Fieri Scholarship Fund to award $5K college scholarships
The FIERI Scholarship Fund was established in 1985 to enable and encourage gifted students of Italian American origin to pursue their educational goals and has already provided more than $100,000 to a number of talented young men and women. The goal is to encourage students and young professionals to continue to promote and preserve the Italian and...
Griffo promotes Italian-American legislators scholarships
New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome is encouraging area high school seniors and current college students to apply for the 2023 New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Academic and Athletic Scholarships. This year, the Conference is awarding academic and athletic scholarships in the amount of $4,000. Applicants should have...
Angelo Devito Makes Thursday “Snack Day” for Hungry Engineers
Angelo Devito, a professor in the electrical and computer engineering departments for the past 44 years, just wants his students to be successful. That’s why he does what he can to relate to his students and form a relationship with each and every one of them. Devito is a self-described “traditional” man who wholly believes in wearing a tie to work...
12 Catholic Schools in New York Archdiocese to Shutdown Due to Financial Instability
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Archdiocese of New York announced that at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 12 of their Catholic Schools would be closed due to the financial instability that was further worsened by the pandemic. A report from the Catholic News Agency stated that the following are the schools that will not reopen after the 2022-2023...
Queens College Job Opportunity
Queens College (City University of New York) is a public institution enrolling more than 19,000 students and serving New York City’s highly diverse and global population. The Confidential Executive Assistant will report directly to the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and will be an integral part of the smooth operation and overall succ...
Beacon Schools Undecided on Columbus Day
The Beacon school board will create a committee comprised of board members, district administrators, students and members of the public to decide whether to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day on school calendars. President Meredith Heuer said during its Jan. 9 meeting that the board had received 70 emails after announcing in the fall th...
The Seventh Annual Week of Italian Cuisine in the World
On November 15th, at 6:30 P.M., the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, in collaboration with the Generoso Pope Foundation and the Westchester Italian Cultural Center will host a panel discussiontitled “Conviviality, sustainability and innovation: the ingredients of Italian cuisine for people's health and the protection of the planet”. Welcomin...
The Antonio Meucci High School Essay Contest. Sponsored by the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Throughout his lifetime Antonio Meucci was responsible for many inventions, improvements, and ideas. These innovations included smokeless candles, a tea and coffee filtering system, oil/kerosene lamps and, most notably, the telephone. In honor of the legacy of Italian inventor Antonio Meucci and Italian Heritage Month, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum i...
Trinity Senior Wins Scholarship From Italian-American Lodge
Isabella Naddeo, a senior at Trinity High School, has won the annual scholarship from the Primo Italiano Lodge #2800 of the Sons and Daughter of Italy. The scholarship was awarded to Ms. Naddeo at the lodge meeting on May 16, 2022. Ms. Naddeo will use the $2500 scholarship this fall at Washington & Jefferson College, where she plans to major in bio...
Rocco and Catherine Commisso Create Transformative Scholarship Opportunities for Columbia Engineering Students
Rocco B. Commisso (’71SEAS, ’75BUS), the founder, chairman, and CEO of Mediacom Communications and president of Florence, Italy based football club ACF Fiorentina, and his wife Catherine Commisso have generously donated one of the largest gifts to date designated for undergraduate scholarship support to the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and A...
La Scuola d'Italia, NYC visits San Diego's Little Italy
Convivio Society and its San Diego Italian Heritage Commission were proud to host thirty-eight students and five chaperones from La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi (La Scuola), a bilingual Italian school based in New York City. La Scuola D'Italia is one of only two schools in the United States that provides K-12 bilingual education firmly rooted...
Ulster County Italian American Foundation announces award winners
The Ulster County Italian American Foundation (UCIAF) has announced the 2022 recipients of its annual educational and community grants. Anna Brett, the Educational Awards Chairperson, and her committee selected the following winners for the annual $1000 award: Ashley Altieri — Saugerties High School, Paige Bell — Kingston High School, Katerina Cal...