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Italian American John J. DeGioia (C’79, G’95) announced he is stepping down from his role as university president after 23 years and will become president emeritus and will continue as a member of the faculty. DeGioia is the longest-serving president in Georgetown’s history. Over his tenure as Georgetown’s 48th president, DeGioia has expanded the i...

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Redding pizza fans — meet the new pie in town. Paul Miller, who owns the new Donatello’s Pizzeria off Lake Boulevard with his wife, Chelsea, says their restaurant offers the first true Neapolitan pizza in Redding.Donatello’s features 10 varieties that include a unique Pistachio Pizza and a Hummus Pizza with Kalamata olives. For cheese lovers, there...

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In a bleak year for the Italian wine market, Brunello di Montalcino stands out as a unique success. During the first nine months of 2024, the US wine market experienced a general decline: -8% in volume and -7% in value. Yet, within this context, Tuscan wines—particularly Brunello—defied the trend, achieving an impressive +5% in volume and +1% in va...

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It took over 400,000 high-resolution images and an enormous amount of data, equivalent to 22 petabytes—around 5 million DVDs—to complete the digital twin of St. Peter's Basilica. The project, titled "San Pietro: AI-Enhanced Experience," was born two years ago from a meeting between Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, head of the Fabbrica di San Pietro, and Br...

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As visitors reach the end of the European painting section on the second floor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, they come across a dark entryway with two black walls reading the word “Siena” and “1300-1350,” a time period foreign to most viewers. Once inside, visitors are magically transported to a small medieval Italian city. “Siena: The Rise of...

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Anyone who has paid a visit to charming Italy knows all about its gastronomic sensorial signatures: the tang of tomatoes, the smell of fresh basil, and, of course, citric sips of limoncello. The good thing is that regardless of the stamps on your passport, the sunny yellow liqueur has the unique ability to mentally transport you to the Amalfi Coast...

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As the hour grows late, it takes the promise of something special to get this East Pointer to drive out to the northern burbs for a bite. But on a recent Saturday, hunger and curiosity won out, because, as my Italian boyfriend from Jersey says, “I’m hearing things.”  We made our way to the south side of Marietta Square, where a moonlit night led us...

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There are probably more stories about the name Via dell'Amore than there are roads leading to Rome. I'll go with the classic: the image of couples in the 1920s who came here for romantic walks, with or without a chaperone nearby. Today, Cinque Terre, with 3.4 million visitors per year, is one of Italy's most touristic spots – that's more than 9000...

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When UConn women’s basketball won its first national championship with an undefeated, historically dominant season in 1995, the program decided to collect all its major press clippings. That proved surprisingly difficult. There were enough clippings to fill an expandable 16-by-18-inch scrapbook. And enough to fill a second, and a third, and a fourt...

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It is one of the most famous and romantic city in the world, one of the best place to choose for an unforgettable vacation in Italy: Venice, the superb city built on a group of more than 100 small islands protected by a lagoon. With its canals cruised by the traditional Venetian boats called gondole, its squares and its iconic bridges and its monum...

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Steve Schirripa and his pal love Westerly, R.I. The beaches, the theater — the meatballs. By his pal, I mean lil’ Willieboy, of course. Instagram’s favorite pizza-loving dog. “The Sopranos” alum loves to take his #dogstagram star to Longo Ristorante Pizzeria in Westerly for their meatball fix.   But yes, his other pal, Michael Imperioli, loves the...

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“The great doctrine,“ All men are created equal,” written in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson (one of the “Founding Fathers” and third President of the United States, ed.), was paraphrased in the writings of Philip Mazzei, an Italian patriot and close friend of Jefferson”. These are the words written in the book on American immig...

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