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    UNICO National Supports Major New Book on Italian American History

    (March 07, 2016)
    At a recent Big East basketball game between Seton Hall and Providence at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, officials and representatives of UNICO National presented a check for $50,000 to Professors William J. Connell and Stanislao Pugliese, editors of The Routledge History of Italian Americans.
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    The New Ambassador of Italy to the U.S., Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials"

    (March 03, 2016)
    Yesterday at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama. At the end of the Ceremony Ambassador Varricchio remarked: "Today I have presented to President Obama the credentials with which President Mattarella appoints me Ambassador in Washington.
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    Forget Silicon Valley, Come to New York City!

    Letizia Airos(February 26, 2016)
    When we sat down with Alessandro Piol, the Italian venture capitalist based in new york who has 30 years of experience in the field of technology, he opened up about how his father— in Italy, a pioneer in the sector—taught him to love his work. He also explained how he chooses projects to finance and why New York presents even greater prospects than Silicon Valley. And he concluded with a little “message in a bottle” for young Italians looking to come to the City to develop an idea.
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    Italy's Farewell Salute to Umberto Eco

    Judith Harris(February 24, 2016)
    They waited in line for over an hour, sometimes even fighting over precedence -- students and housewives, politicians and pensioners, all anxious to pay a last salute to Umberto Eco, who died Feb. 19 at age 84. At the funeral ceremony Tuesday in front of the Castelello Sforzesco in Milan, near the palazzo where Eco lived, his wooden casket was completely covered in wildflowers.
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    Mattarella Embraces the Italians of New York: “You Made America Great!”

    (February 12, 2016)
    In his first visit to the US as Italy’s President, Sergio Mattarella met with President Barack Obama, made an important appearance at the United Nations, visited the 9/11 memorial, the new Whitney Museum designed by Renzo Piano, the Columbia University, the City Hall of NYC and the Museum of Immigration in Ellis Island. And, above all, he embraced the Italian and Italian-American community at the Guggenheim Museum. “I am also a New Yorker” the Italian President told them in English, flanked by NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, and the Consul General in New York Natalia Quintavalle: “New York is the anthology of the world, and Italians have made and continue to make a significant contribution to the America’s progress”. Recap of his visit

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