When I was 17 years old I got on a one-way flight out of Italy. The destination? Miami. I had just won a tennis scholarship to complete my final year of high school at a private school in Florida: Gulliver Preparatory Academy. The type of school where 16-year-olds pull up in their Ferrari’s or Maserati’s. Needless to say, the best I could afford as...

Prima edizione per le scuole italiane all’estero del progetto: un percorso di scoperta, studio e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale italiano nel mondo pensato per gli studenti delle primarie e secondarie. Qual è il patrimonio culturale italiano presente nella tua città? Di cosa si tratta: di un monumento, un’opera d’arte, una canzone o una fes...

Ceramic artist Margaret Bohls has an abiding interest in historical vessel forms, and their social context. Nebraska Now: Margaret Bohls, Italian Studies, consists of three large groupings of vessels based primarily on those produced by the Etruscan civilization. The exhibit is on display at the Museum of Nebraska Art at the University of Nebraska...

Italy has declared its highest level 'red zone' restrictions in half of the country, resulting in the widespread closure of schools and museums, amid a new wave of covid-19 infections. To counteract this unhappy situation, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence has stepped in to offer what are possibly the world's greatest virtual art history lessons. The...

The SmartExport academy for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises was born. 6 free courses available in #elearning and curated by MIP Politecnico di Milano SDA Bocconi Luiss Business School Bologna Business School - Università di Bologna Federica Web Learning - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and ITA - Formazione.The be...

This spring, Magazzino Italian Art and the Menil Collection, two museums based in the U.S., will premiere discrete public programming series examining the contributions of Italian artists in the 20th century. Joining efforts of the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. to commemorate 160 years of diplomatic relations between Italy and the United State...

This Zoom Conference, March 22nd. 8 AM to 9:20, is first-ever of its kind: a real time classroom dialogue and presentations between Italian and American high school students about environmental problems facing Venice. The conference has been organized and sponsored by The Silvio Laccetti Foundation of Fairview, NJ and the education office of the It...

Florida Atlantic University launches the fifth edition of the International Symposium "Italy in Transit," this year more daring than ever. The annual meeting of students and scholars, organized by Ilaria Serra and the FAU Italian Program with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, starts with the Michele D. Serra Series in New Italian Cin...

Sulla base delle conoscenze acquisite nell'ambito del progetto di grande rilevanza Italia-USA “Bridge”, promosso dall’Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia e dall’Università USA della Virginia, e cofinanziato dal Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI), il team di ricerca italiano, diretto dal Prof. Andrea Critto dell'...

The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, has selected Cav. Josephine Maietta for its “Festa Della Donna” Award for 2021. In the United States, the month of March is recognized as Women’s History Month. And, March 8 of each year is celebrated as International Day of Wo...