Tenure-track position -- Assistant Professor in Transnational Italian Studies
The Department of French and Italian at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of “Transnational Italian Studies.” The expected start date is July 1, 2020. We solicit applications from scholars of Italy with a primary research interest in transnat...
Walter G. Vincenti, engineer who helped make supersonic flight possible, dead at 102
Walter Vincenti, professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University, laid the engineering groundwork for flight at the speed of sound and helped develop the more efficient swept-wing airplane design still in use today. Vincenti died in Palo Alto on Oct. 11 of complications from pneumonia. He was 102. “Walter is probably one o...
Fireside Chat with Diego Piacentini and Luca Maestri
Join Italian Community Services and La Scuola International School for a Conversation with Diego Piacentini, formerly Senior VP at Amazon and Luca Maestri, CFO at Apple moderated by Sheila Pierce Ortona discussing their stories from Italy to America. This is an excellent opportunity to listen the story of two tech industry leaders while learning ab...
On the Town: Caruso Family Foundation awards pair of scholarships
For 10 years, the Caruso Family Foundation has been awarding $20,000 in scholarship funds to local, high school students. This year, Spirit of American youth scholarships went to Hailey Sole from Maranatha High School and Madeleine Ackley, formerly of Notre Dame High School. Both are Glendale residents, and each will receive a $10,000 scholarship....
NBICF Scholarships
NBICF Scholarships are offered to students of Italian Language Studies at SRJC in the Fall & Spring Semesters. NBICF will award three $500 scholarships to students of Italian 1, 2, 3 or 4 for the Fall Semester 2019. The deadline for applying for these scholarships is October 18, 2019. Consideration will be given to NBICF members and to their imme...
Hourly Italian Instructor Needed At Spazio Italiano, San Francisco
Spazio Italiano Language Center located in San Francisco is looking for an instructor to teach Italian language classes for its after school academic program. Children’s ages range from 7-13 years old. Classes are held every afternoon, Monday through Friday from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. Ideal candidates are Italian native speakers with a college degree. A b...
Portantino Expresses Concerns with Ethnic Studies Curriculum Draft
Senator Anthony J. Portantino sent a letter to the California Department of Education detailing his concerns regarding the current draft of the department’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. While the Senator appreciates the attempt to represent California’s diversity in the creation of the United States’ first ethnic studies curriculum, he believes...
Giving the Experience of Italy: The Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Endowment for Travel Courses in Italian Studies
The Italian Studies program at Chapman University is greatly pleased to announce the recent establishment of the Marybelle and Sebastian P. Musco Endowment for Travel Courses in Italian Studies. The students’ ability to fully commit to their passions for learning Italian language and culture through travel courses is an essential step in their educ...
West Coast AP® Italian Language And Culture Workshop For New And Experienced Teachers
This College Board-endorsed two-day AP® workshop organized by Fondazione Italia in collaboration with Pepperdine University will provide teachers with in-depth training in AP® courses and teaching strategies. Participants engage in pedagogical and content rich training led by College Board-endorsed consultant, Maria Gloria Borsa and receive printed...
Sons & Daughters of Italy hands out scholarships
The Gold Country Lodge No. 2705 Sons & Daughters of Italy in America awarded three scholarships at the annual dinner meeting May 21 in El Dorado Hills. For 19 years lodge members have recognized graduating high school seniors attending El Dorado Union High School District campuses. A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a student of Italian decent. Ade...
Ingegneria aerospaziale, una pisana alla Nasa
Pisana, 27 anni da compiere a giugno,Giulia Becatti ha vinto una borsa di studio di 10mila dollari intitolata ad Amelia Earhart, l’aviatrice statunitense del secolo scorso diventata simbolo di emancipazione femminile. Dopo la laurea in ingegneria aerospaziale, la dottoranda dell’Università di Pisa è attualmente al Jet Propulsion Laboratory della Na...
Classical Italian Guitarist Diego Campagna to play special concert tobenefit music programming at Thompson Middle School
The Newport Hospitality Commission is excited to announce the return of world-renowned classical guitarist Diego Campagna to Newport for a special concert to benefit the City’s music programming at Thompson Middle School. Campagna, a native of Imperia, Italy, will help kick off Memorial Day Weekend with a performance on Thursday, May 23rd at St. Ma...