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Issue 6, April, 2012

International Human Rights Lawyer Geoffrey Robertson Delivers Groundbreaking Talk

by Laura Boghosian YEREVAN – In a wide-ranging lecture at the American University of Armenia (AUA), international human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC accused Turkey’s Minister for European Union Affairs of lying, endorsed Armenian calls for reparations and restitution, and declared the Armenian Genocide is not a subject for historians, but a matter for legal…


AUA Restructures its Academic and Research Programs

On April 23, Interim Provost Der Kiureghian announced a major restructuring of the organization of academic and research units of AUA. The new organizational structure is a result of extensive discussions involving a broad spectrum of the University community, starting during the strategic planning meetings in the summer of 2011 and continuing through the fall…


AUA Announces Dean and Associate Dean Appointments

Interim Provost Armen Der Kiureghian announced three senior academic appointments to coincide with the university’s new academic restructuring into three Colleges:  Dr. Aram Hajian, Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, Dr. Thomas J. Samuelian, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Dr. Catherine Buon, Associate Dean of the College of…


300 Trees Planted in Celebration of Earth Day

On Saturday, April 14, in celebration of Earth Day, over 100 students, staff, faculty and alumni planted more than 300 trees and bushes, and cleaned the park directly behind the university. For the last several years, AUA has planted trees and shrubs, and cleaned the public park. The trees and bushes were donated by long-time…


Vice President of Operations Meets with Nagorno-Karabakh President

Last month Vice President of Operations Ashot Ghazaryan met with Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan as part of AUA's ongoing efforts to recruit more students from Nagorno-Karabakh. During the meeting President Sahakyan emphasized the importance of AUA. He underscored the need for providing Armenian students access to high-quality education. During his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, Ghazaryan also…


AUA Partners with the United Nations University on Urban Biodiversity Guidelines

AUA has partnered with the United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) to test guidelines designed to preserve and restore biodiversity in urban areas through a month-long summer course in Yerevan. The biodiversity guidelines were developed in cooperation with other international organizations and are being piloted in 10 cities worldwide. As part of this…


AGBU Young Professionals Donate to AUA Digital Library Holdings

Since 2001, the AGBU Young Professionals (YP) Network has lent its financial support to the American University of Armenia (AUA) in Yerevan by sponsoring its annual subscription to the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library. More than a decade later, the giving continues with support provided this year by YP Boston, YP Greater New…


Faculty Scholarship and Research

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Syuzanna Vasilyan presented two papers at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association in San Diego, CA. The titles of the papers were "The EU as 'Moral Power' through its Democracy Promotion Policy in the South Caucasus" and "The EU has a 'Moral Power' through its…



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