November 15, 2016
Video of Kati Marton - True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy
November 15, 2016
CEU is launching a President's Seminar series that will examine the ideals of open society in the face of many challenges. CEU was founded in 1991 as democratic change swept across the region, with the mission to promote the ideals of open society, democracy and the rule of law. The following is the text of an announcement of the initiative, sent by President and Rector Michael Ignatieff to the CEU community Nov. 14.
November 5, 2016
Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet published an interview with President and Rector Michael Ignatieff on November 5, 2016. The Hungarian article can be found here, and the English translation is below.
“George Soros Can Defend Himself”
November 2, 2016
CEU hosted the launch of Kati Marton’s “True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy,” the story of Noel Field, a Harvard-educated U.S. State Department employee turned hardcore Stalinist on October 25.
Best-selling author and member of CEU’s Board of Trustees Marton is “not only a distinguished writer but also part of the team that defends this institution, a very fine friend of CEU with a truly extraordinary story of the 20th century to tell,“ said CEU President and Rector Michael Ignatieff in his opening remarks.
October 25, 2016
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €25 million to Central European University (CEU) to upgrade its campus located in the historic center of the Hungarian capital Budapest.
The EIB loan will finance the University’s urban campus development project comprising the renovation and construction of approximately 39,000 m2 of teaching, conference and research facilities. The project consolidates the University's academic and administrative entities on a single and cohesive campus with sufficient space and up-to-date facilities for students and staff.
October 25, 2016
The CEU community and special guests gathered in the University's new auditorium on October 21 to inaugurate the University's fifth President and Rector Michael Ignatieff. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Leon Botstein conducted the investiture during a ceremony complemented by Hungarian music and poetry. The ceremony also celebrated the two new state-of-the-art campus buildings. Ignatieff is a Canadian professor, award-winning writer, and former politician educated at the University of Toronto and Harvard University.
October 18, 2016
Video of President Ignatieff: A Message to Alumni
September 22, 2016
CEU ranks among the world's top 350 universities, according to The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017, published September 21. CEU also ranks 8th in the world in terms of international outlook, and tops the list of Hungarian institutions in the rankings. This is the first time CEU has been included in the THE World University Rankings.
September 6, 2016
Video of Making Democracy Work - Donatella Della Porta
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