Mia McGarity ‘24 participated in one of Chapman’s many travel courses, and the experience showed her a whole new world in Bologna, Italy. The class spent eleven days abroad, which included an international film festival and a myriad of tourist activities. McGarity always knew that she wanted to take her studies abroad. “I originally wanted to do a...

West Orange High School came alive on June 2 with a celebration of Italian culture as the anticipated “La Notte Italiana Brillava”–Italian Night--shone. The event was organized by students of the Italian Club and Italian Honor Society, along with advisors Rosanna Zamloot and Vincenza Amabile, and showcased many of the rich traditions and diversity...

For the second year in a row, Food Science and Italian Studies at Chapman University collaborated on a travel course based in the beautiful city of Perugia, located in the heart of the Italian peninsula. The course, FSN 309/509: Topics in Food, Diet, and Culture, is one of the many interdisciplinary expressions of the newly created Ferrucci Institu...

June 2023 – In many ways, the Italian language has helped shape who Carrie Malanga G’05 is today. Her journey started, quite literally, with a honeymoon to Italy over 30 years ago to meet the family of her husband, Gerard.  “I spoke no Italian at the time, but his family embraced me with a love that needed no words,” she said during a speech at the...

Studying abroad can be a life-changing, formative experience for students. If you’re seeking more from your post-secondary education, it’s an excellent opportunity to consider. John Cabot University exposes students to Rome, Italy's wonders, providing a unique educational experience. Prepare to travel and explore Italy, learning from the rich cultu...

When John Della Volpe was a teenager living with his family in Brockton, he and his friend would ride their bikes down the dirt path that led to Stonehill College’s campus. They’d play basketball in the college’s old gym, or ice skate on campus during the winter. Della Volpe, now the director of polling at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, returned...

Thomas Jefferson University’s Class of 2023 comprises doctors, medical practitioners — and a legendary Italian tenor. Andrea Bocelli was awarded an honorary degree at the university’s 199th commencement ceremony on Wednesday in the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall. The ceremony felicitated newly minted graduates from the Jefferson College of Life Scien...

The Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center is pleased to announce its Italian Legacy Summer Grant Archival Project for 2023. We are looking for a capable student (graduate or undergraduate) who is living within the District of Columbia area who will work on an archive project at the Robert A. Facchina Italian American Museum of Washington DC located at...

To bring younger Italians closer to the knowledge of the United States of America, to deepen the study of overseas history, literature and geopolitics, and to foster a constructive comparison between the Italian and American people. These are the goals of the "Alla scoperta dell'America" (Discovering America) project, Promoted by Centro Studi Ameri...

U of A students will soon have the chance to study and experience the culture of food and life in Italy through a new study abroad trip combining hospitality management and human nutrition and dietetics. Designed by faculty in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's School of Human Environmental Sciences, the Food & Cultur...