Alumni News

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!

Alumni Celebrate Season, Community During “CEU Lights”

December 16, 2021
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The dark and cold of winter solstice has long given people cause to reflect – and to celebrate community. And that’s just what happened on December 9 when alumni from around the world joined a very special online meetup, CEU Lights: Global Alumni End-of-Year Gathering.  

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!

Alumnus Zsolt Enyedi Co-Authors ‘Party System Closure’ Book

November 17, 2021
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Former CEU Pro-Rector for Hungarian Affairs and CEU alumnus Zsolt Enyedi (POLS '94, Hungary) co-authored the book Party System Closure: Party Alliances, Government Alternatives, and Democracy in Europe, which was recently published by Oxford University Press.

Hear what he has to say about the book (co-authored with CEU POLS PhD Fernando Casal Bertoa) in this video.

Congratulations, Zsolt!