Sono appena rientrata dalla mia visita all'Università per Stranieri di Perugia dove sono stata visiting professor nel corso di laurea sulla Promozione dell'Italia all'estero. Un corso di laurea unico tra le università italiane.   Questo programma, fondato dalla Rosanna Masiola, ricercatrice di studi anglo-americani e nel campo degli studi de...

The Università per Stranieri di Perugia is pleased to announce that a two-week-long AP Italian Language and Culture Institute will be held from July 14 to July 26, 2014, in Perugia, Italy.   The AP Italian Language and Culture Summer Institute will focus on la vita quotidiana, across the six guiding themes (Global Challenges; Science and Tec...

Dagli USA all'Università dei Sapori di Perugia per dieci giornate di formazione intensiva su cucina italiana, dieta mediterranea ed eccellenze agroalimentari ed enogastronomiche.   Protagonisti 150 chef e manager della catena Olive Garden, compagnia che ha più di 750 ristoranti diretti in America, da oggi, a gruppi di quindici, e sino a marz...

The 20th anniversary of sisterhood between Perugia and Seattle occurs this year during the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US. Twenty years ago, Mayor Mario Valentini of Perugia signed the sisterhood pact in Seattle with then Mayor Norman Rice. In celebration of the anniversary, a delegation from Seattle will visit Perugia this summer. Lucky fo...

By Kelly Schiro  The future where people can monitor the structural status of bridges, buildings and roads is coming to life through a collaborative research effort between professors at Iowa State and the University of Perugia in Italy. Using nanotechnology, the students and faculty working on the project are developing materials that s...

Dawnette and Dale Michael of Plainwell, Michigan enjoyed the trip of a lifetime recently, as winners of the Baci Perugina Chocolate and Lavazza Coffee "Chocolate Lovers Dream Trip" to Italy.   The lucky winners joined almost a million other chocoholics at the annual Eurochocolate Festival, an annual festival hosted by the hilltop town of Per...

by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt On October 17, 2014 the selection panel of 13 independent experts responsible for assessing the Italian cities competing to be European Capital of Culture in 2019, has recommended that Matera should be awarded with the famous title. This award started in 1985. Since then, more than 40 cities have been designated Europ...

È il re del cachemire, leader assoluto dell'artigianato italiano amato anche all'estero: ora Brunello Cucinelli si rende protagonista di una lodevole iniziativa.   I dipendenti dell'azienda italiana sono infatti i fortunati destinatari di un bonus cultura: da oggi le spese per libri, cinema, teatro e gite al museo verranno infatti interament...

by Rossella Lorenzi   An intact Etruscan tomb, complete with sarcophagi, a full array of grave goods and a mysterious marble head, has has been brought to light in the Umbria region of Italy, in what promises to be one of the most important archaeological findings in recent history. Dated to the end of the 4th century B.C., the burial s...

by Enrico Netti   The company is operational in Dubai, Shanghai, and the United States with its five branches. These are the key markets for Urbani Tartufi, the family-owned business that is now in its sixth generation. Its long history is tied to the precious tuber: the company markets nearly two thirds of the worlds truffles, and its produ...