Italian Consul General Builds Bridges with the Pittsburgh Italian Community
Pittsburgh is a city of bridges, around six hundred of them, spanning rivers and valleys, joining geographically separated neighborhoods. And on March 31, 2023, another bridge was erected in Pittsburgh joining its Italian and Italian-American communities to the nation of Italy. Istituto Mondo Italiano, led by the Executive Director Viviana Altieri,...
MamaMancini’s CEO Adam Michaels sets sights on becoming billion-dollar deli supplier
MamaMancini’s has ambitions to become a one-stop shop in the deli case as new CEO Adam Michaels targets $1bn in sales. The Nasdaq-listed business, based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, surpassed its $100m revenue target for the current fiscal year in the third quarter and Michaels has set his sights on expanding beyond an “authentic heritage” Itali...
Bilateral Italy-Usa Meeting on Fundamental Physics Held in Washington
On March 9th and 10th, a series of bilateral meetings between Italy and the United States were held in Washington. The discussions focused on fundamental physics research topics, perspectives, and projects, that see the two countries engaged in a joint effort through important scientific collaborations. The protagonists of this annual event were It...
Italian Design Day - Technology and Tradition for Sustainable Architecture
Tuesday, Mar 14, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT. Italian Cultural Institute - 3000 Whitehaven St, NW Washington, DC 20008. As part of the 7th edition of Italian Design Day in the US, the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC hosts an exhibit curated by Professor Lavinia Fici Pasquina, associate professor at the School of Architecture at Catholic Universit...
Call for proposals by companies for the adjudication of digitalizazion services for the consular archives of the Embassy of Italy in Washington
The Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C. issues a call for proposals to select a company, through a bid process, for the digitalization service of the consular archive with 12.000 files. This call for proposals is aimed to companies that meet the requirements described above, and that have the expertise, and the technical and management resources t...
ITA Launches Offset Program Alongside Washington & San Francisco Flights
ITA’s planned growth through next year will allow passengers more opportunities to support the airline’s sustainability programs. Fresh off its Asian expansion, ITA has announced two new US-bound routes out of Rome Fiumicino (FCO). San Francisco (SFO) and Washington Dulles (IAD) will be added to the carrier’s summer schedule, with flights running t...
Two Captain America-Themed Tailor Made Ferraris Are At Ferrari Of Central New Jersey
The Ferrari 812 GTS and Ferrari F8 Spider are some of the modern automotive world’s best offerings when it comes to Italian performance and driving pleasure, and they both add the unique and exhilarating top-down driving experience to high-performance engineering, unmatched style, and incomparable luxury. For those reasons, they are two cars that e...
Marino de Medici, dean of Washington foreign correspondents, dies at 89
Marino de Medici, an Italian journalist who reported from Washington for more than a quarter century, becoming dean of the foreign press corps and distinguishing himself as a gimlet-eyed observer of American politics, died Nov. 15 at his home in Winchester, Va. He was 89. The cause was cancer, said his wife, Nicki Furlan de Medici. Mr. de Medici ar...
NIAF 47th anniversary Gala brings a weekend of celebration while strengthening new collaborations and existing partnerships
If we had to describe the 47th edition of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Gala in a few words, we could not find a better way than “it was a memorable celebration at many, if not all, levels.” Washington DC became the place to be for Italian Americans in the US on October 29th, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, when NIAF put together one...
The Reputational Shift of Italian American Stereotypes As Analyzed by the Italian American Reputation Lab (IARL)
“The Italian American Reputation Lab is a research initiative launched to monitor and assess the reputation values of Italy and Italian Americans also as vehicle to combat the dissemination of false information and making the web a more safe and secure place for the production and the distribution of knowledge. IARL’s methodology is grounded on a s...
Hallowed Ground: The Legacy of Letterkenny Army Depot’s Italian POWs
While the location—a little more than 10 miles from the Mason-Dixon Line—might not immediately spring to mind when thinking of areas of historic Italian American significance, the grounds of the Letterkenny Army Depot tell a much different story. During World War II, the United States government interned more than 1,200 captured Italian soldiers at...
The Transatlantic Investment Committee - First US Meeting
Friday, October 28, 2022, 11:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT. Italian Embassy - 3000 Whitehaven Street Northwest Washington, DC. A blueprint to foster joint investments in strategic technologies & human capital empowerment.The Trade and Technology Council (TTC) plays a key role in enhancing a renewed economic and strategic partnership between the United States...