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Dear Colleague, As you look forward to a well deserved break in advance of what will undoubtedly be another challenging academic year, I encourage you to include this second edition of our bi-annual newsletter in your holiday reading folder. This FUCE InBrief eZine focuses on how - over the past four months - the leadership teams of our member universities responded to the existential threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, it suggests ways in which we can all work more closely together to help each other survive this incredible storm. In this multi-lingual edition of FUCE In Brief read: • An Editorial from FUCE’s President, urging honest and creative responses to the significant challenges posed by the coronavirus • COVID-19 diaries from Spain, Lebanon & Italy describing how members responded to the pandemic, their lessons learned as well as fresh perspectives for the future • How the Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb survived the strongest earthquake in 140 years • Thierry Magnin’s Keynote Address from GA 2020 - Could Artificial Intelligence allow machines to be conscious? • SAVE THE DATE for FUCE’s 2021 General Assembly in Barcelona • The results of FUCE’s Membership Survey and learn about the firm foundations that can be built upon in the coming years • This year’s European Humanism in the Making summer school has been deferred to 2021 • News in Brief from Poland, Albania, Georgia, France & Belgium The Board of FUCE hope that you find this newsletter both informative and useful. If you have comments or suggestions for future editions please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best regards, Fr. Michael Mullaney President FUCE St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland. contact@fuce.eu FUCE, Université Catholique de Lyon, Service des Relations Internationales, 10 Place des Archives, F – 69002 LYON​    Email:contact@fuce.eu Unsubscribe