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Paris,
September 2011 |
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Press invitation to the
launch of The Letters of Samuel
Beckett – Volume II: 1941-1956
(Cambridge University Press). With
readings in English and French by actors
Rufus et Barry McGovern. This literary
event is organized with The American
University of Paris Center for Writers &
Translators, l’Université Sorbonne
Nouvelle Paris 3, the Centre Culturel
Irlandais, the Ireland Fund of France,
the Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe, Cambridge
University Press, and the Embassy of
Ireland. |
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Paris,
March 2011 |
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| The American University
of Paris organizes two events in Paris
open to the public to raise funds for
Japan. |
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Paris,
February 2011 |
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| AUP in collaboration
with the Social Media Week and Cifacom,
organizes two conferences: Social
Media, Education and Privacy: Where is
the Privacy? and Hackivists in
the Bully States: Understanding the role
of media in Tunisia and Egypt? |
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Paris,
November 18, 2010 - AUP
announces new academic partnership with
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal
Arts
(New York) |
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| Students at The
American University of Paris may now
enroll in our new international programs
bridging the AUP campus in Paris to the
Eugene Lang College campus in Greenwich
Village, New York City. |
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Paris,
September 9, 2010 -
The American University of Paris and
IABC France launch fall 2010 event
series for marketing and communications
professionals |
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| The French Chapter of
the International Association of
Business Communicators, in partnership
with the Global Communications
Department at The American University of
Paris (AUP), announced today its fall
2010 event series. |
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Paris,
March 16, 2010 -
Ballade Nocturne: A Conversation with
Gao Xingjian |
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| Come and meet Nobel
Prizewinner Gao Xingjian, author most
recently of Ballade Nocturne, a
‘woman’s manifesto’ that pursues his
experimentation with artistic forms
through a combination of poetry, dance,
music, and drama. |
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Paris,
February 2010 -
In memoriam - Lloyd DeLamater, Founder
and first president of AUP |
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| It is with deep sadness
that we announce the death of Dr. Lloyd
DeLamater who founded half a century ago
The American College of Paris, a
remarkable experiment in international
education. |
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Paris,
9 février 2010 -
Naissance d’un musée : le Centre
Pompidou-Metz |
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| Une soirée avec Laurent
Le Bon, l'une des figures les plus en
vue en matière d'art français
contemporain, à l’occasion de
l’ouverture prochaine du Centre
Pompidou-Metz. |
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Paris,
June 30,
2009 - Jim
Bittermann, Professor at The American
University of Paris (AUP), receives the
Légion d’Honneur, one of France's
highest distinctions |
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| Foreign Minister
Bernard Kouchner said in a letter to
Bittermann that the decoration was "in
recognition for [… his] professional
career in France during which [… his]
extensive knowledge of American and
French societies has fostered mutual
understanding." |
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Paris, March 26,
2009 -
The American University of Paris will
launch its 9th Master degree in
September 2009 in Cross-Cultural and
Sustainable Business Management |
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| This new academic
program supports the increasing demand
to engage businesses as partners in
responding to the needs and aims of
contemporary society... |
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parents of AUP students)? |
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AUP in the World Press * |
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Source: Meltwater News - 2009 |
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* More than 400 articles in
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Freedom from
Cultural Stereotypes |
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| A girlfriend of mine knew that I was
hoping to transfer to a university in Europe. One day, I
received a package in the mail from my friend. She had
enclosed a brochure from AUP with a note saying that she
knew this is where I should be... |
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From Baghdad to
AUP |
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| I served my country in the United States
Army as an infantryman. I spent a total of four years in
the Army including two one-year deployments to Mosul and
Baghdad, Iraq. It was my first time traveling outside the
United States and my brief exposure to the cultures in
Iraq left me wanting more... |
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Embarking on
Neuroscience |
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| While a student at AUP I founded the
Psychology Club and was the Psychology department
representative. I did this both to strengthen my CV and
because I wanted to be involved in activities related to
my studies. After graduating from AUP, I moved to London
to work at the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit at UCL... |
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Humanitarian Nomad |
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| Since graduating from AUP I've gone to
graduate school, lived in three countries, learned two new
languages and have never stopped traveling. I've worked in
international development, public health, and global
lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender rights in a number of
countries... |
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Entrepreneurship
and Economics |
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| When I heard about The American
University of Paris, it was almost too good to be true.
But AUP has lived up to all of its promises. I have not
only found the ideal environment for intellectual
stimulation, but have also found the right kind of people
to study and enjoy life with... |
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Learning from the
City |
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| I graduated from AUP nearly three years
ago, but the University is still a large part of my life.
I've found a group of people who make it possible to live
life in the way that we've all decided works best for us:
we've adopted the AUP attitude of seeing Europe as a place
that can be made into a home... |
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A Small Community
in Paris |
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| I think the opportunity for involvement
here at AUP is incredible. It feels like students can make
anything happen, from starting a club to bringing in guest
speakers to hosting an international conference. The small
community means that students and faculty really know and
help each other... |
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Working with the
Disenfranchised |
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| AUP was critical in my development and
is, without a doubt, one of the reasons I have gone on to
achieve my dreams of assisting the world’s poor and
disenfranchised. AUP's Comparative Literature degree
taught me how to think critically, write persuasively,
understand how cultures interact... |
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Learning from
Fellow Students |
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| I am always advocating AUP to prospective
students and telling them that attending AUP changes your
world view. The academic curriculum is a major part, but
in my experience what you learn from your fellow students
and surroundings is something even more valuable... |
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A True Art History
Experience |
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| AUP is an experiment in international
learning, very different from the proliferating semester
abroad programs offered by American universities these
days. It's a chance for students to learn about a foreign
culture in the most meaningful way—by joining it. |
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Cross-Cultural
Communication |
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Like every student at AUP, I have a story about how I
discovered The American University of Paris. I stumbled upon a copy of the
UNESCO Study Abroad Guide and came across AUP on the first
page. My university search came to a halt: I had found
what I was looking for... |
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On the Ground in
Haiti |
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While I was working with Transparency International in Sri
Lanka, I met up with former AUP student, Sean Casey '04.
We reminisced about our days at AUP, and promised to try
to work together in the future. When the earthquake hit
Port-au-Prince, Sean emailed me and asked me to come and
work with him in Haiti... |
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President of
Student Ambassadors |
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As AUP is a small school it's easy to get to know the
majority of the student body. I get involved as much
as I can in student life: I started the running club a
year ago and am currently President of the Student
Ambassadors. I am also organizing a marathon this semester
and have also coordinated various student events... |
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AUP: Gateway to
the Future |
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My studies at AUP solidified my focus on an international
career and helped me develop an international perspective
on world affairs, and also acquire key values and
analytical, communication, and managerial skills that have
been crucial for work with the United Nations and other
organizations... |
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Paris is the
Literary City |
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The amazing thing about AUP is that the classroom
experience hardly ever stops in the classroom. I read
Dante on a faculty-led trip to Italy. I learned about
French drama by accompanying professors to Paris theaters.
Frequently an author I was studying would give a lecture
at AUP... |
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A Variety of
Career Paths |
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The training I received in and out of the classroom has
been useful in countless ways in my current position as
the Marketing & Communication manager for an online
start-up. I've had to draw from my experiences in the
program and I know that my work is more efficient because
of that... |
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Connections that
Count |
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AUP alumni form a diverse group of people. Self-motivated,
passionate, eclectic, forerunning, innovative, global,
interdisciplinary. AUP is a revealer of intellectual,
professional, and creative possibility but it leaves
students with the conviction that they can create their
own possibilities in life... |
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From Athlete to
Business Executive |
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Like many AUP students, I came to Paris looking for
something – perhaps the chance to make changes to my
current life or possibly create something new. My
experience at AUP did allow me to take control of my
career by leaving the stereotypical "athlete" role at home
in the U.S... |
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With AUP, I hit
the ground running! |
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With its location in the melting pot of Europe and its
students and staff from the most interesting mixture of
nationalities and ethnicities, attending AUP helped me
feel related to every nation, to every culture, and to
every language. It is an ideal place for truly
appreciating our similarities... |
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A Melting Pot of
Cultures |
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I greatly benefited from the melting pot of cultures that
living and studying in Paris – a cosmopolitan city of
international repute – afforded me, and I must say that my
success and level of sophistication can be traced to the
experience I had at The American University of Paris... |
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Broadcast News |
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 Paris |
November 24, 2011 – Report
broadcast on RTL, number 1 radio in
France, with journalist Antoine Serres
at the Amex Café, with interviews of AUP
students celebrating Thanksgiving.
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 Paris | August 29, 2011
– Back to school.
Television network France 3 featured
The American University of Paris'
orientation week for new students in its
daily news report 19/20. Get a glimpse
behind the scenes as the class of 2015
settles into their new life in Paris.
Click here to watch.
Click here to watch » |
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Paris | August 16, 2011
- During a broadcast entitled
“Le temps des Femmes,” France Culture
journalist Sylvie Andreu interviewed 25
exceptional women: artists, writers,
politicians, academics … and amongst
them, Celeste Schenck, President of AUP.
Listen to the interview (in French) here » |
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May 18, 2011 -
On the evening news show 19/20,
French public television station France
3-Ile de France broadcast a report on
AUP’s Commencement Ceremony.
Watch
the broadcast here » |
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 November
30, 2010 -
The French television channel "Ma
Chaine Etudiante" (MCE) was at AUP to
give viewers a peek at how we celebrate
American Thanksgiving at AUP - with lots
of turkey, gravy, and good friends!
Watch
the broadcast here » |
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November
25, 2010 -
France 3 Ile de France's evening
news broadcast reported on AUP and its
celebration of Thanksgiving, reaching a
public of 500,000 people.
Watch
the broadcast here » |
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 November
3, 2010 -
The popular French public radio station France
Culture hosted a live broadcast
from the AMEX cafe at The American
University of Paris (AUP), to discuss
the results of the 2010 U.S. midterm
elections. Two AUP students were invited
to share their opinions as American
voters living in France. One of them,
Carolyn Englar documented her experience
in her blog
franglaisblog.weebly.com. Two
other segments were broadcast from the
AMEX cafe later in the day, including a discussion
of the role of women in U.S. politics
with an interview of President Celeste
Schenck and Professor Susan Perry. |
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View the BBC video of The American
University of Paris, May 2009,
Graduation Ceremony. |
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Courtesy of BBC World News America -
Report from Grainne Harrington and Matt
Logan. |
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Featured
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November 2011 | The New
York Times »
President Celeste Schenck comments in The
New York Times about American students
pursuing a degree in a foreign country. |
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September 2011 | Ben
Franklin Post »
A portrait of two French AUP students, Pierre
and Joanne, during Orientation week at AUP.
The article was published by the Ben
Franklin Post, through France USA Media,
an active news agency based in Los Angeles
with correspondents in New York, Washington,
DC, Chicago and San Francisco. France USA
Media is the Media Union of the Francophone
Press in California. |
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August 2011 | Denizen »
Celeste Schenck, the President of The American
University of Paris, tells her students: "When
you are so much of the world, you have a
responsibility for the world..." |
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May 2011 | Ben Franklin
Post (L.A.)
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An article entitled “An American Graduation
Ceremony in Paris” appeared in the Los Angeles
Ben Franklin Post on May 27. |
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January 2011 | 7 à Vous
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AUP English-language program with the
Mairie of the 7th Arrondissement
The magazine 7 à vous, in its January
2011 issue, features an article about a new
English-language teaching initiative in the
7th arrondissement put into place by President
Celeste Schenck and Mayor Rachida Dati. |
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November 2010 | ACADOMAG
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"Des études américaines à deux pas de la
tour Eiffel"
ACADOMAG, in collaboration with France’s
foremost magazine for parents of adolescents,
Pédagogies Magazine, featured an
article in its November 2010 issue on «The
American University of Paris / Des études
américaines en France». |
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May 2010 | Figaroscope »
"Les 50 Bougies de l'Université
Américaine"
The Figaroscope, a weekly supplement to Le
Figaro of May 5, 2010, in a special
edition on New York published in partnership
with The New York Times, featured an
announcement about the upcoming 50th
anniversary of AUP's founding. |
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May 2010 | The New York
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"Scenes From the Dictatorship"
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it was for the South African-born writer and
Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee, as an audience at
The American University in Paris learned
recently when he spoke of his experiences to
students, faculty members… |
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May 2010 | 7 à vous »
"Le rêve américain… au coeur du 7e
arrondissement !"
AUP is featured in the May 2010 edition of the
monthly magazine “7 à vous” with an article
about AUP (page 17) and a photo of a marathon
organized by AUP students which took place on
April 17, 2010 (page 11). |
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June
2009 | Pédagogies »
"The American Dream... in France!"
The article appears in the June 2009 issue of
the magazine Pédagogies and makes the
case for an American-style education in Paris
at AUP. Pédagogies is a well regarded
French monthly magazine for parents of
adolescents who wish to guide their
high-school-age children in terms of both
their personal development and educational
path. It reaches approximately 110,000 French
families. The article highlights AUP’s
academic offerings and includes a parental
testimony, a short interview with President
Celeste Schenck, as well as several quotations
from students. |
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AUP Poster
for Shop Owners |
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| In celebration of
the harmonization of the façades of
AUP’s eight buildings around campus,
AUP invites each shop owner in the
7th arrondissement to display a
poster in their window welcoming AUP
students. |
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