{"id":13917,"date":"2025-12-01T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/?page_id=13917"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:52:36","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News&amp;Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-default-loop mes-cards-news\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14964\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/09\/15\/from-curva-fiesole-to-viola-park-alessandro-puglieses-florence-story-never-really-ended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/IMG_6521-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/09\/15\/from-curva-fiesole-to-viola-park-alessandro-puglieses-florence-story-never-really-ended\/\">From Curva Fiesole to Viola Park: Alessandro Pugliese&#8217;s Florence Story Never Really Ended<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 15, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some students study abroad for a semester and go home with good memories. Alessandro Pugliese studied abroad for a semester \u2014 then came back twice more, landed an internship with ACF Fiorentina, and eventually went to work for the club&#8217;s owner, Rocco Commisso, back in the United States. Today he&#8217;s Manager of Public Relations for&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14970\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/09\/14\/professor-francesca-parotti-presents-on-space-terraforming-materials-at-conference-in-china\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1574\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image.png 2048w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/image-1536x1181.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/09\/14\/professor-francesca-parotti-presents-on-space-terraforming-materials-at-conference-in-china\/\">Professor Francesca Parotti Presents on Space Terraforming Materials at Conference in China<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 14, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Francesca Parotti presented her paper, &#8220;ARCUAS: A 3D Printing of Regolith and Bio-based Material for Terraforming,&#8221; at NEFES 2026, the 11th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems, held July 7\u201310 in Macao, China. The conference brought together 40 delegates from 16 countries and regions to foster communication across fields connected to new&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14875\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/27\/alumni-stories-bruce-siska-matt-lysne-and-ed-muehlberg-fall-95-and-spring-96\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2033\" height=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2.jpg 2033w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Doing-Architect-Things-4-2-1536x1094.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2033px) 100vw, 2033px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/27\/alumni-stories-bruce-siska-matt-lysne-and-ed-muehlberg-fall-95-and-spring-96\/\">Alumni Stories: Bruce Siska, Matt Lysne, and Ed Muehlberg, Fall &#8217;95 and Spring &#8217;96<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 27, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Bruce Siska, Jason Halter, Matt Lysne, Ed Muehlberg, and Ernesto Teran arrived in Florence for the one-year Master of Architecture program in the fall of 1994, they were five strangers among a class of eleven. By the time they left the following spring, they were something closer to brothers. Thirty years later, that bond&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14725\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/22\/alumni-stories-griffin-conner-and-will-hewitt-fall-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2436\" height=\"1651\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1.jpeg 2436w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-1024x694.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-1536x1041.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/santa-croce-cropped-1-2048x1388.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2436px) 100vw, 2436px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/22\/alumni-stories-griffin-conner-and-will-hewitt-fall-2019\/\">Alumni Stories: Griffin Conner and Will Hewitt, Fall 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 22, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Griffin and Will met by accident \u2014 a last-minute plane seat, a roommate&#8217;s invitation, an apartment near Villa Rossa with room for one more \u2014 and turned it into something that&#8217;s lasted years past the semester that started it. What began over shared taste in music and art became weekend trips across Italy, late nights&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14833\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/21\/alumni-story-duane-blue-spruce-fall-1982\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13.png 2560w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/Untitled-May-25-2026-at-10.47.13-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/07\/21\/alumni-story-duane-blue-spruce-fall-1982\/\">Alumni Story: Duane Blue Spruce, Fall 1982<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: July 21, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Fall 1982, Duane Blue Spruce left Slocum Hall for a semester with Syracuse Florence as a fourth-year architecture student, living with a nonna on Via del Pallone and forging an unlikely friendship with an Italian teenager that led to a Thanksgiving dinner and a World Cup-era soccer match. Over 40 years later, he returned&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-14806\" class=\"su-post \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/30\/learning-through-discovery-local-high-school-students-intern-at-syracuse-florence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Picture1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/06\/30\/learning-through-discovery-local-high-school-students-intern-at-syracuse-florence\/\">Learning Through Discovery: Local High School Students Intern at Syracuse Florence<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: June 30, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We recently welcomed Greta and Ettore, two students from Duca d\u2019Aosta Salvemini high school in Florence, for a three-week internship with the Academic Department. 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