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Facts & Stories

Olive Oil Rejuvenates Brain Cells, Study Reveals

Roberta Cutillo(February 18, 2020)

A study led by Felice Tirone in collaboration with Laura Micheli, Giorgio D'Andrea e Manuela Ceccarelli of the National Research Council’s Biochemistry and Cellular Biology Institute (Cnr- Ibbc) reveals that olive oil counters the aging of brain cells, particularly in older subjects, confirming once again the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

George Loring Brown, Monte Pellegrino at Palermo, Italy, 1856

Facts & Stories

Palermo: 115 Young Italians From All Over the World to Create a Global Network

Letizia Airos Soria(April 08, 2019)

A seminary for the creation of a network of young Italians in the world will take place in Palermo (April 16-19, 2019) and i-Italy is going to be there. An event organized by the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE). We discuss it with the president of the committee “New Migrations and New Generations,” Maria Chiara Prodi.

Facts & Stories

Italian Scientists Speak to the Next Generation

Kayla Pantano(February 23, 2017)

As part of an ongoing series at the Consulate General of Italy, a group of Italian scientists shared their experiences and offered advice to young migrant Italians pursuing a career in the field in the US.

Facts & Stories

Three Italian Films Nominated for the Cannes Film Festival

Emily Hayes(April 17, 2015)

Three Italian films were nominated for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, an annual international film festival held in Cannes, France. It will run from May 13th to May 24th this year. The directors are Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, and Matteo Garrone.

Events: Reports

Bambini, Ragazzi, Giovani: Children and Youth in Italy and the Italian Diaspora

I. I.(April 06, 2015)

Working from interdisciplinary and transnational and perspectives, the annual conference at John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25 2015) seeks to expand and update knowledge concerning historical and contemporary childhood and youth in Italy and among the diaspora and former colonial sites.

Facts & Stories

Italian Youth Unemployment Leads to Poverty in Retirement

Emily Hayes(February 13, 2015)

According to a recent report by Censis, high levels of unemployment and underemployment among today's youth will lead to poverty in their old age. Continuing economic recession hit Italy especially hard.

Art & Culture

Bertolucci's Me and You: a Look at Youth

Natasha Lardera(June 24, 2014)

Bernardo Bertolucci's first Italian-language feature in over 30 years and first feature in 9 years is about to open in New York City, on July 4th to be exact, and in more theaters across the US. Me and You is part of the Cinema Made in Italy Series, a major new initiative between Cinecittà Luce, the Italian Trade Commission and the film distributor Emerging Pictures that brings Italian films to American audiences.