Conferenza "Un ponte fra due mondi: Milano - Silicon Valley"
L'Acceleratore d'Impresa del Politecnico di Milano e la Fondazione Politecnico di Milano sono lieti di invitarLa alla conferenza UN PONTE FRA DUE MONDI: MILANO-SILICON VALLEY. Il mind the bridge Gymnasium e le Aziende dell'acceleratore d'impresa. Giovedì 17 settembre - ore 10.15 presso l' Auditorium Casa dello Studente, Via Pasc...
The “American Lectures” of Italo Calvino performed by Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi, an acclaimed Italian actor and filmmaker, is performing a show from November 1 until November 17 on the American lectures of Italo Calvino. These lectures are five in total that Italo Calvino wrote and for the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures for poetry at Harvard University. Calvino wrote in his introduction "I would like to devo...
A unique, millenary fair in Aosta’s old center
Another year in Aosta's historic center sees the traditional Fiera di Sant'Orso welcoming thousands of artists and artisans from the Region of Valle d'Aosta showing off the fruits of their creative labor. The fair has taken place since the Middle Ages, when the Collegiata di Sant'Orso put on this historic event. The tale has it that the fair got i...
Ancient Rome in Art, Film and Literature at Vicenza’s Palladio Museum
The Palladio Museum of Vicenza has come up with an original exhibit treating a number of historic depictions of Rome in Antiquity. Mamma Roma: Visioni di Roma Antica da Piranesi a Pasolini is a journey through imaginations plural, of the city that once was, and the city that Andrea Palladio, above all, sought to study in profundity, in his eff...
Select Italy Presents Its Exclusive Antinori Wine Roads Experience
The web-based travel company Select Italy (http://Selectitaly.com) is presenting its recently launched Antinori Wine Roads Experience, a never-seen-before set of wine tours and vacation packages that will brings wine tourism to a whole new level. Select Italy, the leading Italian travel expert in the United States, and Antinori, the renewe...
The Italians are coming to the International Space Station. They’ll bring the espresso.
Espresso, Italy's gift to the universe, will soon be coming to space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have authentic Italian espresso to enjoy during their orbits around Earth later this year, thanks to the 119-year-old espresso company Lavazza and the aerospace engineering company Argotec. The companies paired up t...
Disponibili i nuovi bandi di concorso Fulbright per studio e ricerca negli USA (a.a. 2015-16)
Sono disponibili i nuovi bandi di concorso Fulbright per opportunità di studio e ricerca negli Stati Uniti durante l'anno accademico 2015-16. Per i laureati italiani in possesso almeno del titolo triennale il Programma Fulbright offre:3 borse di studio Fulbright Self-Placed fino a 38,000 $ per Master e Ph.D. in tutte le discipline1-2 borse di stud...
Gentiloni named new foreign minister of Italy
Italy's premier has named Paolo Gentiloni as his new foreign minister, tapping a longtime center-left lawmaker and former Cabinet minister in the Romano Prodi government. Gentiloni took his oath of office Friday in the presidential palace. He replaces Federica Mogherini, who is taking over as the European Commission's foreign policy chief. &n...
What to Do in Milan
If it's been a few years since you last visited Milan (our top choice for 52 Places to Go in 2015), you're in for a pleasant shock. Yes, the preparations for the World Expo being held here this year (May through October) turned large swaths of the city into construction zones, many of which are still in progress. But alongside these urban...
Insider’s Guide to Lake Como
Italy's third largest water body and one of Europe's deepest, Lake Como has drawn vacationers for two millennia with its lucent waters, mountain landscapes, and Mediterranean climate. Visitors today enjoy lakeside parks, historic villas, and shopping in one of the world's silk-design capitals. Here's a brief primer on how to make the most...
Moretti lo scultore-mito in Usa che l'Italia snobba
di Glauco Maggi Ottanta anni fa moriva a Sanremo Giuseppe Moretti, scultore giramondo. In Italia non è conosciuto praticamente da nessuno, solo (forse) dai più esperti cultori della storia dell'arte. Eppure, classico esempio di profeta non celebrato in patria, il toscano Moretti ha partecipato ad imprese artistiche che sono diventate celeb...
10 Unexpected things to do in Venice
There's something about Venice. It just never gets old. Before experiencing this fairytale-like city on the lagoon for the first time, you may believe (like I myself once did) that visiting Venice is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion to tick off your bucket list. However, the city often enchants upon arrival and will have you planning your next visit b...