Alumni News

Alumni and Students Rock Open Mic Show

April 3, 2015
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Approximately 100 CEU students and alumni got together for a jam session during CEU’s Open Mic Show, Thursday, April 2nd at the CEU School of Public Policy building. (Check the pics.) 

Thanks to the dozens of performers who enlivened the evening with their music, dance and spoken word performances. The event was sponsored by the CEU Student Life Office, the Center for Arts and Culture and the Alumni Relations team.

History Alumna Baar Wins ERC Consolidator Grant

April 1, 2015
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CEU alumna Monika Baar (HIST’ 95) won an consolidator grant from the European Research Council worth €2 million for her innovative research project Rethinking Disability: The Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective.

IRES Alumna Ostrauskaite Hosts Security Lecture in Bishkek

March 19, 2015
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CEU alumna Dr.Rasa Ostrauskaite (IRES ’01 MA, ’07 PhD) hosted a lecture titled “The Role of the [Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe] in Conflict Prevention and Management: New Challenges?” at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on March 3.

Dr. Ostrauskaite is the Deputy Director of the OSCE’Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE in Vienna. Her talk in Bishkek focused on the current crisis in Ukraine, particularly as a turning point in the OSCE’s conflict management activities.

POLS Alumnus Renwick Tapped for UCL Spot

March 19, 2015
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Dr. Alan Renwick (POLS ’97 MA, ’98 MPhil) will begin work in September as Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit of the University College of London’s Department of Political Science.

An expert in electoral systems and reforms, Dr. Renwick described his new appointment as “a match made in heaven.”

He is currently Associate Professor (Reader) at the University of Reading, and has previously held numerous academic positions at the University of Oxford.

Get your tickets for CEU Alumni Reunion Gala & Spring Ball

January 26, 2015
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Alumni and friends may now reserve their tickets for CEU Alumni Reunion Gala & Spring Ball 2015. In addition, they may also RSVP for Alumni Reunion Weekend events, which are free of charge for ticketholders. Check details and ticket registration today, and we look forward to seeing you this May!