Victoria Pace named Stonehill College Foreign Languages Department’s 2015 Outstanding Student in Italian
by Nicola Orichuia In recognition of outstanding academic achievement, Victoria Pace '15 has been named the Stonehill College Foreign Languages Department's 2015 Outstanding Student in Italian. Pace, a psychology major with a minor in Italian studies from Everett, Massachusetts, has demonstrated a commitment to scholarship t...
NeMLA 2016 CFP: New Perspectives on the Italian canzone d’autore and Popular Music
Critical studies on the Italian canzone d'autore and popular music are becoming numerous, often intertwining society, music and poetry. Please, consider submitting an abstract for the next NeMLA Annual Convention, held from March 17 to 20, 2016 in Hartford, CT, for the panel: "New Perspectives on the Italian canzone d'autore and Popular Music." &n...
Second Annual Giangrande Family Scholarship Award Ceremony
Ten young adults from the Lawrence area were each awarded a $500 scholarship toward tuition or fees at colleges or tuition-based high schools as part of the second annual Giangrande Family Scholarship Award. The award ceremony was held July 27 at Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Health and Technology Center at Northern Essex Community College in Lawrence....
Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awards 2016 scholarships
The Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awarded annual scholarships to five recent high school graduates last month at Storrowton Tavern. Anthony Fimognari Jr., who graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School, won the $1,500 Brian Piccolo Scholarship Award. The award is given to a senior student-athlete who has exhibited excellence on...
Italiano guida gli ex di Harvard
Fuga o collocamento di cervelli? Questo giornale non ha dubbi, fra i due termini, nell'interesse del Paese (e non "contro"), vince "collocamento": è auspicabile, utile e nel lungo termine è al servizio dell'Italia. Questa riflessione, e un'altra, legata alla quasi inesistenza da noi delle associazioni ex allievi, mi si è posta come quesito...
More than $10.000 to support AP Program and Italian classes
Raised $5000 to support AP Italian Program thanks to the commitment of COMITES that, on this occasion, has opened a fundraising activity. The FAA/USA (Federazione delle Associazioni Abruzzesi) has replied positively this year, too. Gizio's, Paesani d'Italia's and Aprutium's contributions have made the AP program even stronger. An important contribu...
Francesco Cesareo of Assumption College in Worcester
by Frank Mazzaglia When Fulbright scholar Francesco Cesareo studied at the University of Rome and at the Pontifical Gregorian University he was struck by the splendor of 'The Eternal City' with its ancient medieval streets, cascading renaissance fountains, and magnificent Christian art. As a scholar with a particular interest in l...
Yale Law School aiding Middletown woman who was deported
By Mary O'Leary Sal Milardo broke down several times as he described the last four years following his mother's deportation to Italy after she had lived in the United States for almost 50 years. "My mother has served as a caretaker and guardian angel for all of us," Milardo said. "She has always been there when we neede...
The Italian Republic and the Role of Women in the Political Sphere
When: Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PMWhere: Center for European Studies - Harvard University, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Refreshments will be served. Please register at salvemini2016.eventbrite.com. For additional information visit ces.fas.harvard.edu You are cordially invited to: The Fifth A...
Ricerca biomedica: a Cambridge la sesta conferenza PIB – Consolato di Boston
"Politica della Ricerca Biomedica: Modelli Americani e Italiani": è il tema della sesta conferenza organizzata dall'associazione Professionisti Italiani a Boston (Pib), in partnership con il Consolato Generale d'Italia, nell'ambito Del comparto biomedico. L'evento si terrà il 28 ottobre all'American Academy of Arts and Sciences a Cambridge. ...
Bando 2014: Armenise-Harvard career development awards (CDA)
Lo scopo dei programmi della Fondazione Giovanni Armenise-Harvard e' quello di sostenere la ricerca di promettenti giovani scienziati, di contribuire alla creazione di nuove aree di ricerca nel settore delle scienze biologiche in Italia e di rafforzare e sviluppare i rapporti di collaborazione tra gli scienziati italiani e la Harvard...
Francesca Gino’s “right choices”
Growing up in her native Tione, a small Alpine town in the Italian province of Trento, Francesca Gino dreamed of becoming an engineer. The idea of building houses fascinated her, and she wanted to do it for a living. "But my then-boyfriend was already enrolled in a college engineering course and according to his mother, having two engineer...