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Community

From providing volunteer opportunities to students to offering programs for high schools in Rome, John Cabot University prides itself on community outreach.

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Community Outreach

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Institute for Entrepreneurship

The Institute for Entrepreneurship provides an entrepreneurial education, instilling a sense of social responsibility, and building a network of researchers, practitioners, and leading innovation hubs.

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Sustainability

John Cabot University is committed to building a more sustainable world by actively pursuing opportunities for scholarship and engagement throughout its community. 

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Guarini Institute for Public Affairs

The Guarini Institute offers an annual series of lectures, seminars, and encounters aimed at enhancing knowledge and understanding of the key issues and challenges facing the world today.

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Future and Innovation Studies

The Institute of Future and Innovation Studies promotes international collaboration, transdisciplinary research, and dialogue on emerging and future innovations.

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Community Service

The Community Service Program offers many different service opportunities and  gives students the possibility to be awarded with an official Certificate of Participation for volunteering with our affiliated associations.

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Italy Reads, Writes, Pitches, Starts

Italy Reads, Italy Writes, Italy Pitches and Italy Starts are initiatives that provide high school students with opportunities to put their English language skills to use. JCU also offers the How to Write a Successful CV and Speak in Public program.

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Vanessa Somers Art Project

The Vanessa Somers Art Project was established through a generous donation of the Honorable Frederick Vreeland, John Cabot University Trustee, for the purpose of promoting the arts at, and for, John Cabot University.

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InVerse Poetry Festival

Founded in 2005 by JCU professors Brunella Antomarini, Berenice Cocciolillo, and Rosa Filardi, the InVerse festival is one of the University's most important cultural events and has filled a need in Rome for a forum in which to read, translate, and discuss Italian poetry.

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John Cabot University Press books

John Cabot University Press

John Cabot University Press seeks to provide a bridge between European and American culture by bringing to the attention of the English-speaking academic world important contributions to debates, activities, and research that have recently been taking place in Italy.

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