AUR students contribute to World Food Program’s Campaign

Logos designed by Communication students are selected for Tell the World about Hunger campaign... Read more

Prof. Paolo Crocchiolo publishes
“Conscience and Materialism” Essay

AURs’adjunct Professor of Ethics and Global Policies and New Trends in Evolutionary Biology Paolo Crocchiolo published and essay titled "Coscienza e materialismo" as a peer-reviewed article in the September/October issue of Micromega, the Italian bimestrial magazine for Politics and Philosophy... Read more

AUR’s 2007 annual Pumpkin Carving Competition

Seven students spent the afternoon carving in the garden. Pumpkins featured everything from elaborate designs, to spiders, and traditional jack-o-lantern faces... Read More

AUR signs agreement with Marymount College

An articulation agreement between the American University of Rome and Marymount College was signed in Palos Verder, California, on October 17 by AUR President, Robert A. Marino, and Marymount College President, Michael S. Brophy... Read More

Caravaggio expert Fr. Marius J. Zerafa gave fascinating Lecture on one of the most discussed and controversial artists of all times

Caravaggio is one of the most discussed and controversial figures in the world of the fine arts. Theories and analysis abound on who this mysterious artist really was and one could even describe him as a kind of mythological figure in the art world... Read More

The Art and Architecture of Sri Lanka

On the night of September 25th the Distinguished Lecture series organized by Prof. Breda Ennis at The American University of Rome presented its second lecture of the 2007/2008 season. This one highlighted the art and architecture of Sri Lanka, an overview of its stylistic periods and some correlation to colonial European contact... Read More

AUR signs agreement with the Iraqi
Ministry of Higher Education

An agreement between The American University of Rome and the Ministry of Higher Education of Iraq was signed at AUR on October 23 by the Iraqi Cultural Advisor in Rome, Prof. A. M. Taleb and AUR’s Provost, Dr. Richard I. Resch... Read More

Catalfamo Speaks about US Investment in Italy

“Chamber of Commerce Managing Director Paolo Catalfamo gave an inspiring lecture on US investment in Italy on 19 September 2007, as part of the AUR Board of Trustees week... Read More

Professor Part of Exhibition

On Saturday 9th of June 2007, Professor Breda Ennis was present at an exhibition entitled “Crucis Mysterium” (a mixed exhibition in which she has one large painting) at The Museo Pinacoteca Casa di Loreto...Read More

2007 Commencement Exercises

The American University of Rome 2007 Commencement Exercises took place at Villa Aurelia on Friday May 18 at 4:30 pm. Graduates were joined by their families, friends, faculty and staff to celebrate at the ceremony and reception in the gardens of the Villa at the top of Gianicolo Hill and overlooking the city of Rome... Read More

Sean Patrick Lovett
Renaissance Man of the Media

Author, television consultant, professor of communication, award winning radio correspondent, communication consultant, theater director: Sean Patrick Lovett, you are truly a renaissance man of the media... Read More

Sylvia Poggioli
Award Winning Journalist and Citizen of the World

As Senior European Correspondent for National Public Radio, you have always maintained your commitment to serving the public to the best of your abilities, with an unfailing commitment to ethics and honesty in news reporting that have gained you international respect, admiration and faith in your credibility...Read More

President’s Address
to the 2007 Graduating Class

Dear Graduates,

You have heard inspiring words by the faculty representative, by your own Valedictorian, and by our distinguished guests. My own charge to you begins by reexamining the fundamentals of this institution, its mission. What drives our dedicated faculty and staff each day of our working lives? And what are the measures of success?... Read More

2007 Spring Concert in Celebration of
the 2007 Graduating Class of
The American University of Rome

On Wednesday, May 16, 2007, The American University of Rome hosted a wonderful evening concert and reception in honor of the 2007 Graduating Class... Read More

“Libraries: The Multiple Voices”
Incontro con Leslie Burger, ALA President

On April 27th, the American University of Rome hosted a meeting of approximately 40 librarians in the Auditorium with special guest speaker Leslie Burger, president of the American Library Association... Read More

Income-vs. Consumption-Based Estimates of Poverty: Evidence from Rural India after Liberalization

On April 17th, Marco Cavalcante, a consultant at the United Nations World Food Programme, addressed the AUR community as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series about poverty and adequate methods to measure it... Read More

AUR Professor Speaks at Pontifical University

On Friday 30th April Prof. Breda C. Ennis presented a paper at the Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce in Rome...Read More

AUR Trustees Give Generously in 2006-07

Gifts from individual Trustees of The American University of Rome rose substantially this year, in no small part due to the exceptional generosity of trustees Gabriel Battista and Carmen Romeo... Read More

Business Speaker Series
Dr. Sumiter Broca Singh
“Economic Growth in India: An Analytical Narrative”

Dr. Sumiter Broca Singh, senior FAO economist, shared his analysis of prospects for growth and development in his home country of India, during a lecture at AUR on March 27. His lecture was the third in the Spring Business Speakers Series, sponsored by the Department of Business Studies... Read More

Professor Palana’s Work Chosen by
World Food Programme

Professor Kristen Palana’s animated video was recently chosen by The World Food Programme (WFP) to be used as their 2007 campaign to end child hunger...Read More

AUR Grows with a New Building

AUR has just taken possession of an additional building, located on Via Carini, 100 meters from the main campus. The new facility is part of a plan to meet the University’s constantly growing student body... Read More

Seminar held on Project Minerva EC:
A prototype for library websites

Through Franziska Wallner, AUR librarian, and the Italian Library Association, AUR was the host of a seminar on professional updating of library websites on February 16, 2007... Read More

Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Convention in Boston

Rome, Italy - On February 14, a group of 13 AUR students and two professors attended the Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) in Boston, Massachusetts. This was a great accomplishment for The American University of Rome, as it was the first time that the school participated in such an event...Read More

Napolitano wins Honorable Mention Award at Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Convention

As part of AUR’s role at this year’s model UN convention in Boston from February 15, 2007 to February 18, 2007, Pasquale Napolitano, president of AUR’s student government and president of AUR’s culture club, was commended on his efforts in representing “Caesar’s Rome”... Read More

AUR fields its first men’s basketball team

Alberto Oliverio to lead a conference in AUR’s Auditorium at 2pm on March 7, 2007 on 'Brain, Mind and Colours'

Dr. Alberto Oliverio chairs the Department of Psychobiology at Rome's University La Sapienza, and is an eminent, internationally known scientist. One of his most recent books, 'Le Età della Mente' ('The Ages of the Mind'), was written together with his wife Anna Oliverio Ferraris, another famous Italian Childhood Neuropsychiatrist... Read More

AUR at the Harvard National Model United Nations

The AUR will be represented at the fifty-third session of Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) which will take place from Thursday, February 15, through Sunday, February 18, 2007, at the historic Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston... Read More

Professor Ennis Exhibits in Belgium

The 19th of March 2007 will be an important day for The American University of Rome and Professor Breda C. Ennis – Professor of Fine Arts, Artist, and Director of The Pyramid Art Studio... Read More

AUR Students Study Abroad