Innovazione, made in Silicon Italy
di Maria Teresa Cometto Dopo Israele, Irlanda e India, «l'Italia è la prossima Startup Nation nel settore high-tech». Lo sostiene, convinto, il nuovo console italiano a San Francisco, Mauro Battocchi, insediato lo scorso settembre e focalizzato nell'aiutare il made in Italy tecnologico a sfruttare tutte le opportunità di business nella Silicon Val...
The Godfather: Was James Caan offered Al Pacino's role as Michael Corleone?
by George Dickie Popular movie lore has it that director Francis Ford Coppola and/or Paramount originally wanted James Caan for Michael Corleone, the role that would become a career-making turn for Al Pacino, in the 1972 mob classic "The Godfather." But the now-73-year-old Caan, who begins a four-episode arc on Starz's "Magic City...
ISSNAF awards finalists announced
After a very hard selection process ISSNAF selected the 46 finalists that will present their abstracts at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC on October 29th, 2013. Out of a very competitive pool of over 100 applicants, 28 young Italian investigators working in the United States will illustrate the results of their works in oral presentations and...
Learn Italy: la scuola che non è solo scuola
di Maurita Cardone C'è chi vuole andare alla ricerca delle proprie radici, chi vuole finalmente imparare a parlare con la nonna, chi invece si prepara al viaggio di una vita. Chi vuole darsi un tocco di charme o chi vuole vantarsi ordinando la cena italiana con accento perfetto. C'è sempre un buon motivo per imparare l'Italiano. E insieme...
Juventus fly out to USA
Mauricio Isla is amongst the 30-man squad named by Juventus for their pre-season tour of the United States. Isla's future in Turin was in doubt after the Old Lady entertained the transfer interest of Inter in the player. However, just when an agreement was reportedly close, Juventus announced that the midfielder co-owned with Udinese woul...
Fr. Ezio Marchetto Appointed New Pastor of Holy Rosary Church
Cardinal Donald Wuerl recently announced the appointment of Father Ezio Marchetto, C.S., as the Pastor of the Holy Rosary Church, the Italian parish in our Nation's Capitol. Father Lydio Tomasi, who had been the pastor since January 2006, has become "Pastor Emeritus." Fr. Ezio Marchetto was born in Arzignano, Vicenza, on September 27, 1955...
New York Italian Restaurant Olio e Piu Launches All-Day Menu
Some may like pizza for breakfast, and some may not, but a Neapolitan restaurant in Greenwich Village now gives us that option. Last Thursday, Olio e Piu officially launched their 24-hour, 7 day a week menu, adding new dishes ranging from prosciutto and figs to mushroom cavatelli to pizza Nutella. Olio e Piu offers two different views: a s...
Expats moving to Italy
by Claudia Astarita It is becoming more and more common for American people to move to Italy for good. Since expatriates are used to choose their destinations according to the opportunities they can offer them, it is interesting to understand how and why Italy entered the U.S. top ten. Most of the people that moved to Italy during...
Batali Is Writing Two Cookbooks on American Cuisine
Chef and restaurateur Mario Batali has signed a deal for two cookbooks with Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. The first cookbook will be written in collaboration with Washington Post writer Jim Webster, and will "look at farmers and their top products in 12 American states acr...
Turano alla Continentale CGIE: "Buon confronto ad Ottawa. Sul consolato di Newark vogliamo risposte vere"
"Puntare sul rilancio della lingua e cultura italiana nel mondo, sulla riapertura dei termini per la cittadinanza e su una revisione seria e analitica della rete diplomatico-consolare italiana". Così Renato Turano, senatore del Partito democratico eletto in America settentrionale e centrale, di ritorno a Roma dopo la riunione della Commissione cont...
Meeting Antonin Scalia
When Ronald Regan nominated Antonin Scalia to the United States Supreme Court in 1986, my Sicilian father was ecstatic. Finally, he thought, some positive publicity about Sicilians! Scalia's family had emigrated from a small town near Caltanisetta, and to have one of our own appointed to the highest court in the land was cause for jubilation. As I...
Imprese Italiane nel mondo - American Dream : Prospettive di business e tutele el Continente Americano: Convegno Confindustria Udine
Confindustria Udine ha ospitato a palazzo Torriani un seminario dedicato alle prospettive, alle tendenze ed alle opportunità di business nel continente americano. Organizzato in collaborazione con lo Studio Legale Goldberg Segalla LLP di New York, l'iniziativa ha rappresentato un'opportuna occasione per apprendere quelle che sono le effettive poten...