April 21, 2015
Popular culture makes us believe that cryptography is an intellectual challenge surrounded by mystery. Laszlo Csirmaz, professor in CEU’s Department of Mathematics and Its Applications and the Computer and Statistics Center, started researching cryptography, secret sharing in particular, so long ago that he’s not sure now what drove him to the subject at first. However, he still finds recovering secrets fascinating.
April 21, 2015
Video of The Caucasus in Context: 300 -1600
April 20, 2015
Kicking off a week of celebration and activism in honor of Earth Day, CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Liviu Matei joined U.S. Ambassador Colleen Bell and 5th district Mayor Peter Szentgyorgyvolgyi to plant a "Tree of Friendship" in Szabadsag ter (Freedom Square). After the white magnolia tree was planted, CEU student volunteers helped prepare the park for spring by planting dozens of small bushes and plants.
April 20, 2015
Helga Dorner, lecturer at the Center for Teaching and Learning, has been named a 2015 EDEN Fellow by the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) in recognition of demonstrated excellence in professional practice in the field of flexible and distance learning. Founded in the UK in 1991, EDEN is the largest professional organization in Europe dedicated to the advancement of open, distance, flexible and e-learning. Dorner will receive the award at the organization’s annual conference in Barcelona on June 9th.
April 20, 2015
CEU is committed to promoting environmentally conscious behavior and action, so the CEU community celebrates Earth Day 2015 with a series of informative and participatory events during the week of April 18-24. Events include volunteer opportunities, an informative presentation of the sustainable design elements of our campus redevelopment project, and a fix-it-yourself bicycle repair workshop.
April 22: CEU Renews: Building Better and Smarter for the Future Public Presentation
Time: 11:00am
Location: Oktober Hall, Oktober 6. utca 7, Ground Floor
April 17, 2015
Bashir Ahmad witnessed the suffering of his people caught in a war between terrorists, the U.S. and Pakistan. His efforts to represent youth put him in danger.
April 16, 2015
Over 120 guests gathered at OSA on April 9 for the first Hungarian preview of Laura Poitras’ Oscar-winning documentary, CitizenFour. Co-hosted with the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), and with a professional audience of journalists, lawyers, civil society activists, academics and students, the event began with a half-hour live discussion over Skype with Anthony Romero, (executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Edward Snowden's lawyer in the US) and Gill Phillips (director of editorial legal services, The Guardian).
April 16, 2015
“The School of Public Policy is becoming one of the largest and most diverse public policy schools in Europe,” said Julia Buxton, professor of comparative politics and SPP associate dean for academic affairs and programs.
April 16, 2015
Hungarian weekly HVG interviewed CEU President and Rector John Shattuck. The following is a translation of the article, which appeared in the April 16 print edition.
The key politicians of neither the US nor the EU will attend the May 9 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. What has gone wrong in the relations between Russia and the West?
April 13, 2015
The Center for EU Enlargement Studies at CEU hosted the “Ukrainian Crisis: Security and Humanitarian Dimension” workshop on April 8. Working with experts from the ground, students offered ideas for conflict resolution and prepared for post-conflict scenarios in Ukraine.
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