Learning Through Discovery: Local High School Students Intern at Syracuse Florence
We recently welcomed Greta and Ettore, two students from Duca d’Aosta Salvemini high school in Florence, for a three-week internship with the Academic Department. The experience formed part of the hands-on learning component of their curriculum and allowed them to explore the daily life of an international academic institution from within. For Greta and Ettore,…
Back to Florence: One Student’s Mission to Save a Dying Art
Inspired by a Syracuse Florence course, graduating senior James Kuhns is building a platform to connect American tourists with the city’s hidden artisans. James Kuhns came to Florence two years ago as a study abroad student and after returning to the U.S. he couldn’t stop thinking about a leather jacket—one he’d watched craftspeople build from…
Professor Stefania Berutti Uses Syracuse Fellowship to Bring Ancient Myths to Life Across Florence
What if studying Classical Mythology meant racing through the Uffizi in search of a sarcophagus, or taking a selfie with a mythological statue at the Pitti Palace? That’s the premise behind the #100Myths Project — a semester-long adventure designed by Stefania Berutti that turns Florence itself into a classroom. The project grew out of a…
From Palermo to Etna: Students Explore Sicily’s Food Culture in Spring Signature Seminar
Photos by Sasha Laurenzo. Food Studies professor Olivier De Maret led ten days of immersive learning across the island This May a group of Syracuse Florence students traded the familiar cobblestones of Tuscany for the sun-drenched markets and volcanic hillsides of Sicily. From April 30 to May 9, they traveled the length of the island…
Professor Laura Fenelli speaks at Italy’s largest book fair on women artists across the centuries
We are proud to share that Professor Laura Fenelli, SU Florence’s Teaching and Learning Manager and instructor of the class Walking Florence, recently took the stage at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino — Italy’s largest and most celebrated international book fair — where she presented a talk entitled Art Saved by Girls: Education, Exclusion, and…
Final Art Show: A Journey Through Student Creativity
Far more than a mere academic exhibition, our Final Art Show is a truly special moment in which our entire community comes together to celebrate the culmination of months of dedication, growth, and creative exploration. As guests wander through the gallery, the atmosphere comes alive with shared curiosity. Visitors lean in closely, carefully examining the…
Alumni Stories: Jean Capuano, Spring 1989
An Environmental Design alumna from the class of 1989 reflects on navigating Italian life without Google Translate, a meaningful return to Villa Rossa, and how a semester abroad planted the seeds for a 27-year career in art education. What was your home school and major when you studied here in 1989? Home school was the…
