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Melissa Witkowich '16 was taken aback when she and a group of her Manhattan College classmates pulled into Scampia, Italy — an area just north of Naples — and were greeted by a mass of teenagers banging on their van with sticks.   They weren't angry, insists Witkowich, but overcome with joy to have visitors, which are a rarity given the city...

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Pirandello Lyceum President Rosario Cascio has announced that it is time to make your nomination for the 2013 I Migliori in Mens et Gesta Awards. From the Latin meaning "The Best in Thought and Actions," this award honors Americans of Italian ancestry who have excelled in their chosen fields and have made a significant contribution to society.Bost...

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UNICO National, the largest Italian American service and charitable organization in America and Marconi University, headquartered in Rome, Italy and accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education, announced a strategic relationship to promote educational and study abroad opportunities and to advance their shared objectives. Under the new relation...

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By Lorraine Thompson   Sons of Italy in America, St. Augustine Lodge 2780, held its annual scholarship award dinner last month honoring three recently graduated high school students. Emily Johnston, Samantha Williams and Danielle Marchanka are the recipients of a $500 scholarship presented by Eileen Dillon, who chaired the scholarship commi...

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A special edition of La Piccola Cucina's Cultural Culinary Experience for Children will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel of Houston from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.   According to a Italian Cultural and Community Center news release, "La Piccola Cucina is a program dedicated to children 5 to 12 years old, aimed at teaching the I...

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Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own 3 course masterpiece! Six classes introduce the distinct and exciting cuisines of 6 Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Cambridge, and enjoy your meal in int...

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By John Kelly About 30 years ago, an Italian friend of ours visited. After a few days doing the tourist thing, he exclaimed: "I love Washington! It's like a Rome where everything works."   I don't know what Adriano would think of D.C. today, when Metro breaks down routinely and Congress seems proud of its dysfunction. But I understood his p...

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Raccontare il proprio territorio attraverso le bellezze del paesaggio e i tesori dell'architettura ma anche e soprattutto attraverso i processi educativi e di apprendimento quotidiano dei cittadini: la Puglia Center of America, l'Università del Salento ed il Comune di Lecce, sono lieti di invitarvi alla presentazione dell'iniziativa "Happy Learning...

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by Anthony J Tamburri   Join Queens College's world-class faculty and graduate programs for a unique opportunity in Italian Studies at the graduate level in the United States! The Department of European Languages and Literatures at Queens College offers three different Programs in Italian and Italian-American Studies. Students may enroll in...

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It was a record-breaking night for La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, with over 500 guests celebrating the night's theme "Building the Future Today". John Michael Viola, President and Chief Operating Officer of NIAF, was honored. He praised the school for being the only school where a child can learn "not only the Italian language but they'll le...

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