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-9 posts tagged "italy"
Kate Casper | Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Call it my cute, American ignorance, but I really believed Italian grocery stores would accommodate my need for ready-made vodka sauce. I really believed I could walk into Fantasia on Via di S. Giovanni and purchase a jar of that heavenly mix of onion, basil, tomato, garlic, parmesan and — you guessed it — vodka.
Peter Breen | Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Italian professor Tiziana Serafini, a voice for those caught up in the Italian refugee crises who was known to teach yoga classes in her native tongue to her students for extra credit, died in Rome from cancer Aug. 19. She was 62. Serafini spent most of her time in the classroom since coming to Notre
Dasha Kudriavtseva | Monday, November 2, 2020
When you see the pink-colored poster for the Italian series “Baby,” the last thing you’d imagine is a story of underage prostitution inspired by real events, but the third season of the Netflix show continues to unravel the dark, hidden lives of a pair teenagers. The main character ‘baby,’ Chiara (Benedetta Porcaroli), is dissatisfied with
Isabella Volmert | Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Even though he’s thousands of miles away, Notre Dame freshman Paolo Mazzara is fighting against the coronavirus by advocating for health care workers in his home country of Italy. Mazzara, a philosophy and global affairs major, volunteers as a translator between on-the-ground healthcare professionals, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Italian “Ministero della Salute,”
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The University announced the suspension of the Jerusalem study abroad program and offered updates regarding responses to COVID-19 in an email to the Notre Dame community Tuesday morning. “The University has suspended programs at the Jerusalem Global Gateway at Tantur and the Tantur Ecumenical Institute there after Israeli authorities closed the crossing between Jerusalem and
Callie Patrick | Friday, August 30, 2019
As Saint Mary’s students return to campus for the academic year, one group of Belles is returning from much further away. Every summer, the College sends students across Europe to pursue academic, personal and cultural discovery. Sophomore Taylor Murphy spent her summer in Angers, France, a university town near LeMans, the founding site of the
Jordan Ryan | Thursday, December 8, 2016
The wave of populism continues to flood Europe with the Italian referendum held this past weekend. Italians voters were faced with the opportunity to vote yes to a constitutional reform that would alter the division of powers within their legislature and increase control by Italy’s central government. Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vocally supported the
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame administrators have confirmed the safety of students studying abroad in Rome after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit 100 kilometers north of the city. Haleigh Ehmsen, media relations associate for the College, said in an email that 12 Saint Mary’s students arrived at John Cabot University on Wednesday, but were not on site during
Gabriela Malespin | Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Leonardo Morlino, professor of Political Science and director of the Research Center on Democracies and Democratizations at LUISS, Rome, presented his research on Italian economics on Tuesday at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. Morlino’s lecture, titled ‘The Political Consequences of Economic Crisis: Italy and Beyond,’ focused on the relationship between the implementation of democracy