Alumni Stories

CEU Mourns Passing of Joanna Renc-Roe

April 27, 2016
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CEU mourns the loss of alumna Joanna Renc-Roe (GENS ’04), a lecturer at the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), who passed away Wednesday, April 20. Joanna was a respected member of the CEU community for 13 years who made many significant contributions to the University, and will be greatly missed. CEU expresses its condolences to Joanna’s family, particularly her husband, Associate Professor Paul Roe of the Department of International Relations. Full story.

CEU Alumna Co-Sponsors Romani Gastro Blog

March 25, 2016
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CEU alumna Barbara Tonte (IRES '08) recently co-founded the Romani Gastro Blog to help document this hearty but under-documented regional cuisine. It's harder than one might think.

CEU Alumnus and Prisoner of Conscience Released from Prison in Azerbaijan

March 22, 2016
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Activist and CEU alumnus Rashadat Akhundov (BUSI '07) was reportedly among 148 political prisoners released from prison in Azerbaijan on March 17.

A co-founder of the N!DA Civic Movement, he was arrested in 2013, charged with firearms and explosives possession and sentenced to more than eight years in prison.

Torotcoi First Alumna to Tutor at Roma Access Programs

February 26, 2016
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Alumna and doctoral student Simona Torotcoi (DPP MA '13) recently joined Roma Access Programs to teach Introduction to Public Policy II during the the Winter 2016 term, making her the first CEU alumna to tutor there. 

In academic year 2011-12 she was a student in CEU's Roma Access Programs. She took tutoring classes in public policy, then she completed her master's degree in the former Department of Public Policy. Choosing the Higher Education and Management track, she worked on the case of Romanian Roma students' participation in higher education.

Alumna Kyra Lyublyanovics Earns Honorable Mention From Kubinyi Foundation

February 22, 2016
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Alumna Kyra Lyublyanovics (MEDS '09), recently earned Honorable Mention in the award handed out by the András Kubinyi Foundation for Medieval Studies, a prestigious award within the Hungarian academic community.