L'algoritmo di un ventenne italiano per scovare quali sono i cv migliori
Matteo Achilli torna a far parlare di sé. Il giovane startupper 23enne, già definito «lo Zuckerberg italiano» per il suo Egomnia, piattaforma di job matching che grazie a un algoritmo speciale attribuisce un punteggio ai curricula degli iscritti e li classifica, ha messo a segno altri due colpi. Il primo: ha firmato un accordo con il World...
8th De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies
April 6 - April 20| 5:00pm-7:00pm | Harvard in Boylston Hall 403 | Cambridge8th De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies April 6: Nicola Gardini (University of Oxford),Lacuna. Saggio sul non detto(Einaudi) IN ENGLISH - Respondent: Corrado Confalonieri. April 13: Joseph Luzzi (Bard College), A Cinema of Poetry: Aesthetics of the Italian Art Film (Jo...
Kairos Italy Theater Brings a Taste of Italian Stage to the Big Apple
If you're seeking a smorgasbord of cultural stimulation, New York City is the place to go — except, as Laura Caparrotti discovered when moved to the Big Apple from Italy in 1996, authentic Italian theater. So she set out to change that. "I started to do Italian theater because there was a real need," says Laura, 48, president and founding...
New Italian Society at Berkeley Points to Vitality of Italian Community
The Italian Society at Berkeley is a vibrant cultural and academic organization, recently formed in 2015 with the joining of the Italian International Students Association and the Berkeley Italian Network. The group is an informal network of students and scholars that promote Italian culture in the UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Nationa...
Italia-Usa - Più cooperazione sulla lotta alla contraffazione
"Fighting Counterfeits: Future challenges and Cooperation between the US & Italy". Questo il titolo di un seminario organizzato dall'ambasciata italiana a Washington in collaborazione con l'agenzia U.S. Customs and Border Protection, il segretariato generale Interpol e alcune tra le imprese che quotidianamente subiscono il fenomeno. Focus sull...
Italians, believing in ourselves matters more than believing in forecasts
by Fabrizio Galimberti So, next year's GDP growth rate in Italy will accelerate, and reach 1.2%. Such is Istat's forecast. Or maybe the growth rate will be +5%; or maybe -2%; or maybe... These are not, dear reader, throwaway numbers: such a wide range can be seen in a chart published by Istat, where the upper and lower values depi...
Fulbright Program in Italy: signed academic partnership with Fondazione Falcone and The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF)
The Commission for Cultural Exchanges between Italy and the United States – the bi-national agency that on the behalf of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of State has been managing since 1948 the Fulbright Program in Italy promoting study, research and teaching opportunities in Italy and the U.S. through a program of...
Vino California: the leading Italian wine showcase on the West Coast
by Valerio Viale On May 12th, a grand celebration of the best wine varietals from across the Italian peninsula took place at Valentino restaurant in Santa Monica. The fifth annual edition of Vino California, the leading showcase of its kind on the West Coast, was organized by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West (IACCW), a private...
Textiles, clothing, ceramic tiles sale figures confirm export-led recovery
by Giorgio Costa and Giulia Crivelli The recovery of the textile-clothing and ceramic tile sectors, which are crucial to Italian manufacturing, are increasingly tied to the export market. That's confirmed in figures published yesterday by their respective trade associations. They show that while there's little light forthcoming from the do...
Champaign to get taste of Chicago's Italian cuisine
by Don Dodson The owners of an Italian restaurant in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood plan to open a second location in downtown Champaign. Nando Milano Trattoria expects to open later this year at 202-204 N. Neil St., in the space vacated last year by Carrie's Fabulous to Funky. The restaurant will be owned by Dario Vullo...
Why Ferrari could be valued at $11 billion in its IPO
It might be impossible to fully understand Ferrari's unique cache in this small city until you simply stand on a sidewalk near the plant and hear and see a Ferrari roar by. The Ferrari prancing horse and its culture are everywhere in the town of 17,000, nestled in an agricultural area in central Italy. The stoplights are Ferrari red a...
Glen Elk Festival celebrates heritage, promotes fun
by Jeremiah Shelor The Glen Elk Music, Wine and Art Festival had something on tap for everyone Saturday. With games, live music and vendors lined up along Baltimore Avenue in Clarksburg, the festival — in its 10th year — attracted people of all ages to the historic Glen Elk neighborhood. The idea for the festival came from Joan...