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John Mancini – Founder and Executive Director

Italy and the Atom

Remember taking Chemistry in high school? It was often fun, especially when you partnered up with a classmate to take the pressure off, or when the teacher demonstrated dramatic chain reactions. Prominently displayed in that classroom or lab was the ...

Bill Dal Cerro, Senior Analyst

THAT’S AMORE CHOLESTEROL!

It's official: According to a July 25th on-line article by the BBC, the WHO (World Health Organization) says that Italy has the highest concentration of childhood obesity in Europe (close to 40% in its southern regions alone, which may skew ...


Rosario A. Iaconis
, Senior Analyst

How Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Forever Changed Comedy.

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs. Enter Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who debuted together on ...

Bob Masullo, Guest Author

ITALIAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS

Alfred E. Smith Who were the pioneer U.S. government officials with Italian roots? The answers are more than names that belong in history books. In a tangible way they provide a measure of how far Italian-Americans have come in the ...