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  WTI Magazine #56    2015 March, 20Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   Whether they hail from the U.S., or one of the other 60+ countries represented at John Cabot University, students who study abroad in Rome are sure to encounter some fascinating (and perhaps unexpected) cultural differences. The opportunity to experience di...

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  WTI Magazine #69    2015 October, 2Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   One of the many pleasures of living in Italy is getting to experience its famous food culture firsthand. Students can learn how to cook fresh pasta in one of JCU's many Italian cooking classes, sip an authentic espresso during a coffee-shop study session,...

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  WTI Magazine #45    2014 October, 15Author : Anna Stein      Translation by:   The beginning of October marks the end of my first full month living in Rome. So as an amateur Roman, and a professional American in Italy for the very first time, here are a few tips I can procure from my first impressions and initial experiences.

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  WTI Magazine #65    2015 July, 24Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   As most History and Classical Studies buffs know, women in ancient Rome rarely had access to positions of power. In Rome's patriarchal society, men ruled over almost all walks of life, from politics and art to business and the household. Women were not allow...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Author      Translation by:   What do HowtoBee founder Kelson Adams, Jemba Against Domestic Violence founder Oston Jemba Madengue, and Maryann Klucevsek and Emily Salm – creators of the networking app Ubumm – all have in common? At first glance, perhaps not very much. Each of their startups responds to...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   The stubborn myth that Classical Studies, and particularly the study of Latin, is an impractical and unprofitable pursuit, has been solidly discredited by wildly successful professionals like Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg (the Facebook founder with a $6.9 bi...

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  WTI Magazine #72    2015 November 13Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   Many inventions that we take for granted today – from roadways to concrete and even our calendar – have their origins in the ancient world. Some were invented in Ancient Rome, and others were perfected by the Empire as it absorbed technologies from the ci...

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  WTI Magazine #52    2015 January, 23Author : Matthew Lofstrom      Translation by:   After spending four months in Rome, I have now returned back to my life as a student in the United States. For the last two weeks I was abroad, internally, I felt that I was ready to come home. However, upon landing in Philadelphia, I immediately began missing...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   I was famished when we finally arrived. Nonna hadn't made lunch to make sure I had room for the special dinner. We had been in the car now for about an hour and a half, weaving through mountain roads at what I considered to be much too fast for a single lane r...

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  WTI Magazine #47    2014 November, 12Author : Anna Stein      Translation by:   Rome moves to an ironic beat with an almost sacrilegiously fast-paced rhythm; as the architecture pays homage to its historic past, the buzzing traffic and insistent commotion of daily life makes time fly by. In a desperate attempt to lengthen the sensational durat...

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