{"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-15053\" 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\/10\/28\/chestnut-season-draws-crowds-to-marradis-marrone-festival\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/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\/10\/Picture1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Picture1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/10\/28\/chestnut-season-draws-crowds-to-marradis-marrone-festival\/\">Chestnut Season Draws Crowds to Marradi\u2019s Marrone Festival<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: October 28, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marradi\u2019s specialty chestnut festival, a short trip from Florence By Kristin Hsi (Syracuse University) MARRADI, Italy \u2014 As summer heat gives way to yellow leaves, Tuscany enters its autumn harvest season. Located in central Italy\u2019s hills, the region has cultivated seasonal staples such as grapes, olives, fruit and grain since Ancient Rome. During the cooling&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-15027\" 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\/10\/13\/professor-veronica-iubei-presents-at-psychology-conference-in-athens\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-04-at-00.22.54-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-04-at-00.22.54-3.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-04-at-00.22.54-3-300x195.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/10\/13\/professor-veronica-iubei-presents-at-psychology-conference-in-athens\/\">Professor Veronica Iubei Presents at Psychology Conference in Athens<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: October 13, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Veronica Iubei, who teaches a course at Syracuse Florence on Italian serial crimes, presented a paper at the 3rd International Conference of the European Association of Phenomenology, Psychopathology and Psychotherapy (EAPPP), held in Athens on 2 and 3 October 2026. The conference was organized under the auspices of the National and Kapodistrian University of&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-15023\" 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\/10\/07\/syracuse-florence-students-join-44000-in-pink-for-corri-la-vita\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/corri-la-vita-2026-14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/corri-la-vita-2026-14.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/corri-la-vita-2026-14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/corri-la-vita-2026-14-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/corri-la-vita-2026-14-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/10\/07\/syracuse-florence-students-join-44000-in-pink-for-corri-la-vita\/\">Syracuse Florence Students Join 44,000 in Pink for Corri la Vita<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: October 7, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Aurora Santangelo, Syracuse University On September 27, 2026, bright pink shirts flooded the streets of Florence, an unstoppable force on a dedicated march to raise money for victims of breast cancer. Over 44,000 people from all over Italy participated in Corri la Vita wearing cyclamen-pink t-shirts, including some our own Syracuse Florence students through&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-15005\" 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\/30\/before-florence-students-followed-the-mediterranean-through-italy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/1000104010-2048x921.jpg 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\/30\/before-florence-students-followed-the-mediterranean-through-italy\/\">Before Florence, Students Followed the Mediterranean Through Italy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 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>For some students, the semester abroad began before they even reached Florence. An 11-day traveling seminar took them from Ravenna to Venice and into Italy\u2019s northeastern borderlands, where mosaics, monuments, and centuries of cultural exchange became the starting point for their semester. From August 22 to September 1, students joining Syracuse Florence for Fall 2026&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-14988\" 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\/28\/from-florence-to-the-front-of-the-classroom-laurens-full-circle-journey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/FLR-2008\u2013Lauren-Rita-Jen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/FLR-2008\u2013Lauren-Rita-Jen.jpg 604w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/09\/FLR-2008\u2013Lauren-Rita-Jen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/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\/28\/from-florence-to-the-front-of-the-classroom-laurens-full-circle-journey\/\">From Florence to the Front of the Classroom: Lauren&#8217;s Full-Circle Journey<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"su-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 28, 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 Lauren arrived in Florence in 2008 as a Syracuse University Italian major, she couldn&#8217;t have imagined that nearly two decades later she&#8217;d be back \u2014 not as a student, but as a professor helping shape the very program that changed her life. Lauren&#8217;s path to Italian started early. Growing up in eastern Pennsylvania with&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-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. 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