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Nicholas Ferroni, once hailed as the “Sexiest Teacher Alive” by People magazine, is a fixture on ABC’s The View, a nationally recognized activist and education influencer who regularly rubs elbows with the glitterati. It’d be easy for the Rutgers alumnus to cash in on his good looks and celebrity status. He’s received offers to trade his classroom...

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Being born in Palermo and growing up in Sicily, Monica Valenti Niespodziany used to gather her friends and play “pretend school,” putting herself in the role of the teacher. When she decided to become a teacher, her family wasn’t the least bit surprised, she says. Valenti Niespodziany has taught Italian at St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Kenosha sin...

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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...

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The FIERI Scholarship Fund was established in 1985 to enable gifted students of Italian American origin to pursue their educational goals. For more than three decades, the Fund has offered scholarships to a number of talented young men and women. This year, the Fund will offer multiple scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to help defray the...

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A few years ago, Penn Italian-language lecturer Julia Heim began to notice a “huge disconnect” between the representation of Italian life in primary textbooks and the “actual, real lived experience in Italy.” The textbooks were very homogenous, leaving out the experiences and lives of underrepresented Italians. In response, Heim found themself crea...

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To confront the alarming rate of antisemitism in our nation, the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) developed a video series titled The Italians and the Holocaust, as part of The Universality of Italian Heritage curriculum. This five-part video collection was produced in collaboration with the New Jersey Office of Holocaust Education. ...

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 Fairfax City Economic Development (FCED) and John Cabot University (JCU) have announced a new partnership aimed at advancing economic collaboration between Italian businesses and Fairfax City, Virginia. The partnership introduces the inaugural International Business Fellowship, a program that will allow three selected JCU students to engage in mea...

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D. Michael Reilly, Chair of the Gonzaga University Board of Trustees, today announced the selection of Katia Passerini, Ph.D., as the University’s next president, effective July 15, 2025. She will succeed Thayne M. McCulloh, D.Phil., who will step down in July 2025 after serving as Gonzaga’s president for the past 16 years. “After a seven-month nat...

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Italy: the land of pizza, football legends, and designer fashion. Sounds great, right? But there’s so much more to this country than meets the eye. Underneath all the glitz and glamour is a hub of creativity, research, and world-class education waiting to be discovered.   The best part? Many of Italy’s top universities actively welcome internationa...

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The Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic and Emory University consolidate the 2023 cultural cooperation agreement by announcing today the transfer of an Etruscan Bucchero jug, a Greek black slipware fish-plate and five fragments of a Laconian Cup. The objects will remain in Atlanta on loan to the Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. In November...

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