardship of Italy’s cultural and environmental assets for more than two decades.

The Center for Food Studies Hosts Harvard Alumni and Climate Policy Expert at AUR

On July 14th, the Center for Food Studies at The American University of Rome (AUR), in partnership with the Harvard Club of Italy (HCI), welcomed Harvard alumni for a special evening of dialogue and exchange in the university’s garden courtyard.

Call for Conference Papers - Architecture & the Literary Imagination (1350-1750)

AUR Fine Arts Professor Mei Chen Tseng Premieres “Landscape of Words” Solo Exhibition on Lago Maggiore

AUR proudly celebrates Fine Arts Professor Mei Chen Tseng as she opens her newest solo exhibition, “Landscape of Words,” at the Sala Esposizioni Panizza, Ghiffa, overlooking Lake Maggiore.

Professor Paul Gwynne Extends the Frontiers of Jesuit Literary Studies with Conference Paper and New Brill Volume

Re-imagining the epic at Villa Falconieri