Ancient Rome-inspired cement tech could slash 4 gigatons CO2 yearly
Cement is a ubiquitous material — from towering buildings to bustling highways. Among industrial materials, cement production releases the most carbon dioxide. Traditional cement production is an energy-intensive process, requiring temperatures of over 1450 degrees Celsius. This entire process releases enormous amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxi...
Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) announces 2024 grant recipients
Puccini workshops at Vermont public schools; a concert of Italian arias and songs; and a first-hand report from Florence, Italy’s Medici Archive Project are the ways in which the three 2024 recipients of VICA’s Scholarships and Grants program will promote Italian culture in Vermont. “Each year we are impressed by the passion and talent of the appli...
NFA, Griswold students among recipients of Italian Heritage Committee scholarships
The Italian Heritage & Cultural Committee announced its scholarship winners for 2024. Four awards of $1,000 scholarships were given to high school seniors of Italian descent who practice community service and demonstrate a strong work ethic in and out of school, which “exemplifies qualities for a successful career,” stated a press release. The winn...
Vermont-Italy teacher education exchange launches
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) and the Italian Consulate General of Italy in Boston announced today an exchange program for educators in Vermont and Italy centered around food systems education and farm-to-school professional learning. The purpose of the exchange is to share agricultural knowledge and leve...
A warm greeting to the Italian community in Boston from Professor Paolo Gaudenzi, Scientific Cooperation Advisor of the Italian Consulate General in Boston
The challenges posed by the sustainable development of the Planet, health crises, new and dramatic conflicts, and other emergencies involving the Earth's inhabitants require a change of pace to the advances in science and technology, including as a contribution to the creation of solutions in the short term and in the development of economic and de...
New Italian language group forms at Rockport (ME) library
The Rockport Public Library invites the public to participate in a new Italian language discussion group called Tavolo Italiano. The group’s first meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14, at 4 p.m., in the library’s Marine Room. The group is free, open to the public, and meetings will be held monthly on 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Speakers at all lev...
LoRusso named the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine
Patricia LoRusso, an internationally recognized expert in drug development and early-phase clinical investigation of novel cancer therapies, was recently appointed the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (medical oncology). The appointment, which is effective immediately, is for a term of 10 years, renewable by the dean of the Yale School...
Columbus and Veterans Day no longer days off for Stamford students after Board of Education vote
Columbus Day and Veterans Day will no longer be days off for Stamford students after a vote by the Board of Education Tuesday night. Both days, which are currently days off from school in Stamford, had been proposed as in-school days last year as well. But after push-back from local veterans and Italian-Americans, both remained untouched. Neither...
Italian Instruction Is ‘Presente’ in Provincetown
When Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools students enter the classroom of their new Italian instructor, Tiziana Murray, they’re faced with an immediate challenge: a sentence on the board in need of translation. The classroom erupts in a flurry of activity as students check their notebooks to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and articl...
A Made in Italy avatar is the new employee at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
Made-in-Italy technology conquers America and flies to Boston. As of early 2024, in fact, the avatar named Katherine created by QuestIT will be a new employee at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Katherine is the first avatar in the healthcare industry to be equipped with Large Language Model and thus able to understand and communicate medi...
Michelangelo video series at Southworth Library starting Jan. 23
The Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries (Dartmouth, MA) invites the public to the 33rd annual Molly Little Film Series, which will focus on the life and most influential works of Italian artist and sculptor Michelangelo. The video series begins at 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the Haskell Room at Southworth Library located at 732 Dartmouth...
The Italian Garden Project, free from URI
It’s not too early to think about summer giardini. The University of Rhode Island is offering interested gardeners a chance to learn from the tradition of Italian-American gardeners. On Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., the public is invited to experience the beauty and charm of traditional Italian-American backyard vegetable gardens and learn about th...