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An ethnographic and literary homage to a unique plant from a unique part of Ethiopia. Dr.

Alexander Aidan

  • Aidan, A. J. (2020)  Democratic Assessment: Using a students-as-partners approach to re-think assessment in Consumer Behaviour, JUICE: Journal of Useful Investigations in Creative Education, Issue 3. 

One of the key questions summarizing the dramatic challenges raised by the COVID19 crisis is: “Once we reach the bottom, to whom should the last ventilator be given: a young woman or an old man?” This question has two wrong, and devastating, hidden assumptions.

Visit the virtual launch page to celebrate with us this small triumph over adversity, and listen to audio and video contributions from AUR President Richard Hodges, Dean of Academic Affairs Genevieve Gessert, EWLP Program Director Lisa Colletta, professor Andrea Pacor, student editors Alexandra T

In response to the extraordinary circumstances brought about by the global pandemic CoViD-19, the faculty and administration of the American University of Rome have resolved to adopt a temporary grading policy for undergraduate courses in the Spring 2020 semester.

It is safe to say that I did not have that Friday feeling when I closed my laptop on Friday evening, work done for the week. Things had gone from bad to worse around the world.


Also obeying lockdown rules


A Kellenberg Memorial High School senior with Tourette Syndrome became an Eagle Scout on Saturday after creating a public service announcement that aims to clarify misconceptions abo

Coronavirus: concern and precaution ok, but panic and hysteria unjustified, says expert.

On Thursday, February 27th, the Peace Studies program hosted Dr. Cigdem Oguz from the University of Naples Federico II. Peace Studies Program Director Alessandro Mulieri and Political Islam professor Shirin Zakeri collaborated with Dr.