Scholarships will be available to college students through the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Foundation has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships and cultural grants since its founding in 1976.   Since NIAF's inception 38 years ago, the scholarship program has grown from four scholarsh...

Rome, September 19, 2012 The residence of the U.S. Ambassadors to Italy Benvenuti a tutti e grazie per esser venuti a questa presentazione del volume sulla storia di Villa Taverna. Welcome everyone to Villa Taverna and thank you for joining us today for a presentation about a project that has been very important to me and to my wife Rose. First a...

Congratulations to NIAF member Gina Furia Rubel, Esq., president and ceo of Furia Rubel Communications Inc., who has received SmartCEO Philadelphia's 2015 SmartCEO Brava Award, presented to Greater Philadelphia's top women CEOs, nonprofit leaders and high-impact executives.   Rubel is the Secretary and Treasurer of the Justinian Foundation o...

Register online today for NIAF's 39th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., October 24-25! This year's Gala calendar is already filling up fast with exciting celebrities and events, including a special preview screening of the highly anticipated documentary "The Italian Americans" scheduled for nationwide PBS release in early 2015.   Plus, r...

by Roberto Natalini   L'organizzazione italo-americana più importante a livello nazionale, ovvero il NIAF, National Italian American Foundation, ha di recente conferito una consistente borsa di studio ad Ariana Alva Ferrari, studente della San Francisco State University di origini italiane.   Fondato nel lontano 1976, ogni anno il NIA...

Il Consiglio d'Amministrazione della National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), tra cui il Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso, il Presidente John Viola ed il Comitato Esecutivo, sara' in Italia dal 22 al 29 giugno 2014.   La Missione in Italia della Fondazione riunira' membri del Consiglio d'Amministrazione, imprenditori e funzionari del governo...

Be our guest on Thursday, July 25, for the Frank J. Guarini/NIAF Media Forum panel discussion: "Austerity vs. Growth: Is It Time for Growth Policies in Italy?" Panelists include Massimo Gaggi, author and U.S. Correspondent for Corriere Della Sera; Marco Martella, U.S. Representative for Banca d' Italia; and Fabio Schiantarelli, professor of Economi...

"Partono i Bastimenti". È questo il titolo della mostra, curata da Francesco Nicotra, che sarà aperta al pubblico dal 16 aprile al 16 maggio, nella Sala Gialla del Teatro Politeama di Palermo. Una mostra, dedicata alla emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe, quel "grande esodo" definito dagli studiosi il più rilevante movimento migratorio della storia...

National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) President John M. Viola will lead a delegation of the Foundation's Board members to Palermo, Italy, to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio on May 23, 2015. The deaths of Judge Giovanni Falcone and his wife, Judge Francesca Morvillo, Judge Paolo Borsellino, and the...

Ten university students who reside in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area have received National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Scholarships. The students are Katie Anastasi of Rockville, Md. Mackenzie Burnett of Ellicott City, Md., Mattia D'Affuso of North Potomac, Md., Daniel Evans of Germantown, Md., Gabriella LaVerghetta and Nicholas Tsu...