May 22, 2013
According to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings, released this month, CEU’s programs in politics and international studies, as well as philosophy, scored among the best in the world again in 2013. CEU is the only university in Hungary with programs among the best 100 in the 2013 subject rankings.
May 22, 2013
According to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rankings, released this month, CEU’s programs in politics and international studies, as well as philosophy, scored among the best in the world again in 2013. CEU is the only university in Hungary with programs among the best 100 in the 2013 subject rankings.
May 22, 2013
In order to increase CEU's visibility by facilitating journalist access to CEU scholars, the Communications Office has published a CEU Faculty Experts List. The list offers a quick reference for media professionals seeking expert commentary. It is available on the CEU Newsroom site: http://experts.ceu.hu. Searchable by name and specialization, the list will enable journalists worldwide to identify and connect with CEU scholars. It also provides a field for links to CEU videos or articles featuring people on the list.
May 22, 2013
A team of CEU Business School MBA students became divisional champions in the Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC) held in San Diego, California, May 8 to 10. Aswad Harris, William Lloyd, Virginia Mocsai, and Sarat Sarngadharan, students in the full-time MBA program, beat teams from prominent business schools including IESE, INSEAD, Warwick, the University of Oxford, and Simon Fraser University. IBECC is the oldest and most recognized business ethics competition of its kind.
May 22, 2013
The South and South East Asian Studies Group (SASEAS) was formed at CEU on May 7 in response to a need for a multidisciplinary space for sharing research and ideas related to South and South East Asia, which plays an increasingly large role in global affairs. The launch event featured a screening of the film, “India Untouched: Stories of a People Apart,” a documentary on social discrimination in India.
May 22, 2013
Susan Zimmermann has been promoted to university professor in theDepartment of History, effective April 8, following Senate approval of aproposal by President and Rector John Shattuck. Shattuck praised her wide-ranging intellectual interests, heroutstanding research and publication record, and her long record of service tothe University.
May 22, 2013
Ervin Gyori, professor in the Department of Mathematics and its Applications and one of the founders of the department’s PhD program, was awarded the Academy Prize by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences earlier this month, in recognition of his outstanding work in the fields of combinatorics and extremal graph theory. The Academy also noted his active organizational contributions to Hungary’s scientific community. For more information, see http://www.ceu.hu/node/35736.
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May 22, 2013
Laszlo Csaba, university professor in the Department of International Relations and European Studies, was elected a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the general assembly May 6. Full members are elected from the pool of corresponding members, which consists of Hungarian citizens who, since becoming corresponding members, have produced significant academic research results in their respective fields.
May 22, 2013
Laszlo Csaba, university professor in the Department of International Relations and European Studies, was elected a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the general assembly May 6. Full members are elected from the pool of corresponding members, which consists of Hungarian citizens who, since becoming corresponding members, have produced significant academic research results in their respective fields.
May 22, 2013
Andrea Peto, associate professor in the Department of Gender Studies, has been awarded a Teaching Fellowship by the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education. Peto will teach the course selected for the award, “Gendered Memories of the Holocaust,” in collaboration with the Open Society Archives, CEU Library, and CEU Center for Teaching and Learning, in the autumn term of 2013/14. For more information, see http://sfi.usc.edu/pr_story/?nid=4954.
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