Here’s how students earned IACO scholarships for cultural spirit
The Italian American Cultural Organization of the South Shore has announced the winners of the 2025 IACO “Spirit of Italian Culture” Scholarship. According to a community announcement, six students have each received a $3,000 scholarship after a competitive selection process. The recipients are: - Natalie J. Pechilis from Whitman-Hanson Regional Hi...
UNICO Waterbury Pledges $500 to Rochambeau Memorial Project
Dr. Joanne D’Angelo and Marie A. Vitarelli of UNICO Waterbury presented a $500 check to the Middlebury Historical Society in support of the Rochambeau Monument Project last week. Dr. D’Angelo serves as Local Charity Chair, and Ms. Vitarelli is a member of UNICO’s Board of Directors. Dr. Robert L. Rafford, president of the Middlebury Historical Soci...
From Molecule to Market: Italy’s End-to-End Life Science Ecosystem Takes Center Stage at BIO Boston
A unified national ecosystem is telling its story—and showing its strength—at the world’s most important biotechnology event. The BIO International Convention has opened in Boston, and with it the Italian Pavilion, organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) together with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Min...
Job Opportunity: Portsmouth High School (NH) World Language Teacher (Grades 9-12)
Portsmouth High School, located in Portsmouth, NH, is seeking a multilingual teacher for a full-time position. Proficiency in Italian and French is required; the ability to also teach Spanish is a plus. Position PurposeUnder the general supervision of the School Principal, the teacher will support students in developing their knowledge and skills i...
Vermont Italian Cultural Association Scholarships and Grants Committee Announces 2025 Recipients
Each year the Vermont Italian Cultural Association awards up to three grants to individuals seeking to broaden their knowledge of Italian culture. In 2024, VICA named one of these grants to honor retired Senator Patrick Leahy, whose maternal grandparents immigrated to Vermont from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The Leahys have been VICA...
Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business to Implement Community Impact Projects with Italian Mountain Town
The Graduate Career Center at the Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business in Boston, Massachusetts, will engage 10 graduate students in the implementation of three Community Impact Projects in support of Progetto Guarcino 2025, a comprehensive arts, culture and economic development campaign designed to build prosperity and improve...
C.I.A.O raising funds for new South Shore Italian American programs
C.I.A.O. – the Cultural Italian American Organization based on the South Shore (Boston, MA) - is moving ahead to gather the resources necessary to support its Italian Language and Cultural High school and Adult Education Programs. The Italian American Alliance has been heavily involved with this language program since its inception through the eff...
Saint John School in the North End will celebrate 130th anniversary at May 9 gala
Saint John School is in the heart of the historic North End, but it’s been making its own glorious history in Catholic education for the past 130 years. In fact, Saint John will recognize its decades of excellence at a “Back To Our Roots” spring gala May 9 at the Battery Wharf Hotel. The school will turn back the clock and celebrate the neighborhoo...
Italian Film Club Promotes Local Businesses and Italian Culture
Last semester saw the first few meetings of the Italian Film Club, a new student organization that meets every other Wednesday to view and discuss Italian cinema and television from across various decades. The club was brought about by Quin McGlame ‘25 and Teddy Salamone ‘27, both of whom had taken classes taught by the professor who would be broug...
Boston: Cristina Basso receives the career award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Cristina Basso, a professor at the University of Padua, has been awarded the 'Distinguished Achievement Award 2025' for her outstanding scientific contribution and valuable clinical work at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) conference currently taking place in Boston. Cristina Basso's keynote lecture focused on the contrib...
Pirandello Lyceum Announces I Migliori Award Recipients
The Pirandello Lyceum has announced the recipients of the 2025 I Migliori Awards – Mens et Gesta:The Best In Mind and Deed. This year will mark the 40th anniversary of the Pirandello Lyceum’s I Migliori Awards which recognizes outstanding Americans of Italian descent who have made important contributions to their profession, to society and to the I...
Olivetti and the Cultural History of Italian Business
Thursday March 6, 2025. 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Collins Cinema; Collins Cafe Dining - 106 Central Street - Wellesley, MA. This talk explores the contribution of the Olivetti typewriter and calculator company to the construction of a national business culture in Italy between the 1930s and the 1960s. Olivetti employed painters, filmmakers, architects, cu...