Congratulations to Giuseppe Cataldo, PhD, systems engineer for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and @NASA's space technology development program receives the “NASA’s Early Career Public Achievement Medal", a prestigious medal which is awarded for unusual and significant performance during the first 10 years of an individual's career in support...

ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, and Intesa Sanpaolo, the leading banking group in Italy and one of the top banking groups in the euro zone, encourage all Italian researchers currently working in the United States or Canada to submit their application for the co-sponsored “Intesa Sanpaolo Award for Innovation...

A un anno di distanza dal suo debutto, il ciclo di incontri Meet the New Italians of New York, promosso dal Consolato Generale d’Italia guidato dal Console Generale Francesco Genuardi, è tornato lo scorso 21 febbraio nella Grande Mela con il primo appuntamento del 2017. Il progetto, concepito come punto di riferimento per le nuove generazioni che i...

Il prossimo 21 febbraio dalle 18.30 riprenderà al Consolato generale d’Italia a New York il ciclo “Meet the New Italians of New York”. Il primo appuntamento dell’anno sarà dedicato al mondo della ricerca.Saranno ospiti presso il Consolato Generale illustri ospiti, tra cui Elena Aprile, Ph.D. (Professor, Physics Department, Columbia University), Luc...

Maria Teresa Cometto (journalist and author of "Tech and the City") Riccardo Luna (journalist and author of "Cambiamo tutto" ) Riccardo Viale (moderator, director of the Italian Cultural Institute) Introduction by Riccardo Lattanzi (professor at NYU and co-chairman of the NY Chapter of the Italian Scientists and Scholar in North America Foundation)...

di Roberto Zanni, Gente d'Italia - ItaliaChiamaItalia   C'è bisogno di una nuova spinta. Servono nuovi talenti. C'è la assoluta necessità di un cambio di marcia per rilanciare l'Italia che è come una macchina dal motore potentissimo, ma alla quale manca... la benzina. E uno dei carburanti più preziosi per far correre un paese, lo fornisce l'...

Dear ISSNAF members and friends, I am pleased to announce a rose of fantastic speakers for our upcoming 2013 ISSNAF summer meeting, that will take place in the Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Auditorium (300 9th Ave, 98104, Seattle) on Thursday August 29th 2013.   Our first speaker, the celebrated Italian writer Sergio Campailla will introd...

A series of meetings with Italian scientists and scholars in the South West of the US and an exhibition on research and technology for the new lifestyles   September 4 - October 2, 2013Los Angeles, Italian Cultural InstitutePasadena, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryIrvine, University of California   Italians in SpaceConversation with Italian...

Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation yearly presents awards to acknowledge the research of young Italian investigators working in North America, whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative, potentially impactful and honors their country of origin.   ISSNAF Board of Trustees encourages all Italian early-...

By Silvia Simonetti In 2013, the Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, the relations between the two countries in the field of science and technology are among the most covered with a series of events taking place throughout North America.   In particular, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, under the auspices of the...