(February 8, 2017) The cycle Meet the New Italians of New York, organized by the Consulate General of Italy in New York, is back. The first event of the year, scheduled for February 21, is dedicated to the research community. The Consulate General will host distinguished guests, including: Elena Aprile, Ph.D. (Professor, Physics Department, Columbia University), Luca Carloni, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University), Michael Pagano, MD (Chair Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, May Ellen and Gerald Hay Ritter Professor of Oncology, New York University School of Medicine, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Maurizio Profiri, Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering New York University School of Enineering Tandon), Andrea Ventura, MD, Ph.D. (Associate Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center). Riccardo Lattanzi, Ph.D. (Associate Professor Radiology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Training, Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, New York University) will host the event. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and talk about their experiences, difficulties and the chances that have marked their New York experience. It will be another opportunity to explore the possibility that the Big Apple offers to researchers from different professional fields. The event is organized in collaboration with the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation. (Red)

ABOUT / THE PROJECT

Meet the New Italians of New York is a project promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in New York with the aim to involve the new generation of Italian immigrants and facilitate their participation in the activities of the institutions of the Italian system. The project will consist of a series of meetings – on a monthly basis, to be held at the Consulate General – where the most important representatives of the Italian community, professionally established in the various fields in New York, will meet the young generations of newcomers. event, dedicated to a specific area (art, architecture, fashion, medicine, finance, catering, sport), will be designed as a casual conversation between professionals and young people, offering them the opportunity to discuss their possible career paths. New opportunities and trends are the focus of the meetings. The young audience will be given the opportunity to speak and ask questions, thus following a similar approach to the “mentoring”. Each event will be an opportunity to bring the next generation of the activities of the Italian Consulate, while providing them with the opportunity to interact with those whom, in similar situations, arrived in the United States before and having managed to establish themselves in a city as complex as New York. Through the series of meetings, the Consulate intends to present to the young Italian residents in the tri-state area as a reference point in their integration process and as a place to meet and exchange ideas.