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When: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Where: Women’s Business Development Council office | 184 Bedford Street, 2nd Fl | Stamford, CT 06901 Do you hate networking events because you never know what to say or do? Do you get stuck talking to one person in the room that you know? Whether you’re looking to get new clients or be recognized...

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In recognition of years of exceptional achievement and service, Dr. Thomas Bellavia was honored with Felician University's President's Medallion on Sunday, January 27th. A beautiful Mass celebrated by Monsignor Hilary Franco was followed by a lovely, sumptuous luncheon after which University President Dr. Anne Prisco presented the prestigious--and...

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Colleges closed more than 650 foreign-language programs in a recent three-year period, according to a forthcoming report from the Modern Language Association. The new data, which the MLA shared with The Chronicle, suggest that it took several years for the full effect of the recession of 2008 to hit foreign-language programs. Higher education, in a...

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Empoli native Enrico Cecconi, coordinator of Italian language studies at University of Bath, UK, and my former Italian professor at Accademia Europea di Firenze, expressed this pride in Italian to me. “Speaking Italian is more than the pleasure of producing beautiful and musical sounds or using gestures and more than just a linguistic skill. It has...

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If you’ve never heard of it, Reggio Emilia might sound like a brand of Italian wine. And as you might suspect, it does refer to a place in Italy. But it also refers to a philosophy of working with young children that was developed after World War II in the villages around Reggio Emilia, Italy. One of its foundational concepts is “the hundred langua...

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Olimpia Meucci, MD, PhD (Drexel University) and Renato Brandimarti, PhD (University of Bologna) received a grant from the University of Bologna to cement scientific collaborations between the two universities. The award follows a recent agreement signed by Provost Brian Blake and Il Magnifico Rettore Francesco Ubertini that facilitates and regulate...

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In 2012, Wellesley became the first liberal arts college to join the online learning collaborative edX with its launch of WellesleyX, as well as the first women’s college to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs). The course Italian Language and Culture has since become one of WellesleyX’s most popular offerings, combining best practices in fore...

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The University of Bologna, in collaboration with Brown University, Dickinson College, the University of Michigan, the Ohio State University and Wesleyan University, invites you to join us for the second edition of the Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School. June 17th- 22nd, 2019. Damslab, Piazzetta P. P. Pasolini 5/b Bologna (Italy). Appli...

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A requisite for most preschoolers is distinguishing colors, but one recent morning at Kiddie Korner Child Development Center in Beaver, learning leapt over the rainbow to a land far, far away. Marco Fiorante, recent guest instructor, held up colored flashcards before two dozen preschoolers sitting cross-legged on a floor mat. “Verde. Bianco. Rosso,...

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Divisa tra due città, unita da due lingue: la vita di Raffaella Galliani, insegnante di italiano dal 2012 a New York e fondatrice di Speakitaly, è sempre stata così. Un po’ milanese, «perché Milano è una città che mi dà sicurezza e stimoli». Un po’ newyorkese, «un amore che coltivo dalla prima volta nel 1999». E che l’ha portata ad aprire una scuol...

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