Mauro Lorenzini, the Consul General of Italy in Houston, recently visited the 80th Flying Training Wing at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, the world’s only multinationally manned and operated flight training program, based at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. He was accompanied by Italian astronaut Colonel Luca Parmitano, a...

April 15th, Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, marks the Giornata della Ricerca Italiana nel Mondo (Italian Research Day in the World), an annual global celebration by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. This day honors the achievements of Italian researchers worldwide and strengthens ties between Italy and its diaspor...

For a group of Shepherd School of Music graduate students, summer 2025 offered more than just a change of scenery. It reshaped how they see their art, their craft and themselves. Thanks to the Margaret C. Pack Language Institute for Singers, vocal performance students going into the second year of the master’s program spent three immersive weeks in...

On June 2, 2025, the Consulate General of Italy in Houston celebrated the 79th Anniversary of the Italian Republic with an official ceremony— a special occasion to honor Italian roots and culture. On this occasion, Houston Mayor John Whitmire issued a proclamation, presented by Council Member Mary Nan Huffman and Mayor's Office of Trade and Interna...

It seems like my mom is always making cookies when we talk on the phone. Over a thousand miles away, I imagine the buttery first bite of her thumbprint cookies, with their signature chocolate center hugged by perfectly squishy dough. This past Christmas season, when she told me about all the types of cookies she was making, I felt a panic race to m...

Immersive experiences are nothing new. Commemorating a battle that took place half a millennium ago, the seven panels that comprise the Pavia Tapestries — each of which is 13 feet high; taken together, the tapestries are nearly 200 feet long — have a kind of endlessness about them. Thousands of figures populate the tapestries (I dare you to find an...

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Ferrovie dello Stato, Italy's national railway company, is aiming to expand its high-speed rail services in the U.S., a country traditionally resistant to fast trains. The U.S. has long relied on air travel for connecting major cities due to its vast distances, with road traffic primarily focused on freight. However, Italy’s railway company is expl...

Il Piemonte si dirige in Michigan per una missione strategica per il campo dell'automotive Il Russo Brothers Italian American Filmmaker Forum annuncia i destinatari dei grant per il 2025 Per ora è piccola la diminuzione dei viaggiatori italiani negli Stati Uniti, al contrario delle merci che scendono quasi del 10% New Jersey Digest celebra la cult...

May 10th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. TMC3 Helix Park – Hermann Hall – 2 Floor, 7255 Helix Park Ave, Houston, TX. The Consulate General of Italy in Houston, the Comites of Houston, and the West-South Central Chapter of ISSNAF are pleased to invite you to the VIII Edition of the Italian Research Day in the World (Giornata della Ricerca Italiana nel M...