The winner of the 2020-2021 “Italian Club of Dallas” Scholarship is Alexa Hassell
The Italian Program announces the winner of the 2020-2021 “Italian Club of Dallas” Scholarship! This year’s recipient is…Alexa Hassell, who will be spending the summer in Rome. Alexa Hassell is a current sophomore who knew what she wanted to do from day one. Before starting her first day of classes, she walked into Italian Program Director Anthony...
D'Eugenio Presents on Comics and Graffiti at the 52th Annual NeMLA Conference
The University of Arkansas' Daniela D'Eugenio, assistant professor of Italian, recently presented "Comics and Graffiti for the 'Week of the Italian Language in the World'" on the roundtable session "Teaching Popular Culture in the Intermediate Language Courses" at the 52nd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). The...
Scholarship opportunities at Italian Cultural and Community Center of Houston
Since the year 2000, the Italian Cultural & Community Center has granted over $241,000 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are of Italian descent to any degree on either side of parentage, and who submit complete applications by the specified deadline. All completed applications are due in the ICCC office by 5:00 p.m. on April 9,...
Continuità nel promuovere la ricerca ed i Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo
Si è svolta il 12 dicembre in videoconferenza la XV Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo, evento organizzato dalla Texas Scientific Italian Community (TSIC) in collaborazione con la Rice University e patrocinato dal Governatore dello Stato del Texas, dalla Camera dei Deputati, dall’Istituto Superiore della Sanitá, dal Consiglio Nazionale d...
Calabretta-Sajder Receives American Association of Teachers of Italian's Distinguished Service Award
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, assistant professor and section head for Italian at the University of Arkansas, has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Association of Teachers of Italian's Distinguished Service Award for the college/university level. A member of the American Association of Teachers of Italian for 13 years, Calabretta-Sajder...
XV Conference of Italian Researchers in the world. Saturday 12th December
The XV Conference of Italian Researchers in the World is only a few days away and we can't be more excited to see so many interesting topics, in different fields of science, technology, medicine, and humanities, with outstanding speakers and moderators, as well as several important endorsements and auspices received for the event organized by the T...
Riunione ordinaria della Texas Scientific Italian Community (TSIC). Eletto il comitato esecutivo.
L’ associazione denominatasi "Texas Scientific Italian Community" (TSIC), che riunisce membri della comunità scientifica italiana nel Texas, si è riunita via zoom per eleggere il suo comitato esecutivo e per finalizzare le attività dell’ultimo quadrimestre del 2020. I presenti hanno altresì programmato: la presentazione il 23 ottobre di un webina...
Diversity, Transformation and Italian Studies Hosts Its Inaugural Event
The newly founded Diversity, Transformation and Italian Studies by Ryan Calabretta-Sajder and four colleagues in Italian studies (Syndey Conrad, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosetta Giuliani Caponetto, Auburn University; Marina "Maureen" Melita, Marist College; Vetri Nathan, University of Massachusetts, Boston) is happy to announce its inaugur...
Prende il via la serie di webinar #WeareISSNAF organizzata dall’Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata e i Consolati negli USA
E' cominciata a Houston la serie di Webinar #weareISSNAF organizzati dalla Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF) in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata e la rete diplomatico-consolare italiana negli USA. La nuova serie si prefigge di affrontare temi specifici ma importanti nel panorama scientifico odierno attraverso conve...
University's Rome Center Offers Virtual International Internships for Fall
The University of Arkansas Rome Center is offering virtual international internships beginning in the fall semester. Students have the opportunity to work with an Italian organization for the second 8-week term, gaining experience in a variety of study areas or interests. Internships are available to students in any degree program and will begin th...
Italiani in Texas in prima linea contro il covid: il webinar del Consolato con l’Ambasciatore Varricchio
“Italiani in Texas in prima linea contro il covid19” è il tema del webinar organizzato oggi, 22 maggio, dal Consolato generale d’Italia a Houston in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata italiana a Washington.Dedicato ai rappresentanti italiani della comunità medico-scientifica impegnati in prima linea in Texas, il seminario vuole essere un'occasione per...
Problems mount for Italian student stuck in Oklahoma due to coronavirus threat
A foreign exchange student from Italy is having to deal with the effects of the coronavirus -- not just in the U.S. -- but also in his home country. Jacopo Battista came to Oklahoma in January for a semester at Broken Arrow High School. While he was settling into life in Green Country, his family and the rest of Italy was sheltering in place from t...