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    1. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Co-Translates Italian Novel about Abandonment and Adoption

      March 10, 2026 marked the launch of Farewell to Russia: Memories of When I Was Kola, a book co-translated from Italian by Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, WLC Department).

      A Granny Smith apple sits at the bottom of a large windowsill
    2. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore Interviewed on Radio In 102 About ArcGIS project on the Iconic Site of Scala dei Turchi (Sicily)

      On Feb. 16, 2026, Prof. Fiore was interviewed on Radio In 102 about an ArcGIS project on the iconic site of Scala dei Turchi in Sicily, which she co-designed and co-created with Prof. Vetri Nathan (Multispecies Futures Lab, UCLA) for the Italian national initiative Agrigento 2025 Capital of Culture.

      A composite image of Scala dei Turchi on the left side and a  woman wearing headphones and sitting in front of a microphone on the right side
    3. Faculty Voices

      Dr. Fiore’s Talk About Her Sabbatical Project in Floridia (Siracusa, Italy)

      Dr. Teresa Fiore was invited to present on the subject of her sabbatical project (the Allied Landing in Sicily) at a community talk in

      Dr. Teresa Fiore gives a presentation to an audience
    4. Featured News

      Dr. Fiore Searches for Traces of the 1943 Landing in Sicily (areas of Catania and Siracusa)

      Dr. Teresa Fiore (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, WLC Dept.) continues to focus on her sabbatical project about the Allied Landing in Sicily in the summer of 1943. After concentrating on the area of Licata in the province of Agrigento with the SBARCO project in July, this past November, Dr. Fiore visited the areas near Catania, as well as Siracusa and its environs, to identify potential locations and interviewees for the documentary she is working on in collaboration with Awen Films (she also gave a talk at a local museum in Floridia).

      A WW2-era concrete bunker on an Italian beach
    5. Faculty Voices

      The Other: A Familiar Story by Maria D. Rapicavoli, edited by Teresa Fiore

      THE OTHER: A FAMILIAR STORY by Maria D. Rapicavoli, edited by Teresa Fiore

      A woman leans over the edge of a pier and looks into the water
    6. Event Highlights

      Lancio del sito digitale “Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi” (13 dicembre)

      Lancio del sito digitale “Eco-culture della Scala dei Turchi”:

      Map of Sicily with various insets about points of interest on the map
    7. Featured News

      Dr. Fiore Presents Her Sabbatical Project at UNISG in Piedmont, Italy

      Dr. Teresa Fiore gave a talk titled “The Taste of the Landing; Food and the American Myth at the Time of Operation Husky” at UNISG (Università delle Scienze Gastronomiche) in Pollenzo (Piedmont, Italy) on Oct. 14.

      Dr. Teresa Fiore delivers a lecture to an audience
    8. Notices & Announcements

      Launch of 2026 edition of International Paid Internship (Musical set in a Sicilian World Heritage site)

      This summer’s edition of the paid international internship in Agrigento (Italy) to be part of Il Risveglio degli dei/The Reawakening of the Gods, a musical inspired by Greek myths, is just over…. and we are already planning next year’s edition after the successful stay of three students (Brianna Coppolino, Mia Grizzuti, and Emma Mason)!

      A stage with fake white marble pieces and a Pathenon backdrop
    9. Student Success Stories

      Emma Mason's Internship in a Musical about Greek Myths in Sicily

      Emma Mason, who earned her BM in Voice in the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, joined the Savatteri musical theater

    10. Student Success Stories

      Brianna Coppolino’s Internship in a Musical about Greek Myths in Sicily

      When this past July Brianna Coppolino stepped inside the Temple of Concordia of Agrigento, Sicily after her performance in the musical Il