Journalism student thrives in overseas news industry
Throughout his Northeastern experience, fifth-year student Anthony Savvides has challenged himself to seek opportunities outside his comfort zone. After serving as a news correspondent for the...
View ArticleFrom a devastating earthquake, a blueprint for recovery
In 2009, a massive earthquake struck L’Aquila, Italy, a town two hours north of Rome where generations of families have lived for thousands of years. The quake devastated the community so much that its...
View ArticlePolling in the new era of Italian politics
“Full of strange ideas: Beppo Grillo in Bologna.” Photo by antonella.beccaria via Flickr. In late February, something happened to the Italian government that had never happened before: a hung...
View ArticleIn Italy, students get a history lesson in science
The history of science, to say the least, is a comprehensive subject. So one group of Northeastern students on a Dialogue of Civilizations program in Italy this summer focused on the two most...
View ArticleInfrastructure, shallow earthquake contribute to Italian towns’ destruction
On Wednesday morning, central Italy was rocked by a devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 250 people and injured more than 365 others. Two small towns—Amatrice and Accumoli—were...
View ArticleHow is the European Union dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and financial...
As cases of COVID-19 multiply across the European continent, European Union officials have taken drastic steps to slow the spread of the disease and stem the financial havoc it will wreak. Still,...
View ArticleDuring the Renaissance and today, artists and scientists have more in common...
Italy was Cammy Brothers’ first love. When she was 13, she went on a “typical first trip to Europe” with her parents, hitting the tourist hot spots like Paris, London and Venice. Paris and London came...
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