On March 6, 2012, the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia Mr. John Heffern presented a talk for the students of the School of Political Science and International Relations at the American University of Armenia. The lecture was entitled "Addressing Armenia's Security Challenges: Regional and Trans-Regional Dimensions". The Ambassador…

In March, AUA launched a library-cafeteria renovation project, which will double the size of the university’s Papazian Library and improve cafeteria efficiency.  The renovation project was made possible with a grant from the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program of USAID. “Expanding the Papazian Library helps AUA improve its capacity to provide students with…

The College of Health Sciences (CHS) and the School of Business and Management (SBM) announced an exciting new educational opportunity this month: A Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) Dual Degree Program starting this year. Students interested in this option will be able to complete both programs and earn two…

20-24 March, 2012 Drs. Narine Movsisyan and Arusyak Harutyunyan of the AUA College of Health Sciences (CHS) received competitive full scholarships to present the CHS tobacco control work at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health: Towards a Tobacco-free World - Planning Globally, Acting Locally, in Singapore (March 20-24, 2012). The World Conference on Tobacco…

19 March, 2012 On Monday, March 19, more than 200 participants attended a seminar on entrepreneurship at AUA. The seminar, co-sponsored by AUA's College of Engineering and the Armenian Project Management Association (APMA), was led by Dr. Andrei Guschin, a lecturer on Innovation and Management. The seminar was entitled “How to Start a Successful Company”…

29 March, 2012 On March 29, 2012, the Papazian Library held a seminar at AUA’s Manoogian Hall on increasing access to research through the Armenian Virtual Science Library (AVSL). The first presenter, Dr. Charles Dunlap, Global Associate Program Director of the U.S. Civil Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), introduced the AVSL website, including the access…

Six students represented AUA in chess at the 20th anniversary celebration games hosted by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs on March 28-29. The student team comprised of Ruben Tosunyan, Edgar Harutyunyan, Artur Khosrovyan, Samvel Tadevosyan, Hakob Mkoyan and Artur Sargsyan qualified from the Second Annual Chess Tournament hosted by the Student Council in…

Department of English Programs (DEP) Interim Dean Catherine Buon was invited to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS), a double-blind peer-review scholarly journal on current trends and topics in Applied Linguistics. DEP Lecturer Melissa Brown recently co-translated Hratchik Simonyan's "The Destruction of Armenians in Cilicia, April 1909," a detailed…