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A Look at the Big Picture: Mathematics Professor Stefano Arnone

A Look at the Big Picture: Mathematics Professor Stefano Arnone

Stefano Arnone is Associate Professor of Mathematics at John Cabot University. He holds a Laurea cum laude as well as a Dottorato di Ricerca in Physics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He was voted JCU Professor of the Year for 2017.

Striving for Equality: Communications Student Federica Bocco

Striving for Equality: Communications Student Federica Bocco

Federica Bocco (class of 2018) is a Communications student from Naples. She is also pursuing a minor in Humanistic Studies.

Choosing Kindness: Alumna Virginia Agnoni

Choosing Kindness: Alumna Virginia Agnoni

Virginia Agnoni, Class of 2016, is from Cori, a medieval town one hour south of Rome. In her time at JCU, Virginia majored in Communications with a minor in Creative Writing.

Promoting Women’s Rights: Alumna Milena Casabella

Promoting Women’s Rights: Alumna Milena Casabella

Born and raised in California by a Sicilian family, JCU alumna Milena Casabella was Vice-President of Student Government and Events Coordinator for the Athletics Department.

Salutatorian Giuseppe Spatafora Accepted to University of Oxford

Salutatorian Giuseppe Spatafora Accepted to University of Oxford

Giuseppe is from Palermo, the regional capital of Sicily, in the heart of the Mediterranean. He majored in International Affairs with minors in History and Economics.

Volunteering Across Borders: Student Cristina Di Leva

Volunteering Across Borders: Student Cristina Di Leva

Cristina Di Leva is a degree seeking student from Lavello, Basilicata, in southern Italy. She majors in Communications and has a minor in Political Science.

Donkey See, Donkey Do and Extravagant Stranger: New Books by Professor Connelly

Donkey See, Donkey Do and Extravagant Stranger: New Books by Professor Connelly

Born in Essex, south-east England, Professor Connelly has spent much of his adult life being educated in Italy, India, Bangladesh, the USA, Scotland, and China.

Life After College – Communications Graduate Samantha Abear

Life After College – Communications Graduate Samantha Abear

Samantha Abear, Class of 2016, graduated with a degree in Communications and a minor in Business Administration.

Literature Club Launches JCU’s First Literary Magazine Ex Animo

Literature Club Launches JCU’s First Literary Magazine Ex Animo

John Cabot University’s Literature Club recently launched JCU’s first-ever literary magazine, Ex Animo.

Throwing Assumptions out of the Window: Professor Gene Ogle

Throwing Assumptions out of the Window: Professor Gene Ogle

Professor Gene Ogle's research interests include colonization and transcultural relations in the early modern Atlantic World, slavery, and racism.

Entrepreneurship Class Project Leads to Internship

Entrepreneurship Class Project Leads to Internship

Together with Carol Spizzichino and Lisa Cheng, Fabrizia Maurizia Lemmo and Michele Massi recently presented a business plan to BoxEventi Italia as a class project for Professor Maiolini’s BUS 410.

Political Ethics in Contemporary Democracies – Professor Federigo Argentieri

Political Ethics in Contemporary Democracies – Professor Federigo Argentieri

Federigo Argentieri is Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs.

Creativity as a Way of Life: Marketing Major Laura Santoponte

Creativity as a Way of Life: Marketing Major Laura Santoponte

A Marketing major and Communications minor at JCU, Laura Santoponte is an Orientation Leader and a student assistant in the Italian Admissions Office.

Alumnus Adam Samowitz Joins the Peace Corps

Alumnus Adam Samowitz Joins the Peace Corps

JCU alumnus Adam Samowitz recently began an assignment as a volunteer for the Peace Corps as a Health, Hygiene, and Water Sanitation Specialist in Vanuatu

Student Federico Giordani to Pursue M.Sc. in Financial Economics at Oxford

Student Federico Giordani to Pursue M.Sc. in Financial Economics at Oxford

Federico Giordani is a graduating senior from Rome. He has been accepted to the University of Oxford for an M.Sc. in Financial Economics.

Socially Minded Entrepreneurship – Professor Silvia Pulino

Socially Minded Entrepreneurship – Professor Silvia Pulino

Silvia Pulino is Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Director of the JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship. She has degrees from Oxford University and Harvard, where she obtained her MBA degree.

Alumna Ekaterina Soubeva Awarded ‘Mario Possati’ Memorial Fellowship

Alumna Ekaterina Soubeva Awarded ‘Mario Possati’ Memorial Fellowship

JCU Alumna Ekaterina Soubeva has recently been awarded a prestigious fellowship for John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

Research for Justice: Alumna Margarita Biryukova

Research for Justice: Alumna Margarita Biryukova

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Margarita Biryukova graduated from John Cabot University in 2016 with a major in International Affairs.

A Break to Think: Philosophy Professor Brunella Antomarini

A Break to Think: Philosophy Professor Brunella Antomarini

Brunella Antomarini, is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy at John Cabot University. She has a pluri-disciplinary formation in contemporary epistemology, aesthetics and philosophy, semiotics, theory of poetry, and anthropology.

English Major Marialaura Grandolfo Accepted to University of Oxford

English Major Marialaura Grandolfo Accepted to University of Oxford

Marialaura Grandolfo comes from Modugno, a town near Bari (Puglia, Italy). She is an English Literature major with a minor in Communications (Class of 2017). She has worked as a Writing Center tutor and as an assistant to Prof. Carlos Dews, managing the public relations of the Institute for Creative Writing, and co-organizing the upcoming conference "Carson McCullers in the World."