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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.

Professor Kathleen Fitzsimmons, Director of Business Studies, was born in New Jersey (and still doesn’t pump her own gas) in the middle of the Baby Boom and she's the eldest of a rowdy horde of seven siblings.

On Wednesday, 8th April 2021, The American University of Rome was honored and delighted to welcome Dr. Rohit Jigyasu as a guest speaker for a seminar entitled 'Rebuilding Mosul - from the ground up' hosted by the MA in Sustainable Cultural Heritage.

Dr. Eugene Tarlton, a member of the Research & Development team at Pfizer was the guest of the Business Program for a fascinating and far-reaching discussion of the research process in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr.

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!).

The American University of Rome was honored recently to welcome Alessandro Pinto, one of the founding professionals of “social responsibility in sport,” for a seminar focused on fundraising through sporting events and fundraising in the world of sport.

Coming from a small town in northern Italy, Vigarano Mainarda (Ferrara), Professor Rambaldi was born into a cinema family and naturally developed a passion for the seventh art.

Microsoft security and IT executive Diane Boettcher visited AUR recently, leading a lively and well-attended webinar on “Becoming a LinkedIn Champion.” 

You transferred to AUR halfway through your undergraduate studies at Boston University. What prompted you to make the move?