A TRIBUTE TO DOMENICO VITTORINI In the spring of 1979, the Vittorini Fund was established in Consolato Generale d’Italia memory of Professor Domenico Vittorini, a distinguished and long- a Filadelfia America-Italy Society of time member of the Romance Languages faculty at the University of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The fund is administered by the America-Italy Society of Philadelphia and makes possible cash prizes for outstanding achievement in Italian course work at Penn. The prizes, awarded on the recommendation of Penn’s Department of Romance Languages, The America-Italy Society of Philadelphia are intended to encourage undergraduate students in the pursuit of majors and minors, and perhaps even careers, centering on Italian The Center for Italian Studies and the Italian Studies culture. Section at the University of Pennsylvania The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia The Vittorini ceremony, held in each spring semester, is an occasion for all students of Italian and faculty at Penn as well as members of the America-Italy Society to celebrate academic are pleased to present excellence and reaffirm the warm relationship between the University and a major Italian-American educational and cultural organization. The 2014 Vittorini Prize and UNDERGRADUATE COMPETITION RESEARCH, DISCOVERY, AND INNOVATION: Undergraduate Competition Awards ITALY’S EXCELLENCE IN CULTURE AND SCIENCE Ceremony On the occasion of the Italian Language Week promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Consulate General of Italy Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 5 pm in Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania organize a yearly competition for a multimedia project to reward undergraduate Amado Recital, Irvine Auditorium excellence in the study of Italian across all universities in the consular 3401 Spruce Street jurisdiction. Remembering John Price Business Italian Project Presentation America-Italy Society, President Qualitaly Josè Gonzales Vittorini Award Presentation Manuela Onetti Jesùs Peña Presenter: Vivina Lewis Aleksandra Reznikova America-Italy Society, Board of Directors Elementary Italian : Johan Zambrano, Ital 120 Special Thanks Intermediate Italian : Dylan Manfredi, Ital 140 The Penn Italian Club: Advanced Italian : Celeste Courtenay, Ital 202 Amelia Morabito, Founder 200/300 level Italian Culture : Nikole Sanchez, Ital 300 Charlotte Guerrera, Founder Cristina Bianco, Founder Undergraduate Competition Awards Frank Pellicone, Harrison House Dean Research, Discovery, and Innovation: Vanessa DiMaria, Casa Italiana RA Italy’s Excellence in Culture and Science Rita Pasqui, Lecturer and Cultural Officer, Presenter: Andrea Canepari Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia , Undergraduate Chair Summer Scholarship - University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy Stefania Benini Alexander Phucas, Temple University Light refreshments will follow Summer Scholarship at the University for Foreigners in Siena, Italy Alexa Zerkow, Temple University Summer Scholarship Scuola d’Italiano Dante Alighieri di Camerino, Italy Natalie Giovino, Bryn Mawr College Summer Scholarship Scuola d’Italiano Dante Alighieri di Camerino, Italy Emily Bellotti, University of Delaware .