Alumni Stories

CEU Alumna Zóra Molnár Named to Obama Foundation Leaders Program

January 20, 2022
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CEU alumna Zóra Molnár (SPP ’17, Hungary) was named to the Obama Foundation Leaders: Europe program for her work advocating for persons with disabilities.  

Alumna Renata Uitz Named Co-Director of CEU Democracy Institute

January 19, 2022
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CEU Professor and alumna Renata Uitz (LEGS S.J.D ’01, LL.M ’97, Hungary) was appointed as co-director of the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, starting February 1. Congratulations to Renata! See full story. 

Alumna Diana Ürge-Vorsatz Appointed to IIASA Science Advisory Committee

December 22, 2021
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CEU alumna and Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (ENVS ’92) was appointed to the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) for a term lasting through 2024. See full story.

Congratulations, Diana!

Alumna Siran Hovhannisyan Co-Authors, Co-Edits New Book

December 15, 2021
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CEU alumna Siran Hovhannisyan (GENS '18, Armenia) has co-authored and co-edited a new book, Gender in Research and Politics: Developments, Intersections and Perspectives, which was published by LIT Verlag.  See book details.

Siran is a Research and Education Program Coordinator at the Center for Gender and Leadership Studies of Yerevan State University in Armenia. 

Congratulations, Siran! 

CEU Alumna Sahar Fetrat Named to BBC ‘100 Women 2021’ List

December 9, 2021
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CEU alumnaSahar Fetrat (GENS ’20, Afghanistan) was named to this year's BBC 100 Women 2021 list, which honors women around the world working to ‘reinvent society, our culture and our world.’

A graduate of CEU’s Department of Gender Studies, Sahar was cited by the BBC for her activism against gender stereotypes and her documentary film “Do Not Trust My Silence”, among other achievements. See full story.

Fantastic news and congratulations Sahar!