The University of South Florida joined over 50 universities across the U.S. — and more than 100 countries around the world — for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World on Nov. 20. The event attracted delegates from the Consulate General of Italy in Miami to the Tampa campus for the first time. 
  
“The event marked the beginning of a very fruitful collaboration between the Italian consular authorities, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian program at USF,” said Patrizia La Trecchia, an associate professor of Italian in the Department of World Languages, who received an invitation to host the event from the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Miami. “We are honored to have been selected to host this global event and excited to be a part of this prestigious international tradition.”