AUR Graduate School

The American University of Rome offers M.A. programs in Food Studies, Sustainable Cultural Heritage, and Peace Studies (new for 2018).

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@afuahirsch for @guardian: Amidst a pandemic, a virus that does not discriminate is highlighting the ways in which human beings do.

#peacestudies #coronavirus #equality

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As 30 million Americans plunged into unemployment and food bank needs soared because of #COVID19, farmers dumped lakes of cow’s milk, aborted piglets and euthanized hens by the thousands, and plowed acres of vegetables into the ground.

#FoodStudies

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As the #coronavirus shutdowns continue, shoppers are reaching for frozen pizza and boxes of cereal instead of organic greens and whole grains.

#FoodStudies

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Assistant Director General for Culture at UNESCO, Ernesto Ottone, released a statement emphasizing UNESCO's support for cultural institutions and their plans for developing ways to make cultural heritage available virtually. Read more here.

https://t.co/KFSfoW2Eaq
@UNESCO

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@franceszbrown, @SaskiaBrech and Thomas Carothers for @CarnegieEndow:
How could this pandemic effectively reshape democratic principles and governance around the world?
#peacestudies #democracy #coronavirus

https://t.co/booCidy1Vt

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Within weeks, the @EFSA_EU is expected to endorse high-protein whole or ground mealworms, lesser mealworms, locusts, crickets and grasshoppers as being safe for human consumption.

#FoodStudies
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@KarolinaWigura & Jarosław Kuisz for the @guardian: How are pandemics & politics intertwined? The EU watches as Hungary's prime minister threatens the existence of Hungarian democracy in the name of COVID-19.
#peacestudies #democracy #coronavirus

https://t.co/0CtQjM02BF

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In light of the recent outbreak of COVID-19, the global economy has taken the biggest hit since 2008. As a result, non-profits, museums and other charitable organizations will lose a significant amount of their charitable funding.
https://t.co/YAeAKuSf1W
@AlJazeera #COVID19

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@BBCWorld: As tensions rise at the Greek-Turkish border, 5 EU countries have offered to shelter migrant children stuck in Greece amidst the crisis.
#PeaceStudies #Migrants #EU

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In a recent interview with the @guardian, @ProfTimLang
urges, “We need to move from a ‘me’ #foodculture to a ‘we’ food culture.”

#foodstudies
https://t.co/vFvUiR2J8b

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Without the usual bustle of boats and tourists wildlife has started to take back Venice. Read more here.

https://t.co/XaYEaF2frJ
@guardian @GettyImages
#Tourism #Sustainability #Environment

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In the United States, missing school because of the #coronavirus can mean more than lost instructional time; it may deprive millions of students who regularly eat #schoollunch from critically needed #nutrition.

https://t.co/CEeWAuNc5Y

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Egypt reopens its oldest pyramid after fourteen years of reconstruction. Read more here.
https://t.co/iT2u5gnOk1
@AlJazeera #Conservation #Archaeology #Egypt

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For decades, farming has degraded land and destroyed wildlife. Now there’s a revolution coming – but is it going to create more problems than it solves?

#FoodStudies

https://t.co/QtNOpPPQra

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The scientific committee at the Uffizi Gallery resigned en masse in response to loan of a famed Raphael work. Read more here.

https://t.co/2ydA2SlQqA
@Agenzia_Ansa #Raphael #UffiziGallery #Conservation

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@NPRwelna for @NPR: Why do we need Peace Studies? The non-partisan organization Freedom House has reported that democracy is being increasingly threatened worldwide.
#peacestudies #democracy #freedom

https://t.co/vAp0jiqGOu

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In the face of a warming climate, increased deforestation and fiercer fires, scientists are more worried than ever about the Amazon.

#FoodStudies

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Ancient kingdom discovered in Turkey through a chance discovery of a hieroglyph inscribed tablet. Read more here.
https://t.co/Z6prj4T1lG
@Independent @HarryCockburn
#Archaeology #Classics #Turkey

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@colintdwyer for @NPR: In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have overcome years of conflict in a unified government. Their coalition leaves hope for peace.
#PeaceStudies #Peace #Sudan

https://t.co/ho2jZZcRkL

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Common estimates for global #foodwaste are too low, according to Dutch researchers, who suggest every person in the world wastes about 500 calories of food a day.

#FoodStudies

https://t.co/AfSEHX4pfp