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easily integrate new media into their
there is much more to come. I hope you
Next year, central european University
lectures and invite guest speakers to join
will join us in supporting and celebrating
will celebrate its 25th anniversary, and
remotely from anywhere on the globe
this extraordinary university, its revolu-
we are preparing now for the dramatic
—the new campus will be technologically
tionary history, and its very bright future
changes that the next quarter-century will
modern, highly flexible, and designed
ahead. thank you.
above all for the purpose of teaching
and learning. (see details on page1-2.)
as we build, we are also continuing to planfor future growth. While the demand
john shattuck President and Rector
for a ceU education is growing rapidly (we have seen a 30% rise in applications so far this year), we have sustained theaffordability of our tuition, while
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continuing to offer scholarships to 80%–
90% of our students. We do this because
President Shattuck speaks at a ceremony at
we understand that in a free and open,
CEU to mark the laying of the foundation of the
University's new campus. CEU/Daniel Vegel
democratic society, access to an out-
standing education is paramount, and
as central european University appro-
our current campus was never intended
should be available to every student,
aches its 25th year with outstanding world
to be a university. one of our buildings
regardless of their ability to pay. With
rankings and record-setting research
was a palatial family residence, another
the generous support of our alumni and
grants, we have launched a campus
was a hotel. While we will preserve the
friends around the world, we can con-
redevelopment project that will transform
beauty and historical significance of our
tinue to strike this important balance. In
the University's six contiguous properties
facilities, the reconstruction and
coming months, we will begin to celebrate
into one lively, cohesive campus. ceU has
development of our current quarters
our founding and honor the mission of
changed dramatically since its founding
will result in an immensely improved
the University through various campus
—from a small, regional institution to a
learning environment for our students.
events and appointments, including: the
global university with an international
from the expanded library and media
awarding of the ceU open society Prize to
reputation. our renewed campus will
center, where students can collaborate
the International renaissance foundation
reflect the University's growth and ambi-
on projects, learn how to edit films,
(see page 4) and the appointment of the
tions over the last 25 years and provide
and sit in on poetry readings; to "smart
first George Soros Visiting Chair to
our community with world-class facilities
classrooms" where professors can
Yasmin sooka (see insert).
and resources to lead us boldly into future.
New and forthcoming books from ceU Press include:
Antimodernism. Radical Revisions
of Collective Identity, eds.
Diana
mishkova, marius TurDa, and
Balázs
TrencsénYi
Political Justice in Budapest after WWII,
by
ilDikó Barna and
AndreA Pető
Free Speech and Censorship around
the Globe, ed.
PéTer molnár
ceU IN the NeWsceU's roma access Programs as a model for combating racism.
Artist rendering of nador 15's glass and steel facade (above) and CEU's new landscaped roof
the University as a school of human
garden (pg 1). CEU
taining Putin.
ContInUED FRom P1.
the new campus will be open
ed by Professor of higher education
and interconnected, feature cutting-edge technology, flexible classrooms and
Policy
marvin lazerson weighs in on
collaborative student spaces, and beautifully reflect CEU's open society mission,
the future of the Bologna Process.
while also maintaining our architectural and historical importance in the heart of a UNesco World heritage site. Key components of the new campus include:
a article co-written by
school of Public Policy Professor
ausTin
With its modern glass and steel façade, the newly-constructed Nador 15
choi-FiTzPaTrick, examines the relation-
building will become the University's new "front door"—bringing the vib-
ship between poverty, modern-day
rancy of ceU to street level by sharing the openness and dynamism of the
slavery, and family planning.
campus with the city of Budapest.
an expanded Library, spanning five floors and equipped with multimedia
technology will enhance ceU's ability to support the creation of new knowledge.
interview with sPP dean
WolFgang
a street-facing 360-seat auditorium and International conference center
reinicke considers the hungarian
will bring expanded facilities and advanced presentation technology to ceU
government's balancing act between
lectures and conferences.
east and West.
two sky-lit atriums inspired by Budapest's traditional courtyards will serve as
hubs for student services and community events.
, an influential architecture
a landscaped roof garden with views of the Budapest skyline, Parliament,
and design magazine, features ceU's
and the danube will be used for both study and social gatherings.
an estimated €1 million in annual savings from energy efficiency gains.
see these articles and more at:
f. We invite everyone in the ceU
community to play a part in this defining moment in the University's history.
In January, the ceU center for Media, data and society (cMds) hosted science
froNtiers of
fiction author and blogger-activist
corY DocToroW in a public lecture on the topic
of regulating and mandating evolving technology. doctorow led the audience through nightmarish scenarios of governments and corporations capturing ourdata and activities and controlling our cars, heat, and even artificial limbs. Thisvulnerability comes with important policy challenges that have less to do withtechnology and network security, than about what technology enables or disables.
"the real problems we have today.corruption, poverty, climate change—all these fights will be fought or won on the Internet," Doctorow noted. "All other policy questions depend on how we answer Internet policy questions."
Michael Ignatieff, Professor of Harvard's
Kennedy School of Government, spoke at CEU
in march. CEU/Daniel Vegel
mel horWiTch, dean and university professor at ceU Business school, gave one of
the keynote lectures, at the first #Hunnovators Conference in Si
this academic year, ceU held 26 events
as part of the frontiers of democracy
the conference was organized by
initiative. Upcoming conferences will
the neumann Society, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for Central
and Eastern Europeans in Silicon Valley, which was founded after a CEU event in san francisco for young hungarian tech leaders, hosted by former U.s.
Democracy Shunned:
ambassador to hungary
eleni kounalakis. ambassador Kounalakis also gave
Debates and Prospects, co-hosted with
remarks to the audience of more than 150 hungarians and hungarophiles.
the school of Public Policy.
University and the transfor-mations of Democracy will examine the role of higher education in a worldwhere the meaning and role of democ-racy are in flux.
OctObeR 9–10
Democracy and Its Dis-contents, co-organized in partnership with stanford University and the Institute for human sciences (IWM).
nyC EVEnT HIGHlIGHTS rESEArCH In CoGnITIVE SCIEnCE
Best-selling author and journalist
kaTi marTon hosted a reception for fellow
ceU trustees and friends on saturday, March 7th. guests, including
amBassaDor
DonalD Blinken,
henrY arnholD, and
alan and
arlene alDa, gathered in Marton's
beautiful home for dinner and a conversation with
naTalie seBanz, head of ceU's
cognitive science department. dr. sebanz's discussion focused on the social mind
of humans and new research on how to foster empathy and reduce negative
bias. Her talk illustrated how CEU's faculty use their research to find solutions
Professor nina Belyaeva, national Research
to intractable global challenges. a few days later, Kati Marton joined ceU again
University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow,
discussed Putin's approval ratings in march.
in Budapest, where she held a fellowship at ceU's Institute for advanced study.
CEU/Daniel Vegel
ceU NaMes 2015 oPeN
an institution of higher education. this is
the plans for the redeveloped campus
socIety PrIze WINNer
one of several strategic steps the Univer-
into the foundation of Nador 15.
every year, ceU honors leaders who
sity is taking on the technology front,
have made a commitment to the crucial including an institutional review of how elements of a functioning and healthy
new educational technologies can be
democracy—from fighting to end discri-
deployed to enhance teaching and
mination to broadening freedom of the
learning at ceU.
press to defending human rights—with
the ceU open society Prize. Past awar-
dees include
vaclav havel, carla Del
PonTe, koFi annan, and
richarD c.
holBrooke. this year, ceU has chosen
John Shattuck and the CEU community lay a time
the
inTernaTional renaissance
capsule in the foundation of CEU's new campus.
CEU/Daniel Vegel
FounDaTion (irF) as winner of the 2015
ceU open society Prize in recognition of its contribution to efforts toward the
on Saturday, may 9th, CEU capped off its
creation of an open society in Ukraine.
alumni reunion with a gala held at
the foundation's mission is to foster
Budapest's Kempinski hotel corvinus.
an open, participatory, pluralist society
MacarthUr sUPPorts taLKs
based on democratic values in Ukraine.
oN rUssIa's gLoBaL roLe
The John D. anD caTherine T. macarThur
FounDaTion has awarded ceU a two-
June 18 Book Launch with
amB. eleni
year $100,000 grant to bring a diverse
TsakoPoulos kounalakis madam Ambas-
set of scholars from universities and
sador: three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner
think tanks across russia, together with
Parties, and Democracy in Budapest
their international peers, for a series of
June 21 graduation and awarding of ceU
debates about the current crisis in
Alumni celebrate at the Reunion Gala.
open society Prize
relations between russia and the West.
CEU/Daniel Vegel
opening ceremony and
led by CEU Visiting Professor
alexei
awarding of the diener Prize
miller, the talks will culminate in a set
More than 260 ceU alumni and friends,
OctObeR 2 the 2nd annual Lemkin
of policy recommendations and
from more than 40 countries, gathered
reunion will commemorate the signing of
ultimately aim to offer a new model for
for the reunion, including dinner and an
the dayton Peace accords
interaction between russian academics
awards ceremony followed by dancing
and global interlocutors, which have
and live-band karaoke. alumni also
been constrained since restrictions on
ceU sWItches to .edU
helped to mark an historic moment at
foreign funding and contacts were put
ceU has adopted ceu.edu as our web and
ceU—laying the foundations of the Uni-
in place in 2012.
email domain. ceU's website and all email
versity's renewed campus. earlier in the
addresses now reflect the change
day, alumni joined faculty, students,
(although the older .hu emails will
and friends of the University to
continue to be recognized), giving the
celebrate the start of construction by
University the globally recognized UrL of
placing a symbolic capsule containing
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ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
SPP is a unique global institution of teaching, research, and practice. We off er a two-year
Master of Public Administration degree that has been designed to train a worldwide
community committed to "purpose beyond power." Our goal is to empower students
by giving them the knowledge and skills they will need to eff ect positive change for the
common good in the public, nonprofi t, and private sectors.
SUPPORTING PASSION PROJECTS
Central European University, 2015
With a seed grant from SPP's Founding Dean Wolfgang H. Reinicke, the School established
the Passion Project Fund to provide critical resources for this important component of the
MPA program. The Passion Project Fund enables students to conduct fi eldwork, interact
with partners and stakeholders, analyze new data, and approach their projects with a high
degree of initiative and professionalism. SPP seeks partners who will enable us to continue
providing this transformative experience for our students. We invite you to make a gift to
the Passion Project Fund.
For More Information
For more information, go to http://spp.ceu.edu/content/passion-project
or contact Jenny Choi-Fitzpatrick, SPP Program Director for the Passion Project,
at choifi [email protected] or +36.1.327.3000/ext. 2329.
School of Public Policy
THE PASSION PROJECT
miLestoNes at the schooL of PUbLic PoLicy
explains reinicke, "is to provide students
challenged us to always question the
with the range of skills they will need to
status quo." she also speaks with great
sPP graDUates its
effect positive change for the public good.
emotion about her Passion Project to
first mPa cLass
We are constantly experimenting, and
develop policy recommendations for
trying new things to adjust to a fast
the reconstruction of aleppo, syria. the
the school of Public Policy (sPP) at ceU
changing and ever more demanding
Passion Project is a client-driven and
will graduate its first cohort of students
world of public policy. these students
student-run, policy-oriented capstone
in June 2015. "this is truly a milestone
have been true pioneers." one of the
designed to address challenges, identify
event in the short history of our
highlights of Juskauskas' sPP experience opportunities, or conduct research on a
school," commented founding dean
was his involvement with the sPP good
pressing social question. It is an integral
WolFgang h. reinicke.
drone Lab, which was conceived in a
part of the MPa curriculum.
course taught by assistant Professor
ausTin choi-FiTzPaTrick in spring 2014.
"What attracted me to that course,"
remarked Juskauskas, "was the combi-
nation of theoretical policy knowledge
and the practical development of a drone
for civil society use." Juskauskas has
continued to pursue his interest in
drones.
tamila magarian ‘15 (far right) has accepted a
tautvydas Juskauskas ‘15 speaks during the Falling Walls Lab. CEU/Austin Choi-
position with the US mission to Afghanistan.
CEU/Daniel Vegel.
"We're pretty excited too," said TauTvYDas
When asked what she will remember
magarian has accepted a job offer from
Juskauskas (Lithuania). Juskauskas is one
most about her two years at sPP, Tamila
the Us Mission to afghanistan to work at
of the 26 students from 21 countries who
magarian (Kazakhstan) mentions first
the agency for International Narcotics
has spent the last two years enrolled in
her classmates, and then the professors and Law enforcement. she says that it
sPP's unique public policy master's pro-
who "inspired us to go beyond our
was taking classes on conflict and post-
gram that integrates knowledge, skills,
comfort zones, encouraged us to
conflict societies, development, and also
and practice. "the goal of this program," expand our intellectual horizons, and
working with syrian refugees as part of
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
SPP is a unique global institution of teaching, research, and practice. We off er a two-year
Master of Public Administration degree that has been designed to train a worldwide
community committed to "purpose beyond power." Our goal is to empower students
by giving them the knowledge and skills they will need to eff ect positive change for the
common good in the public, nonprofi t, and private sectors.
SUPPORTING PASSION PROJECTS
Central European University, 2015
With a seed grant from SPP's Founding Dean Wolfgang H. Reinicke, the School established
the Passion Project Fund to provide critical resources for this important component of the
MPA program. The Passion Project Fund enables students to conduct fi eldwork, interact
with partners and stakeholders, analyze new data, and approach their projects with a high
degree of initiative and professionalism. SPP seeks partners who will enable us to continue
providing this transformative experience for our students. We invite you to make a gift to
the Passion Project Fund.
For More Information
For more information, go to http://spp.ceu.edu/content/passion-project
or contact Jenny Choi-Fitzpatrick, SPP Program Director for the Passion Project,
at choifi [email protected] or +36.1.327.3000/ext. 2329.
School of Public Policy
THE PASSION PROJECT
Passion Project partners have included
her Passion Project that made her realize
share a commitment to each other and
or a distinguished record of participa-
that she wanted to focus on the role of
to the school, and a passion to achieve
tion in the academic, professional,
women in post-conflict reconstruction
"purpose beyond power." "I am sorry to
journalistic, political, or civic world of
of their communities and countries.
see them leave," said reinicke, "but I am
public policy. yasmin sooka, who will be
also excited for our graduating students.
in residence at ceU during the fall 2015
"I have gotten so much from being at sPP,"
I am eager to see where they go and what
term, is the executive director of the
says rumBiDzai masango (zimbabwe).
they do. I have no doubt that many of
FounDaTion For human righTs (Fhr) in
"I enjoyed it all: the academic courses,
them will be leaders advocating for
the skills for Impact modules, and
change that benefits the public good in
especially the open society Internship
the global coalition against corruption
the communities where they live and
for rights and governance (osIrg) I did work."at the International service for human rights (Ishr) in geneva last summer."
she spoke during the
general debate about the special
procedures' joint communications report,
a document acknowledging the
"worsening trend of threats and attacks
Yasmin Sooka
against civil society actors and human
"We are delighted to welcome Yasmin
rights defenders."
sooka to the ceU school of Public Policy,"
said founding dean WolFgang h.
a widely respected human rights lawyer,
reinicke of the school's inaugural george
she is recognized as an expert in the
Soros Visiting Chair. "Her international
field of transitional justice and gender.
reputation as a human rights lawyer, and
throughout her career, she has focused
her active engagement in public policy,
on the legacy of apartheid, as well as
make her an ideal choice for this appoint-
issues related to poverty, HIV/AIDS, and
ment at sPP. she embodies the values
gender. "It was in south africa more than
that are integral to the school: a commit-
35 years ago that I began my philanthropy,
ment to thoughtful and passionate
so I am especially pleased with this
engagement with public policy."
appointment," commented george soros.
Rumbidzai masango ‘15 was selected to speak at the UN Human Rights Council in the fall term.
The George Soros Visiting Chair was es-
SPP is seeking nominations and applications
CEU/Daniel Vegel.
tablished with generous contributions
for the George Soros Visiting Chair and
from the friends and family of ceU
also the George Soros Visiting Practitioner
although sPP students came to Budapest
founder george soros. It is awarded
Chair. You can find out more at
from many countries and are looking
to scholars and practitioners who have
http://spp.ceu.edu/gs-chair or email
forward to very different futures, they
demonstrated outstanding achievement
sPP is, in the words of its founder george soros, a "new kind of global institution dealing with global problems." It is committedto the values of public service and the promotion of open societies through interdisciplinary research, innovative teaching, and engagement with policy practice. SPP's rich portfolio of public policy offerings are tailored for students from around the world seeking careers in the public, private, and voluntary sectors at the local, national, and international levels.
Source: https://www.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/attachment/basic_page/10907/octagon2015summerfinal.pdf
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