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Internship at BasicNet

Last summer, I was lucky enough to land an amazing internship at the company BasicNet, which is headquartered in Turin and publicly quoted in Italy.

A new publication by Noam Chomsky, edited by AUR's Professor Davor Džalto: 'Yugoslavia: Peace, War, and Dissolution'

The Balkans, in particular the turbulent ex-Yugoslav territory, have been among the most important world regions in Noam Chomsky’s political reflections and activism for decades. His articles, public talks, and correspondence have provided a critical voice on political and social issues crucial not only to the region but the entire international community, including "humanitarian intervention," the relevance of international law in today’s politics, media manipulations, and economic crisis as a means of political control.

Update: August 30, 2018. This publication has now been translated and published in Belgrade, in Serbian.

The Strategic Use of Referendums in Europe - Professor Sottilotta

This article was first published in Crossroads Europe on 26 June 2018. Link to the original article at the foot of the page.

Professor Marco Conti featured in Smithsonian’s 'Sacred Sites' documentary

AUR Adjunct Professor Marco Conti was interviewed as an expert in early Christian history for the Smithsonian Channel series “Sacred Sites” and is expected to appear in the episode on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

International Relations professor, Cecilia Sottilotta, interviewed by Al Jazeera

On July 4th 2018 Prof. Sottilotta  was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on the tensions emerging within Italy's coalition government due to disagreement on how to manage the flow of asylum seekers trying to reach Italy's shores by boat via the central Mediterranean route. While anti-immigration minister of interiors Salvini is successfully monopolizing the attention of the public acting as a de facto prime minister, the Five Star Movement appears to be divided:  its leader Di Maio is officially supporting Salvini's hard line, but other leading figures within the Five Star Movement, especially  Roberto Fico (speaker of the Chamber of Deputies) are expressing opposite views and praising the work of NGOs which are rescuing asylum seekers  in the Mediterranean.

Professor Timothy Allen leads painting workshop in Medieval Tuscan Castle

Professor Timothy Joseph Allen, adjunct faculty in the Art History program and professional oil painter, led an international group of artists for a seven-day painting workshop at Castello di Potentino, a medieval castle in Tuscany.

AUR graduate ready for the soccer big leagues

This summer has been an exciting one for soccer fans - and, with his newly earned B.S. in Business Administration, graduate Michael Zaitz is celebrating his own soccer success working for the Major League Soccer National Sales Center (MLS-NSC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AUR Global Fashion marketers - rebranding an Italian cult classic

Rebranding an Italian cult classic: Pickwick
AUR Global Fashion marketers bring on the Millennial touch for Italian apparel giant.

Business seniors building life-long connections - Rafting Marmore 2018

Business seniors building life-long connections to the AUR network
Rafting, hiking, and saving one another from the rapids - thanks in part to alumni funding.

Former security director of the Van Gogh Museum leads AUR workshop on Art Crime and Museum Security.

AUR students learned how to protect themselves and great works of art in a seminar led by Dick Drent, former security director at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and an expert on anti-terrorism and criminal profiling. To practice their skills, students went on a stealth mission at a local museum.

“I guarantee after today, you will never walk into a museum without looking at how easy it was to come in and how to escape,” said Drent, whose company, OmniRisk, advises curators and professionals at museums and heritage sites on how to protect their valuables -- and visitors.

Art and relics are under siege these days – stolen by terrorists to fund their activities or the mafia to use as a commodity or ransom for lower prison sentences. In recent years, visitors at museums and cultural sites have also been killed by suicidal gunmen and hostage takers.  

In this environment, everyone needs to be on guard.