“Mission: Classic” documentary available for viewing on YouTube
The complete documentary that tells the story of Team Italy's adventure at the 2023 World Baseball Classic is now streaming on the Italian American Baseball Foundation YouTube Channel. After a successful premiere in Milan on November 8th at the Sport Movies & TV Festival, Mission: Classic chronicles the Italian national team at the 2023 World Baseb...
Awards in the field of scientific research and technological innovation
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promotes three awards dedicated to figures who have distinguished themselves in the field of scientific research and/or technological innovation. Please check complete notices and application forms. The deadline for the calls has been set for January 16, 2024. Italian bilateral s...
Sylvester Stallone Made a Major Change to Rocky Based on a Friend's Suggestion
Nearly 50 years ago, actor Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa was a down-on-his-luck club fighter who worked as a seedy collector on the docks. After six films and a Creed spin-off franchise, featuring three of its own installments, fans forget that the Italian Stallion originally served as a muscle-bound collector to the disreputable but likable To...
Italy is the top destination for American students choosing to study abroad
International Education Week coincides with the release of the Open Doors report on international student mobility. There is great news: Italy is the top destination for American students choosing to study abroad! Read more here. The number of Italians studying in the U.S. is also growing steadily, and has seen a 10 percent increase over the previo...
The Surprisingly Long History of the Word ‘Yo’
In August 1993, New York Times reporter Michael T. Kaufman wrote a column extolling yo as “a pithy, cheery and direct expression of common citizenship” that was “rooted in New York.” He went so far as to say that the city should add the greeting to its official seal. Kaufman admitted that yo may have originated in Philadelphia. “Then again,” he wro...
PMI day 2023: the 14th day of small and medium Italian enterprises in the USA
Piccola Industria, the Organization of Confindustria (General Confederation of Italian Industry) aimed to promote the development and growth of SMEs, organizes the National Day of Small and Medium Enterprises – PMI DAY every year since 2010. This is an open day for Confindustria SMEs, focused on students and teachers. Its goal is to tell the new ge...
IAFL2 fellow application now open: apply here
Mark your calendars and clear your schedules because the Italian American Future Leaders (IAFL) Annual Conference is just around the corner, and it’s going to be another unforgettable event! Apply here. Application deadline is December 8, 2023. The Second Annual IAFL Conference (IAFL2) will take place from January 12-15, 2024, once again held in Su...
Author/Chef Amy Riolo Received the Honor of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy
The Ordine della Stella d’Italia recognizes those expatriates and foreigners who have acquired special merits in promoting friendly and cooperative relations between Italy and other countries and in fostering ties with Italy. During the opening day of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, a week-long series of events dedicated to “Dining with...
Italian Americans Can Finally Stand Proud: You're Getting Your Own Sesame Street Muppet
While you were a child watching Sesame Street did you ever stop to wonder exactly what race Bert and Ernie are? Was your mind ever captured with thoughts of where exactly the Grouch Family first immigrated to New York from? Well, apparently the good folks down at Sesame Workshop think you probably were because they've been on a mission of racial in...
Stanley Tucci Makes the Case for Pasta at Thanksgiving
For people unaccustomed to it, the idea of lasagna at Thanksgiving might seem extreme. When the holiday table is already buckling under the weight of stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, and a giant main course, the choice to add a tray of bubbling, saucy lasagna may not seem obvious – but that’s what makes it so special. Growing up, ...
Biotech becomes new frontier of Italy-Usa cooperation
Italy, US look to expand cooperation on biotech. Italy intends to strengthen industrial relations with the US, a world leader in biotechnologies and life sciences, to forge stronger value-based ties, bolster its own sectoral prowess and contribute to tackling shared issues. That’s how Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani framed the Italy-US Inte...
Francesca Scorsese on what it’s like to direct her famous father—on her viral TikTok
Martin Scorsese—responsible for Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon, and far too many more to name here—is widely considered our greatest living film director. But who is the greatest director of our greatest director? That would be Francesca Scorsese, his 23-year-old daughter and a filmmaker in her own right. Earlier...