Opening the US Market to Lombardy’s High Tech Excellence. An Economic and Institutional Joined Effort
The plenary session “USA: La Sfida Lombarda per competere. Le opportunità di sviluppo e di investimento nel mercato statunitense” (USA: the Lombardy Challenge to Compete. Development and Investment opportunities in the US market), hosted on Sept. 27 at the NYC headquarters of the Italian Trade Commission, saw the participation of 16 companies operating in the field of high tech involved in the project “USA: Approccio Integrato all’Internazionalizzazione” (USA: Integrated Approach to Internationalization), founded by the ITC, Confindustria Lombardia, and Regione Lombardia.
September 27, 2010
Duty calls!
We simply can no longer sit back and react with a “tsk tsk,” a “Mamma Mia,” or a shake of the head and then go about our own business, when some of our co-ethnics contribute to negative imagery of Italians and Italian Americans.
Ciao Frank Stella e grazie per tutto quello che hai fatto per noi
Questa mattina 27 Settembre 2010, alle 2:30 ora di Detroit, si e' spento Frank D. Stella.
Justice Scalia questions the constitutional rights of women
TIME MAGAZINE - Controversial (Italian/American) Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argues that the Constitution does not bar sex discrimination. In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that women are protected by the equal-protection clause. Now, Adam Cohen writes, "It is no small thing to talk about writing women out of equal protection — or Jews, or Latinos or other groups who would lose their protection by the same logic." Read the article by Adam Cohen.
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Darrell Fusaro's "The Basement" at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
On Saturday, October 16th, from 3pm - 5pm, the IIC LA will host a screening of THE BASEMENT with the film's Producers, Darrell Fusaro and Jeff Trujillo, in attendance. The event is part of of this year's HitWeek 2010!
Alessandro Profumo and His Resignation
UNICREDIT. Alessandro Profumo has resigned as the group's chief executive and the board has accepted his resignation. His exit from UniCredit may be seen as a significant victory for the Foundations and for the federalist Northern League party
Ferrari Festival at Saratoga Springs. Celebrating 100 Years of Alfa Romeo & the Traditional Elegance of Zagato
During this edition of the Ferrari Festival the organizers celebrated Alfa Romeo's 100 years exhibiting cars produced before and after the war. For the occasion, Andrea Zagato presented the Z-One car, the last jewel bearing the Zagato signature, assembled in a limited number of models. The Z-One commemorates 90 years of activity of the Zagato studio
Dissecting Berlusconi’s Italy
On September 20, journalist Marco Travaglio and Judge Piercamillo Davigo were invited to the School of Journalism of Columbia University to discuss the troubled present and past of Italy’s democracy under Berlusconi’s government. The debate was moderated by Alexander Stille, professor of International Journalism at Columbia and renowned expert on Italian politics
September 26, 2010
The Man Who Played Judas
Photograph courtesy of Stephanie Romeo.
Stefano Romeo (1884-1942)
In Search of an Italian-American Actor.
Italian Americans at CUNY and the Calandra Institute. Why The New York Times Got It Wrong
On September 14 The New York Times published an article by Lisa W. Foderaro entitled “Unlikely Group Charges Bias at University.” The article’s abstract read “Vincenzo Milione, a researcher at the Calandra Italian American Institute at the City University of New York, is suing CUNY and the institute’s director, saying he was retaliated against for criticizing what he considers the university’s poor record on recruiting Italian-American employees.” Many employees of the Institute—which gives i-Italy free hospitality—feel that Ms.
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