by Cynthia Cumming   The Italian Club Annual Scholarship Dinner "Benvenuti al Nord," Welcome to the North, event took place on June 5. Monies raised at the even will go toward scholarships for graduating seniors. State Third Vice-President, Order of the Sons of Italy in America, Deborah Graby was the guest speaker.   She expresse...

The Italian American Celebration Honoring Christopher Columbus Committee (I.A.C.) has announced the recipients of their scholarships for 2014. The recipients were selected by a Scholarship Committee headed by Professor Dario Del Puppo of Trinity College, Hartford.   Five recipients each received a $1,000 award and two recipients received a $...

Ogni anno, attraverso un programma di borse di studio e di ricerca internazionali post-laurea, l’American-Italian Cancer Foundation (AICF) di New York (onlus fondata dal medico e ricercatore italiano Umberto Veronesi per sostenere la ricerca e la prevenzione sul cancro) sostiene progetti di ricerca a favore di 20 giovani ricercatori italiani che ha...

The Italian American Memorial Association Scholarship Ceremony was held on July 3 at the IAMA facility. Scholarships were presented at the July monthly meeting with IAMA members present. Three scholarships were given this year to the following Long Branch High School students; Amanda Burke, Luke Balina and Trey Smith.   Amanda Burke received...

In a room full of boxes containing the dreams of young Italians, an archivist browse a file with the future plans of students and researchers: someone wish to open a business of robotics, someone else to start an IT company or to work on a biotechnology lab.   This is the beginning of "Change your Life Change Italy" campaign copy (http://you...

For the 15th consecutive year, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will sponsor its Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program, an educational and cultural initiative that sends Italian American students enrolled in a college or university to Italy each year. This all-expenses-paid trip will take place in June 2014. The go...

The first Italians who came to the US during the mass migration age spent their first years basically without any right. Some of them because they considered themselves "birds of passage": they came to the US with the full intent of making money and then come back to Italy. Some of them because they weren't interested in losing their Italian citize...

Il Centro di lingua e cultura italiana "Babilonia" ha bandito la quarta edizione dell'Annual Teacher Study Grant a Taormina, in riconoscimento dell'eccellenza nell'insegnamento della lingua e cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti. La Borsa di Studio 2013 sarà assegnata a un insegnante di High School e/o Programmi AP negli Stati Uniti per il contribut...

The University for Foreigners in Perugia together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Embassy in Washington offers 50 scholarships to attend Italian language and culture courses or teacher training courses at the University for Foreigners of Perugia. The University for Foreigners in Perugia is the oldest and most prestigious Italia...

by Holly Valentine For the 21st consecutive year, the Solano chapter of UNICO, an Italian-American service club, has awarded scholarships to deserving local high school seniors. Seven students were awarded one thousand dollars each for the following scholarships: Juilus J. Caserza Memorial Scholarship: Austin Chadwick and Frank Primrose, Vacavil...