September 13, 2019
On Saturday, September 7, 2019, John Cabot University’s Italy Reads program welcomed 70 of the nearly 200 teachers from the 65 participating high schools to the Teacher Training Workshop.
September 13, 2019
September 5, 2019
Professor Alina Sorgner, who teaches Applied Data Analytics at JCU, was invited to be a guest editor of the special issue on the “Impact of Technological Progress on Employment Prospects and Competence Development,” which has recently been published in the international peer-reviewed open-access journal Foresight and STI Governance.
September 5, 2019
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July 5, 2019
Experts of education, technology and business met at John Cabot University to discuss the future of new generations on June 14, 2019. Following the round table discussion, John Cabot hosted a fair dedicated to innovation and creativity in the field of education, with 30 leading specialists from the sector.
July 5, 2019
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July 2, 2019
The JCU Center for Professional and Continuing Education hosted a special lecture called “Community Marketing: 8 tools to build a successful online community” on June 13, 2019. The guest speaker was Tommaso Politano, Community Manager at Digital Yuppies and Partner of Studioplace.
July 2, 2019
June 12, 2019
Professor Shannon Russell’s Italian Visions: Perceptions of Italy in Literature class focuses on the creative importance of Italy for non-Italian writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The course looks at the ways cultural stereotypes are both constructed and persist. Students were asked to curate each other’s reading journals and to use their selections to create a group Storymap project.
June 12, 2019
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June 10, 2019
DayBreakHotels is the first online booking website and app focused on the reservation of hotel services offered exclusively for daytime use. On May 30, JCU welcomed Christiane Friedl, the company’s Senior Market Manager, to Professor Antonella Salvatore’s course “Principles of Marketing.”
June 10, 2019
May 27, 2019
JCU professors Federigo Argentieri and Michael Driessen took part in the 23-24 May, 2019 conference on ‘Russian Active Measures: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ organized by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence.
May 27, 2019
May 15, 2019
Irene Crestanello (Class of 2021) is an International Affairs major from Verona, Italy. Irene is the recipient of the 2019 Albert Walker Fuller Prize for her essay Embrace Diversity.
May 15, 2019
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May 6, 2019
Alumna Eleonora Costantini (Class of 2017) was invited to JCU to discuss her experience as a young professional working at Brioni fashion house.
May 6, 2019
April 26, 2019
The Guarini Institute hosted a panel discussion on contemporary forms of slavery authored by Silvia Scarpa on April 16. During the event Scarpa discussed the issue of modern slavery, professor Parosha Chandran emphasized the need for binding uniform laws on modern forms of slavery, and the third panelist Maria Grazia Giammarinaro stressed the link between immigration, human trafficking, and exploitation.
April 26, 2019
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April 18, 2019
JCU Alumna Corinna Rombi, from Siena, Italy, majored in Communications and minored in Marketing. Today she talks about what motivated her to pursue a career in the film industry and she talks a little bit about her most recent job as an assistant for a film director shooting a series for Sky.
April 18, 2019
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April 15, 2019
English Professor Tara Keenan held a lecture at John Cabot University on April 9 to discuss the social and economic implications of Brexit and the possible creation of a hard border in Ireland.
April 15, 2019
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March 28, 2019
Marketing Professor Alessandro Signorini was invited to talk about fundraising for NGOs in the context of JCU Service Learning seminars on March 5. Prof. Signorini talked about how Fundraising for NGOs really works, what kind of projects donors are most inclined to finance, and the power of telling individual stories about those who will benefit from donations.
March 28, 2019
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March 14, 2019
Prof. Antonella Salvatore welcomed representatives of the pharmaceutical company So.Farma.Morra to her course “Made in Italy: the Italian Business Environment,” on Monday, February 25. Founded by Alessandro Morra in 1980, So.Farma.Morra started as a small business in southern Italy. It has now turned into a large group that incorporates other companies, each specialized in a specific branch, including pharmaceutical distribution to pharmacies, import, export, communication, and marketing.
March 14, 2019
March 8, 2019
JCU hosted the biannual Health and Wellness Week, a series of events that focused on stress management, sex education, mental health, mindfulness, and spiritual wellbeing on February 25-March 1. The week consisted in an event dedicated to stress management, “Stress Less”, a “mindful meditation and compassion” class, a Sex Education talk, an event on mental health first aid, a yoga class, two mindfulness sessions, a self-defense workshop, and a meditation session in Villa Ada.
March 8, 2019
March 6, 2019
JCU alumna Federica Nappa talks about her internship in the Immigration Office at John Cabot University, what brought her to JCU in the first place, her plans for the future, the independent study course that she took in Spring 2018, her ultimate career goal, and some useful tips for graduating students.
March 6, 2019
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March 5, 2019
Luca Mirabassi was invited to JCU on Tuesday, February 19, for Prof. Salvatore’s course “Retailing Applied to Fashion Industry” and shared his experience as CEO of the 100% made-in-Italy fashion brand Lorena Antoniazzi.
March 5, 2019
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March 4, 2019
Maurizio Marmorstein teaches Fundamentals of Screenwriting at John Cabot University. He holds a B.A. from Seton Hall University and an M.A. from Middlebury College in Italian Language and Culture.
March 4, 2019
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February 25, 2019
Rebecca Piattelli is a senior Communications major and Business Administration minor from Rome. After spending a semester abroad at the New School in NYC, Rebecca is doing a journalism internship at the Angelicum University in Rome, under the direct supervision of media relations consultant Carmen Luisa Coya.
February 25, 2019
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February 25, 2019
Devi Mohan, who is from Montenegro, graduated from JCU with a major in International Affairs in 2003. She is a certified Yoga Instructor, director and senior teacher of the Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga, and the Global President of the internationally active charity ACT Foundation.
February 25, 2019
