Meet the 15-Year-Old Girl Who Will Probably Be the First Astronaut On Mars
Superstar millennial Abigail Harrison has drive that is rare for a high school sophomore. Inspired by the clear Minnesota night sky and the stars that captivated her at age five, the young astronaut-in-training has approached a new stage in her goal of becoming the first astronaut on Mars. On April 24, Harrison announced that she and Italian astron...
ISSNAF awards finalists announced
After a very hard selection process ISSNAF selected the 46 finalists that will present their abstracts at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC on October 29th, 2013. Out of a very competitive pool of over 100 applicants, 28 young Italian investigators working in the United States will illustrate the results of their works in oral presentations and...
Italia e Usa celebrano 50 anni di cooperazione nello spazio con un nuovo accordo
Italia e Stati Uniti sottoscrivono oggi un importante accordo quadro per la promozione e lo sviluppo della collaborazione nel settore dello spazio. L'intesa apre nuove opportunità in campo economico, scientifico e tecnologico.La firma dell'accordo coincide con le celebrazioni dei primi 50 anni di cooperazione in campo spaziale tra i due Paesi. A so...
Italian furniture company opens showroom featuring a Bayer gel
By Joyce Gannon An upper floor of a historic Pittsburgh office tower seems an unlikely spot to find the North American headquarters of a European luxury mattress maker. But in spacious digs in the century-old Arrott Building on Wood Street, employees of Italy-based Technogel are working to convince Americans that a cool, blue gel will giv...
Craft beer says cheers to Italian Machinery
In January's issue of Packing World Magazine, it seems that Italy is no longer known for its fashion, food, and wine but also machinery used in production of craft beers! Part of running a business means using the most efficient products and machinery out there. This is where Troegs Brewery in Hershey, Pennsylvania had to make a virtuous d...
In Support of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership [PART 1]
by Mauro Battocchi Trade has come a long way since the opening of global markets started in 1947 with the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Since then, we've seen the creation of the World Trade Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement, European Union, ASEAN Free Trade Area, and many more agreements th...
Sogefi to expand W.Va. plant, create 250 jobs
Italian auto parts maker Sogefi Group plans a $20 million expansion of its plant in West Virginia that will create 250 new jobs, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Tuesday. When the expansion is complete, the plant in Prichard in Wayne County will produce engine intake manifolds for General Motors, along with its existing line of fuel pumps and filter...
Hamilton municipal council tables discussion of lead contamination at Italian American Sportsman’s Club
By Sherrina Navani Council tabled a debate until the end of January surrounding how much lead contamination still surrounds the Italian American Sportsman's Club, during Tuesday night's municipal council meeting. At that meeting an environmental watchdog group, The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, brought their own licensed site remediation prof...
Obama to welcome Renzi as key ally in Europe
When Matteo Renzi first met Barack Obama at the White House in January 2010, it was a fleeting encounter. The youthful mayor of Florence, now Italy's 41 year-old prime minister, was in Washington to attend a conference of US mayors as a foreign guest, and the pair barely spoke. But this week, more than five years later, Mr Obama is planning a far...
USA e Italia celebrano i primi 50 anni nello spazio insieme: seminario all'Ambasciata di Washington
Il prossimo 19 marzo all'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington verranno celebrati i 50 anni di collaborazione spaziale tra Italia e Stati Uniti. Era il 1962 quando l'Italia firmò il primo accordo con la Nasa per lanciare il suo primo satellite dalla base di Wallops Island, in Virginia, cui seguì il primo lancio di un satellite italiano dalla base itali...
Gli Stati Uniti importano sempre più Italia
di Pier Paolo Celeste Nel primo semestre del 2013, gli Stati Uniti hanno importato dall'Italia merci per un valore di 18,6 miliardi di dollari registrando un aumento del 2,95% sullo stesso periodo del 2012, dato importante se paragonato al perdurante calo di importazioni dal mondo (-2,11%) e dall'UE (-1,03%). La quota di mercato dell'Ital...
Italian language teacher needed in Springfield, VA
Language Trainers is an international language training company offering private language classes throughout the country . Our clients, either individuals or companies, typically look for tailor made training at their homes or offices. They always tell us their training needs before they book with us and it is our job to recruit the best possible t...