John Cabot University in Rome, Italy welcomes students from all over the world, with all different academic backgrounds. Many of those students have completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in high school and have chosen to continue their academic journey abroad. As an American university in Italy, JCU is the perfect place for student...

On Thursday, the 6th of October from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, The American University of Rome will host Rome's leading organizations concerned with delivering American degrees, both here and in the United States. Alongside representatives from AUR's faculty, staff, and admissions team will be colleagues from Education USA, Fulbright Italy, St. John's Un...

As we enter our fiftieth anniversary year, the John Cabot University community is pleased to welcome new and returning students to the Fall 2022 semester. This term, JCU has the largest and most diverse entering class in its history. There are over 1600 enrolled undergraduate freshmen, transfers, study abroad students, gap year students, freshmen a...

Art history is a complex subject that allows students to explore a wide range of cultures, analyzing works of art through different social and cultural contexts. This includes studying artwork from antiquity to the present. Here, antiquity refers to the distant past, a time period between 4500 BCE to 450 CE. It also includes the term “classical ant...

International students getting set to study at John Cabot University likely know of Rome’s deeply rooted historic and artistic reputation. However, they may not be aware that the Eternal City also boasts a large collection of green spaces, including an array of magnificent gardens and villas that are sure to make the spring season memorable.  These...

John Cabot University is proud to announce that the Frank J. Guarini School of Business has received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), thus placing it among the world’s leading business schools. The fundamental purpose of AACSB accreditation is to challenge business educators to pursue excellence...

We are now accepting applications to the 2022-2023 Columbus Guarini Scholarship! APPLY TODAY. The Honorable Frank Guarini, former CCF Board Member and Chair Emeritus of John Cabot University's Board of Trustees, made a generous donation to the Columbus Citizens Foundation from which John Cabot University students may be awarded scholarships. The ap...

In 2015 I made a small contribution to a crazy, unprecedented and wonderful feat. A group of visionaries managed to bring the great actor Tony Lo Bianco to Rome, where in a historic evening at the Sala Umberto he staged his show "The Little Flower," the story of Fiorello La Guardia, the most beloved mayor by his citizens in the history of New York....

Professor Elissa Ruffino recently wrote a book entitled, Dream Big, Dream Small (Politics and Prose, 2020), a story that inspires children to dream and encourages adults to listen carefully to them so that they can provide the support that is necessary to make their dreams come true. The book is dedicated to the Hon. Frank J. Guarini, former U.S. C...

Dream Big Dream Small is Elissa Ruffino’s first children’s book.  A longtime public relations and communications specialist in Washington, DC, Ruffino currently is an adjunct faculty member at Marymount University School of Business and Technology and the Lutheran College Washington Semester program.  The book for children ages 3 to 10 is published...