NHS Italian Students Celebrate School’s 21st Annual Italian Day
Newtown High School Italian students came into the school’s lecture hall to celebrate Italian Day on Tuesday, October 29. The event was coordinated, as it has been for many years, by NHS Italian teacher Laura Battisti. She has worked hard to make the event a long-standing tradition for NHS’s Italian students by preparing fun activities for them eve...
Italian Program Establishes Largest Cash Prize in Harvard’s Romance Languages Dept.
Harvard’s Italian Language Program established the largest monetary prize in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, as the program faces declining enrollment. The Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian will award $5,000 to those involved in the program for outstanding work. Nick C. Diaco ’04 and his family funded the award to enc...
Joseph P. Campanelli to be honored with 'Creativity Award' by Consulate General of Italy as part of a week-long series of cultural events in November
Needham (MA) Bank Chairman, President and CEO Joseph P. Campanelli will be honored next month by the Consulate General of Italy in Boston as part of the Consulate's week-long 'Festival of Italian Creativity.' The series of events November 14-22 are being hosted by the Italian Consulate in cooperation with the October Italian Heritage Month Committe...
Retired Senator Patrick Leahy Honored
The Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) has named one of our three annual scholarships in honor of VICA members, retired Senator Patrick Leahy and his wife, Marcelle Leahy. The naming recognizes the Leahy’s enduring commitment to promoting and sharing Italian history and cultural heritage in Vermont. The Leahys have been VICA members since...
College not to hire new Italian professor, discontinuing program
The College’s Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP) decided against hiring an Italian professor for the 2025–26 academic year, effectively rendering students unable to study Italian at the College. The decision prompted outcry from several students currently or previously enrolled in Italian courses, who will now have to enroll in an Itali...
Ancient Rome-inspired cement tech could slash 4 gigatons CO2 yearly
Cement is a ubiquitous material — from towering buildings to bustling highways. Among industrial materials, cement production releases the most carbon dioxide. Traditional cement production is an energy-intensive process, requiring temperatures of over 1450 degrees Celsius. This entire process releases enormous amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxi...
Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) announces 2024 grant recipients
Puccini workshops at Vermont public schools; a concert of Italian arias and songs; and a first-hand report from Florence, Italy’s Medici Archive Project are the ways in which the three 2024 recipients of VICA’s Scholarships and Grants program will promote Italian culture in Vermont. “Each year we are impressed by the passion and talent of the appli...
NFA, Griswold students among recipients of Italian Heritage Committee scholarships
The Italian Heritage & Cultural Committee announced its scholarship winners for 2024. Four awards of $1,000 scholarships were given to high school seniors of Italian descent who practice community service and demonstrate a strong work ethic in and out of school, which “exemplifies qualities for a successful career,” stated a press release. The winn...
Vermont-Italy teacher education exchange launches
Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) and the Italian Consulate General of Italy in Boston announced today an exchange program for educators in Vermont and Italy centered around food systems education and farm-to-school professional learning. The purpose of the exchange is to share agricultural knowledge and leve...
A warm greeting to the Italian community in Boston from Professor Paolo Gaudenzi, Scientific Cooperation Advisor of the Italian Consulate General in Boston
The challenges posed by the sustainable development of the Planet, health crises, new and dramatic conflicts, and other emergencies involving the Earth's inhabitants require a change of pace to the advances in science and technology, including as a contribution to the creation of solutions in the short term and in the development of economic and de...
New Italian language group forms at Rockport (ME) library
The Rockport Public Library invites the public to participate in a new Italian language discussion group called Tavolo Italiano. The group’s first meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14, at 4 p.m., in the library’s Marine Room. The group is free, open to the public, and meetings will be held monthly on 2nd and 4th Thursdays. Speakers at all lev...
LoRusso named the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine
Patricia LoRusso, an internationally recognized expert in drug development and early-phase clinical investigation of novel cancer therapies, was recently appointed the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine (medical oncology). The appointment, which is effective immediately, is for a term of 10 years, renewable by the dean of the Yale School...