Profiles

Italian-American director Jonas Carpignano is the author of the film Mediterranea, which tells the story of two African migrants, Ayiva, played by Koudous Seihon, and Abas (Alassane Sy), as they try to make better lives for themselves in Italy, after …

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi holds a unique place in the history of science and education in the Western world: she was the first woman to be offered, in 1732 at the University of Bologna,  an official, salaried teaching position at …

Italian Director Ettore Scola died today in Rome at the age of 84. He was considered one of the greatest masters of the Italian cinema. He directed 40 films over 40 years and had international success winning prizes at Cannes, …

Two Italian scientists Cecilia Laschi, of the Sant’Anna Superior School in Pisa, and Barbara Mazzolai, of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, are among 25 women who have made a decisive contribution to robotics, according to the journal …

Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s new Director-General, has taken over the functions as the head of the Organization on 1 January 2016 after being entrusted with the role last December by Rolf Heuer.  Initially student of Arts and Literature, she came to …

The third part of Sinatra’s life touches base on the ’50s when the success was at its peak.  After Sinatra began two new radio series: Rocky Fortune, a drama on which he played a detective, ran from October to March 1954; …

The city of Naples remembers Pino Daniele one year after his death. The celebrations took part with his music and his songs played in different subway stations. The initiative comes from the Anm, the Neapolitan mobility company, that will play …

Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda has been named the new music director of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He studied piano, composition and conducting in Milan. He furthered his conducting studies with …

“To see the city through the eyes of Dominic Angerame is to see an organic beast of concrete that sifts and breathes in rich shades of black and white.”  – Silke Tudor, SF Weekly Since 1969, Dominic Angerame has made …

During the past ten years, Los Angeles-born rock guitarist, Dweezil Zappa (September 5, 1969), has put aside his own songwriting. Instead, perhaps also responding to a primordial impulse inscribed into his Sicilian DNA, he has been zealously honoring his father, …