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Communications Alumnus Alessandro Ceschi Wins Writing Prize in China

Communications Alumnus Alessandro Ceschi Wins Writing Prize in China

Alumnus Alessandro Ceschi won the Sixth Tone China Writing Contest with his Almost Family piece. Ceschi has lived in China since graduating in 2016.

Meet Professor James Gardner, Chair of New Art and Design Department

Meet Professor James Gardner, Chair of New Art and Design Department

Studio Art Professor James Gardner has recently been appointed Chair of the new Art and Design Department at JCU.

Meet Manlio Perugini, Coordinator of Center for Teaching and Learning

Meet Manlio Perugini, Coordinator of Center for Teaching and Learning

Born and raised in Rome, librarian Manlio Perugini has been working at JCU since 2015. He holds a dottorato di ricerca in Philosophy from Sapienza University in Rome. Manlio has recently been appointed Coordinator of the soon to be created Center for Teaching and Learning.

The Power of Doubt: English Professor Jonathan Jones

The Power of Doubt: English Professor Jonathan Jones

Originally from Stoke on Trent, England, Professor Jonathan Jones has been teaching at JCU since 2014. Professor Jones holds a Ph.D. in Literature from Sapienza University in Rome.

Understanding Terrorism and Climate Change: Meet Alumna Camilla Carlesi

Understanding Terrorism and Climate Change: Meet Alumna Camilla Carlesi

Alumna Camilla Carlesi recently won “The Growing Thought Leadership Award 2022,” with her paper “Understanding the Relationship between Terrorism and Climate Change: The case of Boko Haram Activities and the Environmental Degradation of the Lake Chad Basin.”

Persistence is Key: Student Entrepreneur Paolo Biondo

Persistence is Key: Student Entrepreneur Paolo Biondo

Paolo Biondo is a student from Mazara del Vallo, a small town in Sicily, and he is majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Entrepreneurship. In 2021, Paolo cofounded Ticketoo, a secondary ticket marketplace.

Meet International Affairs Alumna Ingeborg Gruenwald

Meet International Affairs Alumna Ingeborg Gruenwald

Ingeborg Gruenwald, who hails from Trieste, Italy, graduated from JCU in May 2022. In the fall, Inge will pursue a Master’s degree on the Political Economy of Europe and China at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Media and the Environment: Alumna Elisabetta Petrucci

Media and the Environment: Alumna Elisabetta Petrucci

Elisabetta Petrucci, born and raised in Rome, graduated from JCU in May 2019. She has a B.A. in Communications with a minor in Entrepreneurship.  Elisabetta is currently pursuing her Master’s in Cultural Encounters and Communication at Roskilde University in Denmark.

Meet International Affairs Graduate Michaela Papavero

Meet International Affairs Graduate Michaela Papavero

Michaela Papavero is a recent graduate from a small town near Bari, in the Puglia region. She has a B.A in International Affairs with a minor in Legal Studies. In September, Michaela will pursue a Master of Science in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford.

Professor Daniel Roy Connelly to Direct and Perform in NSFW

Professor Daniel Roy Connelly to Direct and Perform in NSFW

JCU Professor Daniel Roy Connelly will be directing and performing in NSFW, a play by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood.

Meet Assistant Director of Rome Study Abroad Admissions Michel Rosuelo

Meet Assistant Director of Rome Study Abroad Admissions Michel Rosuelo

Born and raised in the Philippines, alumna Michel Rosuelo graduated from JCU in 2013 with a B.A. in Communications. She then started working at JCU, where she has been for over eight years.

Building a Global Career: Graduating Senior Francesca Yang

Building a Global Career: Graduating Senior Francesca Yang

Born in Rome to Chinese parents, Francesca Yang is a graduating senior majoring in International Business, with a minor in Economics. Francesca has recently been accepted to University College Dublin’s Smurfit M.Sc. in International Management.

Giving Back to the Community: Student Government and MUN President Courtney Smith

Giving Back to the Community: Student Government and MUN President Courtney Smith

Born in North Carolina, Courtney Smith is majoring in International Affairs and is the president of both the Student Government and the Model United Nations society.

Telling Stories Through Expanded Cinema: Professor Marco G. Ferrari

Telling Stories Through Expanded Cinema: Professor Marco G. Ferrari

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Professor Marco G. Ferrari holds an M.F.A. from the University of Chicago. He has been part of JCU’s Department of Communications since 2017.

Human Rights and Global Politics: Meet Alumnus Davide Orsitto

Human Rights and Global Politics: Meet Alumnus Davide Orsitto

Davide Orsitto graduated from JCU in 2016 with a B.A. in International Affairs and a minor in Economics and Finance. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Human Rights and Global Politics at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, in Pisa, Italy.

Radical Pedagogy in Art History and Practice: Professor Sarah Linford Receives Prestigious Grant

Radical Pedagogy in Art History and Practice: Professor Sarah Linford Receives Prestigious Grant

Professor Sarah Linford recently received a grant for her experimental educational and curatorial project L’invenzione della giovinezza (“The Invention of Youth”).

A Space Conducive to Learning: Head Librarian Livia Piotto

A Space Conducive to Learning: Head Librarian Livia Piotto

Livia Piotto has been working at JCU’s Frohring Library for over 15 years. She has recently been promoted to Head Librarian.

Meet Student Assunta Mareschi, President of the Business Club

Meet Student Assunta Mareschi, President of the Business Club

Assunta Mareschi is a junior majoring in International Business with a Minor in Marketing from Salerno. Assunta is the President of the Business Club, the VP of Student Government, and a Math tutor. 

Senior Maira Cardillo Attends Autumn School on Children in Armed Conflicts

Senior Maira Cardillo Attends Autumn School on Children in Armed Conflicts

International Affairs senior Maira Cardillo attended the Autumn School on Children in Armed Conflicts, organized by the Institute of Political Studies “S. Pio V” and the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict.

Studying Art History in Rome: M.A. Student Bernat Racz

Studying Art History in Rome: M.A. Student Bernat Racz

Art History M.A. student Bernat Racz shares the benefits of studying Art History in Rome at John Cabot University.