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The Italian American Women’s Center awarded four graduating high school students from Long Island and Queens with $1,000 in scholarships. The scholarships were presented to each student during a luncheon at Uncle Bacala’s in Garden City on July 23. The students — Angelo Cangero, Sophia Ieraci, Jack Longobucco and Lauren Stea — earned the scholarshi...

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As part of the 100th Anniversary Convention of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, held July 5-8 in Catania, Sicily, faculty from the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures combined to present a panel on "Gaming the Mediterranean: Teaching and Researching through Virtual Reality."  Assistant professor Rhodora Vennaruc...

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The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston will award one (1) one-time non-renewable $5,000 scholarships to college students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. program, majoring or minoring in Italian Studies Concentrating in Italian History and/or Culture. Completed applications must be submitted by the dead...

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Katia Passerini, a top leader at Seton Hall since 2020, was named interim president of Seton Hall University by the school’s board of Regents, effective immediately. Passerini, who was serving as provost and executive vice president, replaces Joseph Nyre, who announced Monday morning that he would be taking a sabbatical instead of fulfilling the fi...

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Dear friends, summer has exploded here in Italy and the heat is really exceptional. But We the Italians doesn't stop: we never stop, you know that. A few days ago I had the pleasure of attending here in Rome the preview screening of the documentary "New York Solo Andata" by my friend and partner Davide Ippolito. It is an honor for me to be part of...

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Caroline Cimino went to college in Italy and never left. The Omaha Westside graduate wakes up each morning in her studio apartment to the smell of the lemon grove outside her window and to the ringing bells from the church next door.She cycles each day around some of the most beautiful scenery in the Mediterranean. “My family went on vacation to It...

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For nearly 30 years, Sister Rose DiFluri has had her finger stalwartly on the pulse of the Catholic school landscape. Now, as the Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary retires from her role as assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Camden, friends and colleagues are recalling an intellectually gifted, straightforward, fun...

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On Tuesday, eleven students from Alba, Italy will begin a two week visit in the Rogue Valley as part of a student cultural exchange program.The ‘Medford-Alba Sister City Association’ is back after a pause due to the pandemic. It involves welcoming and sending high school students between the two cities. While they are here, the alba students will g...

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Once again, the Ferrucci Institute for Italian Experience and Research (Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) and the Film and Media Studies program (Dodge College of Film and Media Arts) joined efforts in the realization of a truly unique study abroad course in Bologna, Italy.  Under the guidance of Dr. Emily Carman and Dr. Fe...

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Twenty-six CSUF students and two public health faculty experienced nutrition and wellness in South Italy this past June. As part of their enrollment in the summer course, PUBH 350 (Nutrition), they ventured to Naples Italy to begin a two-week study abroad program that included ferry and bus rides to Ischia, Capri, Mount Vesuvius, and various spots...

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