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March 29, 2021
Dreaming of Moving to Italy? Start here:
Your dream is to move to Italy...now where to begin?! This VIRTUAL crash course on how to move to Italy is one-on-one with Ashley & Jason Bartner (owners of La Tavola Marche), American expats living in Italy for almost 15 years. We personalize each workshop based on your goals, timeline, and questions, and offer you the tools & insider information you need for a successful start to your new life in Italy! We have a structured workshop that we will follow, but at...
Traveling With Open Eyes
Publisher’s note: We are so pleased to publish this excerpt from an extraordinary new book by Neil J. Farber, MD, entitled Serendipity: Recognizing and Utilizing Common Everyday Events to Enhance Your Life and Career. In it, Dr. Neil Farber uses powerful examples of serendipity from history and his own life to show you the skills you need to prepare for, recognize, and ultimately take advantage of everyday unexpected occurrences.
Why do some people overlook impo...
March 25, 2021
Happy Dantedì! Celebrating Dante’s 700th Anniversary
Established in 2020, Dantedì is the Italian national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri. The date of March 25 was chosen because it was recognized by scholars as the day on which the poet embarked on his journey in the afterlife in the Divine Comedy.
On Dantedì, the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. and the Italian network in the United States organize a rich program of initiatives that explore the thought and work of the Supreme Poet and its reception in literat...
2021 CARLA Summer Institute Program for Language Teachers
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has provided high-quality professional development for language teachers for over two decades. Launched in 1996, this internationally known program reflects CARLA's commitment to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom. Each institute is highly interactive and includes discussion, hands-on activities, and networking.
CARLA offers a wide ...
Why Computer Programming is the Skill You Need Today
As we increasingly move towards an artificial-intelligence driven society, many work roles will change. AI will automate a lot of tasks across industries, so finding jobs may come down to tech literacy.
That’s why computer programming is perhaps the greatest skill you could learn for the future.
Whether you pursue programming educationally, or simply learn in your spare time, this is a skill you cannot afford to ignore.
Do you remember in school when teache...
March 24, 2021
What Would Shakespeare Do During Covid? A Plague on None of Your Houses
Publisher's note: We are SO EXCITED to share this incredible resource! Read on:
William Shakespeare lived his entire life in the shadow of a plague, and his plays dramatize dread familiar to us during our own pandemic. With their rigorous community outreach restricted by Covid guidelines, the Simpson Literary Project has found new ways of connecting with communities, by producing an introduction to Shakespeare through the lens pandemic.
“The Simpson Literary Proj...
March 18, 2021
Travel Expert's Practical Advice for Moving Abroad
What would it be like to move to a new country, not to visit but to live there, to relocate your life?
Maybe that's a long time plan you are researching. Perhaps it's a passing dream you've thought of now and then. Maybe A Better Life for Half the Price, the title of Tim Leffel's book, has you curious.
Wherever you fall on that line of interest, Leffel has a lot of useful information and practical advice for you.
He has good qualifications to offer advice and i...
March 15, 2021
Music for Solace, Inspiration, and Hope
In ever-shifting landscapes of world politics, day to day life, and all in between, music can be a way to seek solace, to seek inspiration, to seek hope.
That is something the artists and people of Ireland and its diaspora know quite a lot about. If you've been following this Music for Shifting Times series (or care to explore the archives of it), you will know that music from Irish artists often plays a part.
In spring, with Saint Bridgid's Day and Saint Patric...
March 9, 2021
22.33 Stories: Seasoned by an American (with Lenny Russo)
Featuring first-person stories of people finding themselves in the middle of a culture that is foreign to them; each week, 22.33 will deliver interesting tales from people who share how they were able to create mutual understanding through cultural exchange.
The concept was simple: Award-winning American chef Lenny Russo would go to a small country he knew little about, meet farmers and food producers and transform their ingredients using tr...
5 Tips for Studying Abroad in China
Studying abroad is one of the most valuable things you can do. It can increase your employability, cultural knowledge, global citizenship skills, and more. It isn't always easy, though; there are always challenges to living, studying, and working in a different culture than your own. Luckily, these challenges are not specific to any particular region, but have more to do with cultural adjustments.
Students that desire to head to China for their education shoul...
