Academics News

Mixing Business and Play: Professor Silvia Pulino Presents KidsUP!

Mixing Business and Play: Professor Silvia Pulino Presents KidsUP!

Under the tutelage of Silvia Pulino, Director of John Cabot’s Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Business Administration, six ten-year-old entrepreneurs created their own company, KidsUP!, starting with an idea and developing it through design, production, marketing, and sales.

JCU Launches Dual Degree in Marketing with Pace University

JCU Launches Dual Degree in Marketing with Pace University

Starting in Spring 2018, JCU marketing students will have the unique opportunity to earn a Double Bachelors' Degree with Pace University’s Lubin School of Business (NYC)

John Cabot University Welcomes Inaugural Class of MA in Art History

John Cabot University Welcomes Inaugural Class of MA in Art History

John Cabot University welcomed the inaugural class of its new Master of Arts (MA) degree program in Art History this fall.

English Language for University Studies Welcomes Record Number of Students

English Language for University Studies Welcomes Record Number of Students

JCU’s English Language for University Studies (ENLUS) welcomed a record number of students for Fall 2017, a total of 77 students in three different levels.

Interacting with a Work of Art: Students Integrate Culture and Technology

Interacting with a Work of Art: Students Integrate Culture and Technology

Students of the “Management and Digitalization of Cultural Heritage” course launched a project that integrates cultural heritage with new technologies.

JCU Welcomes New Professor of Political Science Bridget Welsh 

JCU Welcomes New Professor of Political Science Bridget Welsh 

John Cabot University is pleased to welcome new professor of Political Science Bridget Welsh. After coming to JCU as a Visiting Professor in January of 2017, Dr. Welsh now joins the JCU community as a full-time tenure track Associate Professor and as Director of Asian Outreach.

Professor S. N. Jaffe on Risks and Rewards of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War

Professor S. N. Jaffe on Risks and Rewards of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War

Professor S.N. Jaffe recently published “The Risks and Rewards of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War” in the well-respected on-line policy journal War on the Rocks.

John Cabot University Admitted to CFA® Institute University Affiliation Program

John Cabot University Admitted to CFA® Institute University Affiliation Program

JCU, a CFA Recognized University since 2013, is pleased to announce that it has been admitted to the CFA® Institute University Affiliation Program (UAP).

Professor Fabrizio Conti Gives Seminar at University of Rome “La Sapienza”

Professor Fabrizio Conti Gives Seminar at University of Rome “La Sapienza”

On Wednesday May 10, 2017 Fabrizio Conti, a History lecturer at John Cabot University, taught a seminar at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" entitled "The Jews, Pawnshops, and Popular Religiosity in Late Fifteenth-Century Franciscan Preachers."

Professor Francesco Ruscitti to Present Paper at XXVI European Workshop on General Equilibrium

Professor Francesco Ruscitti to Present Paper at XXVI European Workshop on General Equilibrium

Dr. Ruscitti’s expertise and research interests are in Microeconomics and Economic Theory. He presents papers at international conferences on a regular basis.

JCU and The New School in NYC Announce Fast Track to Graduate Media Studies

JCU and The New School in NYC Announce Fast Track to Graduate Media Studies

The John Cabot University Department of Communications and The New School are proud to announce the Fast Track to Graduate Media Studies.

Meet Class of 2017 Valedictorian Marialaura Grandolfo

Meet Class of 2017 Valedictorian Marialaura Grandolfo

John Cabot University’s Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Mary Merva is pleased to announce the Valedictorian for the Class of 2017, Marialaura Grandolfo.

Announcing 2017 Summer School on Migration and Human Rights

Announcing 2017 Summer School on Migration and Human Rights

John Cabot University and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) are pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Summer School on Migration and Human Rights.

Boston Consulting Group Presents “Future Makers” at JCU

Boston Consulting Group Presents “Future Makers” at JCU

The John Cabot University Institute for Entrepreneurship is pleased to welcome the Boston Consulting Group for a presentation of "Future Makers" at JCU.

Call for Participation: “Fear and Loathing of the Online Self” Conference

Call for Participation: “Fear and Loathing of the Online Self” Conference

Organized by John Cabot University and Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, this conference aims at exploring the state of the online self by raising questions about its status as a focal point of contemporary power/networks.

Dimentica.me: a  New Web Reputation Service Against Online Libel

Dimentica.me: a New Web Reputation Service Against Online Libel

Three alumni of the Continuing Education Course in International Management of Enterprises at John Cabot University, Alessandra Mazzuca, Edoardo Piscitelli, and Fabrizio Forleo, recently launched Dimentica.me.

“Non Essere Cattivo” by Claudio Caligari – A JCU Screening

“Non Essere Cattivo” by Claudio Caligari – A JCU Screening

Non Essere Cattivo is Claudio Caligari’s third movie, after Amore Tossico (1983) and L’Odore Della Notte (1998). Non Essere Cattivo is set in 1995, the year synthetic drugs were first introduced in Italy.

JCU Participates in Peer-to-Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge

JCU Participates in Peer-to-Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge

Professor Riccardo Maiolini’s E-Marketing class (MKT 340) will represent John Cabot University in the Peer-to-Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge

IFE Welcomes Stephanie Mitchell, Founder of Gymbag

IFE Welcomes Stephanie Mitchell, Founder of Gymbag

The Institute for Entrepreneurship welcomed Stephanie Mitchell, founder of Gymbag, to Professor Pulino's Introduction to Entrepreneurship class.

Re-branding the Writing Center

Re-branding the Writing Center

The Writing Center is John Cabot University’s resource for writers. Intended '"for all writers, of all levels," the Center offers one-hour sessions for students who are interested in improving their written work. Thanks to a collaboration with Professor Sabrina Schmidt’s Graphic Design and Advanced Graphic Design classes, the Writing Center is receiving a graphic makeover.