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Ciao, come stai? The simple greeting, “Hello, how are you?” in Italian is only three words long, but a powerful starting point to a full language of possibilities.  I recently took an Italian class with my husband at a local cultural center over the course of 15 weeks. The experience was both challenging and exciting, pushing me to learn in ways I...

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Dear friends, Spring has come and We the Italians is off again to New York, where we will attend the NIAF Gala and make some important and interesting meetings. And speaking of galas, we are working hard to organize our Gala dinner again this year here in Rome. It will be held again at the prestigious Club of the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affair...

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Gianna Betti, referred to as Gigi, is a young Italian American soccer player who is making a name for herself in the competitive world of Italian soccer. Gigi was born and raised right outside of San Francisco, California, to an Italian American father and an American mother. Gigi's passion for soccer has been a constant throughout her life, and th...

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Two upcoming events co-hosted by Fordham’s Italian Studies program and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will offer students and the public an opportunity to engage more deeply with the memories of millions of Italian immigrants across the world. Both groups will welcome Margherita Ganeri, Ph.D., an award-winning visiting scholar f...

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The Roman statesman and scholar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, once famously wrote to ancient Rome’s leading garden and agriculture expert, “If you have a garden in your library, we will want for nothing.” The Union community will dig into the past to cultivate meaning and belonging in a modern space as part of a three-year project, “Ancient Roman Gardeni...

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This new interview is particularly dear to me for three reasons. The first is that it tells how even young Italians can be guided to learn about the sacrifice that thousands of American heroes made to liberate Italy. The second is that very often I get suggested interviews that are not exactly in the flow of this column, which explores new and spec...

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Numerous scholarship opportunities for high school seniors have been announced by the Kearny Chapter of UNICO. The chapter offers $500 scholarships to seniors at any public, private or parochial high school who is a U.S. citizen, of Italian ancestry and who has resided in Kearny for at least three years. Candidates must have a grade point average o...

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The Italian Program of the U of A will be hosting the 2023 Italian American Studies Association annual conference. The keynote speaker will be Jack Halberstam of Columbia University. We encourage all faculty and graduate students to consider submitting a proposal. Date: Oct. 26-28. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Graduate Hotel. Submission D...

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The NIAF on Campus Program brings together Italian American students who are active in their college’s Italian clubs to promote the success of Italian organizations on university campuses across the nation and create a stronger Italian American presence in their communities. These student leaders then become long-term fellows of the Foundation to s...

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West Orange High School students in Sra. Rosanna Zamloot’s Honors Italian class were able to “parla de cibo”--talk about food–with their friends in Florence on March 28, thanks to Google Meet. Students from Liceo Giotto Ulivi, located in Borgo San Lorenzo, a town just outside of Florence, finished their regular school day and returned to share info...

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