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by matteo bellarasa, program assistant, Summer 2018 Music day in rome To celebrate music, Jack Lang, the French Minister of Culture, promoted along June Solstice La Fête de la Music (Music Day) in 1982. Was it more a chance to celebrate June Solstice…

We asked Prof. Eva Garau for a last-minute attempt at making sense of these most confusing and potentially uproarious elections for our English-speaking community. Italians have a phrase they use quite often, “the least worst”; never as in these elections…

Yesterday Roma Tre University celebrated the inauguration of the academic year 2017-18, an annual event which - in Italy - falls in February. The event was immensely energising and the words of the new Rettore Prof. Luca Pietromarchi held tangible promise…

Celebrating Carnevale Carnevale – background The dates during which Carnevale falls may seem arbitrary and slightly mysterious to most. In fact, the dates of Carnevale are tied to the date of Easter in any given year. The Resurrection of Christ always…

Here is a bit of a summary on our celebratory day in the countryside! We began the day at Piramide Metro Station; as a last-minute switcharoo, I took nearly half the group off to the Farmer's Market of Circo Massimo (Saturdays&Sundays only) while the…

It is hard to imagine a new born forest in the middle of an urban setting, but that is the purpose of the "Tree Day" which took place a few days ago at the park of Garbatella. Many volunteers, mostly residents of the neighborhood, joined forces to plant…

There are several beautiful exhibitions taking place in this autumn-winter season in Rome but the one I really recommend to all our students is Picasso’s exhibit “From Cubism to Classicism” hosted at the Scuderie del Quirinale. This very rich collection…

Last week, Franca Di Lecce, Professor of the Human Rights course invited Jean Rene Bilongo, Migrant Affairs Officer of FLAI (The Agro-Food Labour Union) to conduct a lecture on human trafficking entitled “Trafficking in Human Beings, Slavery Shadows in…

We are on our 5th week of the program and we’ve done so many exciting activities with our Fall students already, here is a glimpse on some of the events that students really enjoyed doing: Cooking Class Students spent a relaxing afternoon with Andrea…