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A new initiative aimed at supporting young farmers in Italy and fostering generational change has been launched by the Italian Institute of Services for the Agricultural and Food Market (Ismea). The “Land Generation” initiative will fund state land loans for experienced farmers under 41. The loans will help farmers purchase land worth €1,5 million...

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Every language has its own turns of phrase and quirky sayings, and we Italians are fond of our many aforismi e proverbi (“aphorisms and proverbs”). Think about it: what better way is there to sound like a native than to incorporate local expressions into your speech? Plus, by learning Italian sayings you’ll get an insight into Italian culture and h...

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The Beacon school board will create a committee comprised of board members, district administrators, students and members of the public to decide whether to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day on school calendars. President Meredith Heuer said during its Jan. 9 meeting that the board had received 70 emails after announcing in the fall th...

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A UNCW Associate Professor of Art History has been tapped to lead the studies of Roman-period pottery from the new excavations in the Athenian Agora. Doctor Nicholas Hudson will lead the studies of the Roman pottery found in the Agora of Athens in Greece. “Pottery is the most common archaeological artifact at ancient sites in the Mediterranean, whi...

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The UNICO National Foundation awarded scholarships worth nearly $100,000 in 2022, and these scholarships are again available to eligible high school and college students. The qualifications differ for each scholarship. Applicants are encouraged to review the entire list of offerings on the UNICO website – click “scholarships” at unico.org – and dow...

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Dr. Kevin Shirley can’t help but agree when someone says, “You make history come alive.” The veteran professor isn’t being immodest. “History seems alive because history is alive!” he said. “It’s a living, breathing thing. History is constantly being rewritten by new excavations, new discoveries and new translations. That’s the appeal of the discip...

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On Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday, Jan. 21, Italian contemporary theatre company Teatro delle Albe will perform “fedeli d’Amore,” or “Love’s Faithful,” at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The company comes at the invitation of both Penn Live Arts and the Center for Italian Studies collaborating with the Italian Studies section of the De...

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A small Connecticut town just took a big step to observe and honor Christopher Columbus. After a decade of holding class on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day will once again be celebrated during the 2024-25 school year in New Canaan. The New Canaan Board of Education passed a motion 5-4 on Monday to reestablish the holiday. The board vo...

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2023 marks the 75th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Italy. The U.S. – Italy Fulbright Commission will celebrate this milestone by selecting projects of Fulbright Alumni who have given their contribution to U.S. – Italy relations.  Selected projects will be awarded during the annual meeting of Italian and U.S. Fulbright grantees in June 2023...

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Students interested in the Food in Sicily study away program, scheduled for May 10-31, 2023, are invited to attend an upcoming information session on Microsoft Teams. Participants in the study abroad experience can earn six Ohio University credits, learn about the culture of food in Sicily, and get hands-on experience tasting and making Sicilian di...

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