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Paris, 6 May 2013 — The American University of Paris (AUP) has announced a $1 million donation from alumna Gisel (Hiscock) Kordestani '96 and her husband, Omid Kordestani — the largest gift in AUP’s history since its founding in 1962.
 
The Kordestanis wish theirs to be an unrestricted gift, allowing the University to direct the funds towards its highest priorities. The acquisition of a new Student Life and Learning Center tops this list. The Kordestanis' generosity will be recognized by naming the Academic Resource Center within the new Student Life and Learning Center building the Kordestani Academic Resource Center, or ARC, as it is called on campus.
 

 
 
 
Paris, 31 August 2012 - AUP celebrates its 50th Anniversary
 
On Thursday, September 6 at 17h00, The American University of Paris will launch its 50th Anniversary celebration at the American Church in Paris – the University’s original home. The kick-off event is the academic convocation, a ceremonial assembly of the members of a college or university to herald the new academic year. This year will be the University’s fiftieth and its faculty will accordingly march in full regalia.
 

 
 
 
Paris, 30 May 2012 - Food, Culture and Communication
 
Every summer in the month of June, American food anthropologist Christy Shields and French taste educator Claire Perrot offer an intensive course to graduate students in the Global Communications Department at AUP.
 

 
 
 
Paris, 10 May 2012
 
The American University of Paris (AUP, Department of French Studies and Modern Languages) and La Coordination Française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes (CLEF) have the pleasure of inviting you to a debate on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, from 17:00-20:00 entitled «Le Temps des Femmes».
 

 
 
 
Abu Dhabi , 19 April 2012
 
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Abu Dhabi received Dr. Celeste Schenck, President of The American University of Paris.
 

 
 
 
Paris, April 2012
 
The Union of Overseas Voters, in conjunction with The American University of Paris (AUP), hosted representatives from institutions of higher education for a workshop in Paris on the importance of promoting civic awareness among American youth studying abroad.
 

 
 

Archived press releases»

 
Paris, September 2011
 
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.
 

 
 
 
Paris, March 2011
 
The American University of Paris organizes two events in Paris open to the public to raise funds for Japan.
 

 
 
 
Paris, February 2011
 
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?
 

 
 
 
Paris, November 18, 2010 - AUP announces new academic partnership with Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (New York)
 
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.
 

 
 
 
Paris, September 9, 2010 - The American University of Paris and IABC France launch fall 2010 event series for marketing and communications professionals
 
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.
 

 
 
 
Paris, March 16, 2010 - Ballade Nocturne: A Conversation with Gao Xingjian
 
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.
 

 
 
 
Paris, February 2010 - In memoriam - Lloyd DeLamater, Founder and first president of AUP
 
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.
 

 
 
 
Paris, 9 février 2010 - Naissance d’un musée : le Centre Pompidou-Metz
 
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.
 

 
 
 
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
 
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."
 

 
 
 
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
 
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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AUP Stories

Learning from Fellow Students

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

A True Art History Experience

 

 

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.

AUP Stories

Cross-Cultural Communication

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

On the Ground in Haiti

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

President of Student Ambassadors

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

AUP: Gateway to the Future

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

A Variety of Career Paths

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

Connections that Count

 

 

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...

AUP Stories

From Athlete to Business Executive

 

 

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... 

AUP Stories

With AUP, I hit the ground running!

 

 

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... 

AUP Stories

A Career in the Sciences and the Arts

 

 

My career in the sciences and the arts undoubtedly stems from the experiences I was afforded at The American University in Paris. Despite that my studies in physics and the opportunity to become involved in theater were not then apparent as far as where they would lead, the fact they now serve me is unquestioned... 

AUP Stories

Paris Serves as our Meeting Place

 

 

The thing I like most about AUP is our truly international student body. I will never forget meeting students at Orientation who were from countries I had never heard of. Since then I have traveled with many of my peers to their home countries, allowing me to experience new cultures like a local... 

AUP Stories

Interacting around the World

 

 

I have now worked for IBM, a very international American corporation, for a bit more than 20 years. One aspect of my time in Paris and at AUP that I always cherish is how easy it was to be exposed to different cultures and languages... 

AUP Stories

AUP was the Icing on the Cake

 

 

Paris is a place that holds a special place in my heart and I knew from the beginning that I wanted to study there. It really is a special place and I am lucky I had the chance to study there for a semester. The experience was so much more than I initially expected... 

AUP Stories

One of the Best Decisions Ever

 

 

Attending AUP opened up the world to me. At age 18, I realized for the first time that I had been living with my eyes closed, figuratively speaking. Ever since that day, I've had an overwhelming appreciation for nature, architecture, the arts, food, and the people in my life – my eyes are wide open now... 

AUP Stories

AUP was like Coming Home

 

 

For the hybrid multi-lingual multi-cultural creature that I am, joining AUP was like coming home. I took to AUP like the proverbial fish to water. And yet, the constant exposure to a diversity of nationalities broadened my mind even further and strengthened my desire to explore other cultures... 

AUP Stories

Putting a Human Face to the World

 

 

I truly believe I would not be where I am today if it had not been for my time at The American University in Paris.
I was able to take classes with journalists who not only taught the practical skills needed in journalism, but who also created an atmosphere where we could discuss, debate and develop a set of ethics...

AUP Stories

A Sense of Belonging

 

 

At AUP, I felt I finally belonged to a community because of my cultural background – I'm half American and half Mexican having lived in France for 30 years – and what better place than Paris, where I grew up, to evolve into becoming a citizen of the world?

AUP Stories

Art, Culture, and History

 

 

As a full-time faculty member of LIM College, Manhattan, as well as the author of several books on various aspects of 20th-century culture, there is not a day that goes by when I don't bring my AUP experience into my own classrooms or include it in my writing... 

 

 
 

Broadcast News

 

Paris | May 30, 2012

An article has been published in LeMonde.fr in the Education section entitled «La remise des diplômes "à l'américaine" : le retour de la solennité » written by Emmanuelle Jardonnet and illustrated by Antonin Sabot, on AUP’s recent Commencement ceremony at the Théâtre du Châtelet.  A slide show with an audio broadcast accompanies the article. 

 

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.

 

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.

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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 »

 

May 2011 - The French television station, Ma Chaine Etudiante, reported on AUP’s May 2011 Commencement Ceremony, including a brief interview of President Celeste Schenck.

Watch the broadcast here »

 

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 »

 

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 »

 

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 »

 
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. 
 

View the BBC video of The American University of Paris, May 2009, Graduation Ceremony. 

Courtesy of BBC World News America - Report from Grainne Harrington and Matt Logan.

 
 

Featured Articles

 

 
 

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.

 

 
 

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.

 

 
 

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..."

 

 
 

May 2011 | Ben Franklin Post (L.A.) »

 

An article entitled “An American Graduation Ceremony in Paris” appeared in the Los Angeles Ben Franklin Post on May 27.

 

 
 

January 2011 | 7 à Vous »

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.

 

 
 

November 2010 | ACADOMAG »

"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». 

 

 
 

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. 

 

 
 

May 2010 | The New York Times »

"Scenes From the Dictatorship"

 

So 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…

 

 
 

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).

 

 
 

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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