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JCU STAND Donates to Jordanian Civil Rights Organization

JCU STAND Donates to Jordanian Civil Rights Organization

In December 2016, John Cabot University’s chapter of STAND (Students Taking Action Now, Darfur) donated € 400 to Nashama Alwatan, a Jordanian civil rights organization that Omar Abdel Latif, President of STAND, has been friends with for many years.

John Cabot University Presents the Spring 2017 Career Fair #1

John Cabot University Presents the Spring 2017 Career Fair #1

Every semester John Cabot University’s Center for Career Services (CCS) hosts two Career Fairs. This semester 40 company representatives will come to interview interested students and graduates.

Safety Update on Earthquake in Central Italy: No Damage or Injury in Rome

Safety Update on Earthquake in Central Italy: No Damage or Injury in Rome

As you may have felt, an earthquake of about 5.3 magnitude struck central Italy at about 10:30 am today between the cities of Rieti and l’Aquila (approximately 160 km/100 miles from Rome).

Alumnus Leonardo Quattrucci Participates in World Economic Forum

Alumnus Leonardo Quattrucci Participates in World Economic Forum

Leonardo Quattrucci, John Cabot University Class of 2013, is the only young Italian participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters from January 17-20, 2017.

Spring School on Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism

Spring School on Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism

John Cabot University and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) are pleased to announce the Spring School on Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism.

President Pavoncello Comments on Italian Political Situation for Xinhua English News

President Pavoncello Comments on Italian Political Situation for Xinhua English News

On January 15th, Chinese daily Xinhua English News interviewed John Cabot University President Franco Pavoncello on the political situation in Italy a few weeks after President Sergio Mattarella asked Paolo Gentiloni to fill in as prime minister.

JCU Welcomes Visiting Professor of Political Science Bridget Welsh

JCU Welcomes Visiting Professor of Political Science Bridget Welsh

John Cabot University is pleased to welcome Bridget Welsh as Visiting Professor in Political Science.

JCU’s High School Collaboration Program Featured on “Avvenire”

JCU’s High School Collaboration Program Featured on “Avvenire”

On Tuesday, 20 December, 2016, John Cabot University's ASL (Alternanza Scuola Lavoro) project was featured in Avvenire, an Italian daily newspaper.

Professor Argentieri Discusses Trump, Populism and Russia

Professor Argentieri Discusses Trump, Populism and Russia

On November 18-20, 2016, Federigo Argentieri, Professor of Political Science and Director of Guarini Institute for Public Affairs, contributed to a roundtable panel titled “Demagogues and Democrats in Central-Eastern Europe.”

JCU Welcomes Spring 2017 Students

JCU Welcomes Spring 2017 Students

The John Cabot University community is pleased to welcome our new and returning degree-seeking and study abroad students to campus this spring.

An Assessment of the US Elections and Trump’s Victory

An Assessment of the US Elections and Trump’s Victory

On Wednesday, November 30, the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs and the International Relations Society presented the panel discussion “An Assessment of the US Elections."

Prof. Michèle Favorite Publishes Article on Women and Soft Skills in Aspenia

Prof. Michèle Favorite Publishes Article on Women and Soft Skills in Aspenia

Professor Michèle Favorite recently published the article “L’incredibile paradosso” (“The incredible paradox”) in Aspenia, the journal of Aspen Institute Italy. In the article, Prof. Favorite discusses the global soft skills gap between men and women.

PBS NewsHour Interviews President Pavoncello on Five Star Movement

PBS NewsHour Interviews President Pavoncello on Five Star Movement

The popular news program PBS NewsHour interviewed President Franco Pavoncello on the rise of Italy's Five Star Movement.

John Cabot University Launches New Website

John Cabot University Launches New Website

John Cabot University is pleased to announce that it has just launched a new website. We hope that users will be pleased with the result, which is based on the feedback received from faculty, students, and staff as well as research on best practices in university websites.

Meet Graduating Senior Hazel Ebenezer

Meet Graduating Senior Hazel Ebenezer

Originally from South India but raised in a small town in the Himalayas called Mussoorie, Hazel Ebenezer recently graduated John Cabot with a major in International Affairs and a minor in Business Administration.

Alumnus Cristian Tracci Accepted to Columbia University

Alumnus Cristian Tracci Accepted to Columbia University

Cristian Tracci just graduated from JCU and has been accepted to Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

President Pavoncello Interviewed on Italian Constitutional Referendum Results

President Pavoncello Interviewed on Italian Constitutional Referendum Results

Bloomberg, TRT World, and the Local interviewed President Pavoncello on the constitutional referendum that took place in Italy on December 4, 2016.

Dean Mary Merva Guest of Honor at ESCAP Ambassadors’ Luncheon

Dean Mary Merva Guest of Honor at ESCAP Ambassadors’ Luncheon

Dean Merva was invited to address some of the most relevant matters that face our world today, such as the possible global (economic and social) consequences of the election of the new President of the United States and of the results of the “Brexit” referendum in the UK.

Professor Scarpa Gives Talk at British Embassy on International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

Professor Scarpa Gives Talk at British Embassy on International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

Prof. Scarpa teaches Human Rights, Contemporary Slavery and Human Trafficking, International Law, and International Migration at John Cabot University. She is the author of the book Trafficking in Human Beings: Modern Slavery (Oxford University Press, 2008).

“Decentering Native Privilege: Italy Reads, Writes, Pitches” at TESOL Italy’s National Convention

“Decentering Native Privilege: Italy Reads, Writes, Pitches” at TESOL Italy’s National Convention

The themes of the convention were “The privilege of the Non-native speaker” and “English in multicultural education.”