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Professor Cecilia Canziani joins judging panel for We the People, We the Arts 2018

An international jury announced winners of an art competition on UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the residence of the Swiss Ambassador Thomas Kolly on Thursday May 10. Each of the four winners and 25 finalists were given cash prizes, certificates and other gifts.

Professor Roberto Nardi wins Europa Nostra Prize for Cultural Heritage

The jury highly commended “the European cooperation between the Italian conservation experts and the Greek Orthodox Monastery which was undertaken in close consultation with the Egyptian authorities and has resulted in high-quality conservation work on an element of such an outstanding World Heritage Site as the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai. The documentation and quality of the work are exceptional”.

AUR Team of students and faculty attend the Seeds & Chips – The Global Food Innovation Summit

Two AUR students from Syria were invited by Marco Gualtieri, Seeds & Chips Founder, to participate in the Summit and to take part in two prominent discussions. 

M.A. Food Studies students take a field visit to the towns of Amatrice and Campotosto

April 6th marks the anniversary of the 2009 earthquake that devastated the city of L'Aquila in Abruzzo and set off a series of seismic events that have since been affecting a large portion of Central Italy, particularly in the Apennine mountain area.

AUR at Seeds&Chips: The Global Food Innovation Summit in Milan

On May 7 and 8, a delegation from the American University of Rome visited Seeds&Chips: The Global Food Innovation Summit in Milan. Seeds&Chips is dedicated to showcasing national and international talent and cutting-edge solutions from around the world to the problems of the Food System.

On Earth Day, 22 April 2018, AUR is challenged to think about nitrogen pollution by Dr. Colin Sage

As events around the world renew the fight to save the environment, one threat to the ecosystem goes largely unnoticed: nitrogen pollution created by the global food system, said Visiting Professor Dr. Colin Sage, in a lecture sponsored by The American University of Rome and the Italian Geographical Society.

A Conversation with former Museum Directors Tom Campbell and Richard Hodges

On April 3, 2018, former Museum Directors Richard Hodges (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and currently President of The American University of Rome) and Tom Campbell (New York Metropolitan Museum of Art) held a conversation about the challenges of running a museum in the age of technology & social media.

'Metabolism of Global Cities: London, Manchester, Chicago.' A guest lecture by Harriet Friedmann.

On April 9, 2018, AUR’s M.A. Program in Food Studies and Center for Food Studies, together with the Harvard Club of Italy, hosted a guest lecture by Harriet Friedmann entitled  'Metabolism of Global Cities: London, Manchester, Chicago: the history of imperial, industrial and agro-industrial cities that drew in "food" as they emerged and transformed landscapes far away.' 

Martignano: a farmer as custodian of the environment and biodiversity

The farmer, Aurelio, an engineer, explained and showed to the students the crops, vegetables and animals that the farm produces, including the part that qualifies as organic. He emphasized the constraints under which his farm operates, being in a natural park of the Region.

The New Rurality: foraging and cooking at Metafarm's social and food lab in Positano

On March 2, 2018, a group of M.A. Food Studies students took a field trip as part of the course on Food, Rurality and Local Development to visit Metafarm, located outside of Naples in Positano, on the slopes of the hills leading down to the beautiful Amalfi coast.