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JCU Visits Alberese Archaeological Field School in Tuscany

JCU Visits Alberese Archaeological Field School in Tuscany

On Sunday August 3rd, JCU Staff, faculty and students visited excavations in progress, and explored the world of archaeology.

JCU Student Giosuè Prezioso Speaks at the Apulia Land Art Festival

JCU Student Giosuè Prezioso Speaks at the Apulia Land Art Festival

Congratulations to JCU Art History Major Giosuè Prezioso for speaking at the Apulia Land Art Festival Conference on August 29, 2014.

Faculty Development Funds Awarded to Support JCU’s Outstanding Professors

Faculty Development Funds Awarded to Support JCU’s Outstanding Professors

JCU Vice President and Academic Dean Mary Merva is pleased to report that JCU faculty development funds continue to support the professional development of an outstanding group of faculty.

Professor Zara Pogossian Co-Organizes International Conference

Professor Zara Pogossian Co-Organizes International Conference

Philosophy Professor Zara Pogossian is one of the organizers of the international conference "Politics, Art and Spirituality in the Kingdom of Vaspurakan," which will be held in Paris on September 22 and 23.

Professor Nicola Brandt Exhibits at National Art Gallery of Namibia

Professor Nicola Brandt Exhibits at National Art Gallery of Namibia

John Cabot University is pleased to announce that John Cabot alumna and art history professor Nicola Brandt, Nicola Brandt will be holding her first solo exhibition The Earth Inside at the National Art Gallery of Namibia.

Global Village’s Promise: Telecommunications, Networked Power and the Rise of Global Citizenship

Global Village’s Promise: Telecommunications, Networked Power and the Rise of Global Citizenship

On Wednesday, July 16th, the Summer Institute in International Communications 2014 presented the last of a series of three forums. The theme was "Telecommunications, Networked Power and the Rise of Global Citizenship."

Professors Rensmann and Abdolmohammadi Publish in Washington Post

Professors Rensmann and Abdolmohammadi Publish in Washington Post

Prof. Lars Rensmann and Prof. Pejman Abdolmohammadi published the article "Soccer breeds nationalism and anti-regime protests in Iran."

JCU Department of Economics Hosts Conference

JCU Department of Economics Hosts Conference

The conference gave students the opportunity to listen to respected scholars discuss a variety of topics ranging from Monetary Theory and General Equilibrium to Optimization Methods and Mechanism Design.

JCU Hosts Conference “Rethinking Political Catholicism: Empirical and Normative Perspectives.”

JCU Hosts Conference “Rethinking Political Catholicism: Empirical and Normative Perspectives.”

For two days nearly fifty scholars from Europe, the United States and the Middle East presented new research on the current practice and future possibilities of political Catholicism in Italy and elsewhere.

Meet JCU’s Summer 2014 Visiting Professors

Meet JCU’s Summer 2014 Visiting Professors

John Cabot University is fortunate to have many distinguished visiting professors who will be teaching in our two summer sessions

Creative Writing Institute Welcomes Writer in Residence Tyler Dilts

Creative Writing Institute Welcomes Writer in Residence Tyler Dilts

John Cabot University welcomed author Tyler Dilts as this year's Writer in Residence at the 5th Annual Summer Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation, held from May 19th to June 20th.

Institute for Entrepreneurship Welcomes Laura Raimondo

Institute for Entrepreneurship Welcomes Laura Raimondo

A lecture by Laura Raimondo, Senior Vice President of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC).

JCU and UNICRI Present Summer School on Human Rights

JCU and UNICRI Present Summer School on Human Rights

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

Professor Paola Castelli’s Research Paper Accepted for Publication in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Professor Paola Castelli’s Research Paper Accepted for Publication in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Professor Paola Castelli's research paper "Resisting Imagination and Confabulation: Effects of Metacognitive Training" will be appearing in a forthcoming issue of Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Professor Lars Rensmann Presents at 2014 WPSA Meeting in Seattle

Professor Lars Rensmann Presents at 2014 WPSA Meeting in Seattle

JCU Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Lars Rensmann presented his recent scholarly work on global politics and the global public sphere at the 2014 Western Political Science Association Meeting.

Professor Michael Driessen Publishes “Religion and Democratization”

Professor Michael Driessen Publishes “Religion and Democratization”

International Affairs professor Michael Driessen just published Religion and Democratization: Framing Religious and Political Identities in Muslim and Catholic Societies (Oxford University Press, 2014).

John Cabot University Launches Three Summer Graduate Courses in Religion and Politics, Art History, and Archaeology

John Cabot University Launches Three Summer Graduate Courses in Religion and Politics, Art History, and Archaeology

John Cabot University is pleased to offer three graduate level courses this summer to both graduate students and undergraduate students with advanced standing.

“Expanding Your Business in a Time of Crisis:” Trustee Ali Reza Arabnia

“Expanding Your Business in a Time of Crisis:” Trustee Ali Reza Arabnia

Trustee Arabnia captivated the audience of students, faculty and staff with the remarkable account of how, in the space of just a few years, he took a struggling family company and turned it into a global market leader and innovator in its field.

Alberese Archaeological Project Wins $7000 Research Grant

Alberese Archaeological Project Wins $7000 Research Grant

The Alberese Archaeological Project has been awarded the prestigious Rakow Grant for research by the Corning Museum of Glass (NY).

JCU Alumna Anna Bottinelli Discusses Her Work with The Monuments Men Foundation

JCU Alumna Anna Bottinelli Discusses Her Work with The Monuments Men Foundation

Anna Bottinelli works with The Monuments Men Foundation to rescue from oblivion the memory of the Monuments Men and return the art still missing since WW2.