Scienziati italiani scoprono i meccanismi di crescita del più aggressivo tumore del cervello
Passi avanti nella ricerca sui tumori al cervello. È stato individuato l'importante meccanismo che favorisce il mantenimento delle cellule staminali tumorali del glioblastoma, il più aggressivo e letale dei tumori cerebrali. Elemento cardine di questo meccanismo è una proteina, chiamata ID2, in grado di mettere in atto una cascata di eventi che pro...
4th Annual International Business Summit-Influence, Relevance, Growth- "Italy's Opportunity and New Paradigm"
European and Italian leaders will once again meet in New York for the Italian Business & Investment Initiative's Fourth Business Summit in a rendezvous with American counterparts to discuss central growth and investment opportunities. Organized by the Italian Business & Investment Initiative, in collaboration with EY (Ernst & Young), th...
"Shot Down Over Italy" Author in Free Program Series
When: Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:00 amWhere: The Putnam Valley, Historical Society, PO Box 297 ♦ 301 Peekskill hollow Rd., Putnam Valley, NY 10579 On May 26, 1944, a B-25 Mitchell bomber with a seven-man crew was shot down over Nazi-occupied Italy. At the time, Italy was caught in a complex, controversial, drawn-out, and bloody war of a...
Primo Maggio at Barre’s Old Labor Hall
Primo Maggio (literally, the first of May) is the Italian version of an international observance. And, it may surprise some to learn that Primo Maggio memorializes an American event. May Day has, since the late 19th century, been International Workers Day, inaugurated to recognize the martyrs of Haymarket Square in 1886. It was brough...
Francesco Cafiso Quartet
When: Thursday, June 09, 2016 From 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021 One of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz. When he was barely nine years old Francesco took his first steps, working with internationally famous musicians. Meeting Wynton Marsalis in Pesca...
Italian restaurant Ciao Bella to close in Hewlett
Ciao Bella, the cozy Italian trattoria on Broadway in Hewlett, is closing on Aug. 13. Owner Freddy Sammarone announced on Facebook that he and his wife, Dina, "have decided that it is time to say goodbye." This week, dinner will be served only on Thursday and Friday; next week, dinner only on Friday and Saturday. On those last two evenings...
Bronx’s Little Italy launches earthquake relief fund-raiser with Arthur Ave. restaurants donating to the cause
by Laura Dimon and Larry McShane Arthur Avenue is the expressway to Italian earthquake relief. The Little Italy of the Bronx joined local politicians and business people Friday to raise money for the victims of the deadly central Italy quake blamed for 267 deaths. "The neighborhood owes its unique vitality, identity and herit...
Frank J. Guarini/NIAF Media Forum — April 3
NIAF is launching its 2013 series of the Frank J. Guarini/NIAF Media Forums on April 3, in New York City. The forum's panel of experts will address the subject of Italy's recently elected parliament, Italy and Europe's stability, and major challenges ahead. Italian correspondents, American journalists of Italian ancestry and NIAF Council m...
La latente follia di noi expat
By Maurita Cardone Vivere all'estero significa convivere con un continuo senso di alterità, ma anche sviluppare una grande capacità di adattamento. L'espatriato è un individuo dissociato. E va bene così. "È incredibile il modo in cui parli con le mani, tutti questi gesti che fai accompagnano e arricchiscono quello che dici" – osserva il t...
Con il ministro Kyenge l'Italia ricorda a New York l'11 settembre
"La Tavola del Silenzio" è ormai un appuntamento fisso nelle celebrazioni newyorchesi dedicate al ricordo dell'attacco terroristico alle Torri Gemelle di New York avvenuto l'11 settembre 2001. Domani alla Josie Robertson Plaza del Lincoln Center, e alla presenza del ministro italiano per l'Integrazione Cecile Kyenge, 100 ballerini delle miglio...
Special event: "Martini&Aperitivi" - A night with Cesare Martini
This Friday night, October 4th, guests are invited to enjoy specially created martinis and aperitifs at Casa Belvedere mansion. Everyone will learn how to make the perfect martini from a "Martini" expert, Cesare Martini. Mr. Martini will be on site to personally create what is probably one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages of the modern w...
Davide contro Golia: piccoli produttori alla conquista degli USA
By Maurita Cardone Per le piccole aziende italiane, entrare nello sconfinato e competitivo mercato statunitense può essere impresa non facile. Soprattutto nell'affollato campo del vino, dove il pubblico americano ha ancora tanto da imparare. Cercare di creare delle opportunità per queste aziende e allo stesso tempo "educare" il consumatore america...