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Brayden & Jenny Johnson on being American students in Rome during Covid - and what it's like for husband & wife to study the same major.

Brayden and Jenny Johnson’s arrival at AUR was a long time coming: they set their sights on AUR when they fell in love with Rome – and our campus – on a visit in 2019, but had to put their plans to make the jump to Rome on hold.

AUR Faculty #Unplugged: Professor Marco Conti, Archaeology & Classics

Professor Marco Conti was born in Rome in the period between the Rome Summer Olympics and the Second Vatican Council (you can go and work that date out now!).

AUR Faculty #Unplugged: Dr. Elizabeth Wueste, Archaeology & Classics.

Born in San Jose, California, Professor Elizabeth Wueste is an Assistant Professor and Program Director of Archaeology and Classics.

Professor Valerie Higgins in Science Channel's 'Unearthed'

Traveling around the world to some of the most iconic sites from history, UNEARTHED combines scientific investigations and expert insight with stunning CGI animation to unearth the hidden secrets behind these famed monuments and reveal how and why they were created.

Professor Valerie Higgins in 'Treasures beyond the Grand Tour' podcast

Professor Valerie Higgins was recently invited to speak on the podcast 'Cornucopia: Treasures beyond the Grand Tour', a series produced by James Hill in collaboration with loveitaly.

New Oxford series volume by Professor Marco Conti set for publication

This November, the latest book by Dr.

A Valentine’s Day archaeology class at Giove (Umbria)

Everyone was a little groggy at 6.45 am on leaving AUR and Rome in the rain. 75 minutes later the sun was out and the team was in rural Umbria. To be precise, this was the first day of a 1-credit weekend archaeological class to make sense of two archaeological sites at Giove.

Interning at the Pigorini Museum

From the months of September to November I interned in the physical anthropology laboratory in the Pigorini Museum. I got to work with Neolithic skeletal remains that were excavated in Northern Italy and sent down to the museum to be cleaned and analyzed.

From horses to history: How one alumna found her passion at AUR

From horses to history: How one alumna found her passion at AUR
…and made an easy jump to graduate school

Aqueducts and Fountains - De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae

On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the American University of Rome hosted an evening of lectures as part of the Frontinus Society’s conference “De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae.