On Saturday, September 20, 2025, the John Cabot University Board of Trustees announced that the recently inaugurated building on Lungotevere Raffaele Sanzio 11 will be named the Franco Pavoncello Campus.
John Cabot University kicked off the Fall 2025 semester by welcoming over 1,040 new students to its vibrant urban campus in the heart of Rome’s historic Trastevere neighborhood.
On September 23, 2025, a delegation of JCU student leaders was invited to take part in the inaugural Welcome Day event hosted by the Association of American College and University Programs in Italy (AACUPI).
Francesca is a senior at JCU majoring in International Affairs and minoring in Legal Studies. She recently wrote an article about Italy’s handling of the case of Libyan general Osama Elmasry Njeem, which was published on Opinio Juris, a blog dedicated to international law.
Rosemary Ace Rosas is a senior Psychological Science major at JCU. Originally from Mexico, she has lived all over the U.S. before ending up in Rome. From film sets and TikTok stardom to being an RA, Rosemary shares her experiences at JCU and her plans for the future.
Matthew Beckmann is a JCU alumnus (class of 2020). He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanistic Studies from JCU in 2019 and stayed on to earn an MA in Art History. Matthew now runs his own copywriting business in The Hague, Netherlands.
Madison Pierson graduated with an MA in Art History in December 2020. Madison is currently the Collections and Gallery Assistant at Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Erin Bello, from North Carolina, graduated from JCU with an Art History MA in 2019. She worked in submarine archeological sites.
On September 23, 2025, a delegation of JCU student leaders was invited to take part in the inaugural Welcome Day event hosted by the Association of American College and University Programs in Italy (AACUPI).
The Frank J. Guarini School of Business and the JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship hosted a webinar for its “AI Dialogues” series featuring Jonathan Aberman, CEO and co-founder of Hupside. He discussed how artificial intelligence is an asset to human capabilities and how it can be a danger to individuality.
Francesca is a senior at JCU majoring in International Affairs and minoring in Legal Studies. She recently wrote an article about Italy’s handling of the case of Libyan general Osama Elmasry Njeem, which was published on Opinio Juris, a blog dedicated to international law.
On Saturday, September 20, 2025, the John Cabot University Board of Trustees announced that the recently inaugurated building on Lungotevere Raffaele Sanzio 11 will be named the Franco Pavoncello Campus.
Matthew Beckmann is a JCU alumnus (class of 2020). He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanistic Studies from JCU in 2019 and stayed on to earn an MA in Art History. Matthew now runs his own copywriting business in The Hague, Netherlands.
John Cabot University kicked off the Fall 2025 semester by welcoming over 1,040 new students to its vibrant urban campus in the heart of Rome’s historic Trastevere neighborhood.
Rosemary Ace Rosas is a senior Psychological Science major at JCU. Originally from Mexico, she has lived all over the U.S. before ending up in Rome. From film sets and TikTok stardom to being an RA, Rosemary shares her experiences at JCU and her plans for the future.
In August 2025, the Italian newsmagazine L’Espresso dedicated a special issue entitled “È già futuro” (“The Future is Already Here”) to the themes of innovation and technological change. Among its featured contributions was the essay “Transumanesimo. L’identità aumenta” (“Transhumanism. Identity Expands”), written by JCU's Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner.
On Monday September 8, 2025, the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs and the MA in International Affairs of JCU hosted EU representative Luigi Di Maio.
During the first two weeks of classes, John Cabot University hosted three traditional events to kick off the new academic year for clubs and organizations: the traditional Welcome Aperitivo for Club Leaders and Advisors, the Club Leader Team Building Training, and the Student Life Fair, all organized by the Student Engagement Office.
