Boston, Italian Engineer Leading a Sustainability Change in the Fashion Industry
The environmental impact of the fashion industry, due to the ever-growing world population and the consequent demand for products, is a much-discussed issue in the textile industry. A solution for what is considered one of the most polluting sectors in the world could come from the introduction and use of vegetable leathers, in particular a new eco...
Students of the University of the Assumption spend a semester on the Rome campus
Students and staff at Assumption University lived and studied at Villino Dufault, the university’s Rome campus, for an entire semester during which they were immersed in cuisine, art and culture Italian. The small group of students and staff, which returned to the United States last week, were the first group to spend a semester abroad in more than...
West Haven students translate book into Italian, now their names will 'be all over the world'
West Haven High School Italian teacher Anna Porto prides herself in helping students to learn and improve upon their language skills, even if that language is English. While learning Italian, many of her students are not learning a new language for the first time. “I’m lucky I have a lot of Spanish speakers,” she said. In addition to teaching a num...
Scholarship fundraiser to honor musician and ‘friend to all’ Steve Ciccolini
Sharon Sambito is honoring the extraordinary legacy of her late friend by organizing the Steve Ciccolini Tribute-Music Scholarship Fundraiser on Nov. 6 from 6-11:30 p.m. at the Leominster Elks Lodge, 134 North Main St., Leominster. The tribute will feature Ciccolini’s band, Double Vision, as well as music from his Coachmen band era and several musi...
Yale University confirms its controversial Vinland Map is a fake
Yale University says the decades-old debate over the authenticity of its controversial Vinland Map has been settled: It's a fake. The map was donated to the school in 1965, presented as a purported 15th-century depiction of the New World, which would have made it the earliest. At the time, scholars at Yale and other institutions considered it evide...
CIAO heads to Rome
Teresa and John Sullivan, co-founding directors of Connecticut Academy For The Arts (CAFTA) in Torrington have just returned from several weeks in Rome where they received a scholarship at the Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri Institute for professional development as teachers of Italian language, arts and culture. The scholarship is awar...
Norwich Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee awarded scholarships
On June 1, the Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee of Norwich awarded four scholarships of $1,000 to local graduating high school students during a ceremony at Illiano's Restaurant in Norwich, according to a press release. "The award is given to a graduating senior of Italian descent whose work ethic, in school and outside of school, and commu...
Celebrating the Dialects and Languages of Italy
Sunday June 6, 6:00 PM – 7:20 PM EDT. Zoom Meetings. Explore the richness of Italian regional languages with a presentation and enjoy a "degustazione" (taste) of readings of literary pieces in various dialects by the actors of All'italiana - Boston Italian Theater Company. Finally the audience is invited to share their experiences with the Italian...
Middlesex Community College prof's project to highlight Italians in Middletown
A college professor and native Sicilian, Angelo Glaviano is seeking to shed light on the contributions of fellow Italians, particularly Sicilians, in Middletown through a video and companion book project with colleague Daniel Nocera. “What brought me into this project was giving credit to Sicilians who came here and made this country a success,” sa...
Ricciardi Receives Honorable Mention from Renaissance Society of America
The Tasso in Music Project, directed by department of music and dance professor Emiliano Ricciardi, has received Honorable Mention in the Renaissance Society of America's Digital Innovation Award Competition. Based in New York City, the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) is the largest international academic organization devoted to the study of t...
Italics: The Italian American Committee on Education (IACE)
This month on Italics Dean Anthony Tamburri speaks with Berardo Paradiso and Ilaria Costa, president and executive director, respectively, of the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE). IACE is a New York-based nonprofit organization founded in 1975 by Angelo Gimondo to promote the study of the Italian language and culture within the tri-st...
Board of Alders designates Italian Heritage Day
On Monday night, the Board of Alders met to discuss concerns over the Board of Education’s redesignation of Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day and unanimously voted to establish Italian Heritage Day as an official city holiday on the second Monday of October. Local community members and activists around the country have long called for the ren...