Merribel Ayres, owner of the Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown, and Alessandro Spada, CEO of the Naples-based brand, brought the style, the elegance and the allure of Amina Rubinacci to the Italian Embassy of Washington DC. Kathleen Parker, award-winning journalist, moderated the event, dressed in a stunning Amina sequined jacket. Joined...

The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute & the Embassy of Italy cordially invite you to a symposium and discussion on "Family Business & Entrepreneurship: Successes & Challenges", featuring - Paolo Zegna, Chairman, Ermenegildo Zegna - Marchesa Tiziana Frescobaldi, Head of Communications, Marchesi de'Frescobaldi...

Sei ricercatori che rappresentano l'orgoglio dell'Italia che negli Stati Uniti e in Canada si fa valere nell'ambito della scienza. I sei vincitori dei premi Issnaf (Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation) sono stati svelati ieri durante l'evento annuale che la fondazione ha celebrato martedì 27 e mercoledì 28 ottobre, nell'Amba...

"Heritage in Danger. The Centro Scavi Torino and the Requalification of the Iraqi Cultural Heritage" opens on September 7, 2016. The exhibit is organized by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Institute of Culture in Washington, in collaboration with the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino (Research Archaeological Excavations Center of...

On June 20, 2013, the Lido Civic Club, through its charitable scholarship foundation, the Lido Civic Club Charities, Inc., will award tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships to worthy high school seniors of Italian descent bound for college. The annual Scholarship Award Recipient Reception will be held at the spectacular Italian Embassy locate...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Mayor Ignazio Marino met and signed the reaffirmation of the Sister City agreement between the city of Rome, Italy and the District of Columbia.   This agreement will build upon previous government to government exchanges while placing a new focus on youth and educational exchanges, as well as on social media outrea...

The agreement envisions cooperation in the field of Earth Observation through the Italian "COSMO-SkyMed" radar satellite constellation. Post-doctoral scholarships for Italian researchers will also be available in the United States.   Washington, September 9, 2015– The Italian Space Agency and NASA signed an important agreement today on elabo...

by Serena Perfetto   On September 26, the Italian Embassy in Washington hosted the Country Assembly of Italians living abroad. For those who have never heard about the CGIE, the Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all'Estero is the body that represents nowadays the Italian communities around the globe and tries to help institutions policies re...

Si svolgerà dal 10 settembre fino a gennaio 2014 in Italia e negli Stati Uniti la manifestazione "Siamo quel che mangiamo? Sostenibilità ed arte", frutto di uno scambio artistico e culturale tra istituzioni formative per riflettere sul tema della nutrizione intesa come cultura, necessità, piacere e consapevolezza.   La manifestazione prevede...

Caterina d'Amico, daughter of Suso Cecchi D'Amico, will discuss her mother's work at the Embassy of Italy.   In the history of cinema, Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914 – 2010) remains the most memorable of all Italian screenwriters. Collaborating with the postwar directors Antonioni, De Sica, Monicelli, Rosi, and Visconti, among others, she was a m...