11 April 2011
XII Annual Edition Forum, organized by the Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society (PAPS) will take place on April 16-17, at the NYU Langone Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, in New York City. The theme “Harvesting the Globalized Portuguese Talent Abroad” will be discussed by panel sessions to include the topic “Portuguese Science: The Way Forward“, “Impact of the […]
Posted in Community, Conferences, Education, Featured
11 April 2011
The EU/US Atlantis Program, jointly funded by the European Commission and the US Department of Education, announced that a new call for proposals has been launched to fund innovative projects which are designed to develop and implement double or joint “transatlantic degrees” for students in the EU and U.S. The EU alone has made over […]
Posted in Education, Featured, Scholarships, World
11 April 2011
Portuguese author Alice Vieira is visiting schools in Boston (MA), Providence (RI) and Newark (NJ), sponsored by Lisbon based Instituto Camões and the Embassy of Portugal in Washington, DC. The objective of the visit is to meet teachers of Portuguese and to promote the interest for reading among Portuguese school children. On April 10, Alice […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Community, Education, People
10 April 2011
The 3rd Pride of Portugal Lusitano Horse Festival, sponsored by Sons of the Wind School of Equestrian Arts, will take place on Saturday, June 4, 2011. The event gets underway at 2:00 pm and will run through the early evening at Sons of the Wind in Merrimac, MA. In addition, there will be farm tours for […]
09 April 2011
Portuguese American Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira donated $1million to the Harlem RBI Dream Team campaign. The donation will go toward a $90 million fund to develop a 50,000 square-foot project that includes a permanent home for the Harlem RBI’s DreamCharter School, a community center, 87 units of low-income housing and the upgrading of a […]
09 April 2011
Portuguese American Chef George Mendes is among the winners of the 23rd Annual Food & Wine Best New Chefs Award, announced April 5 by Food & Wine magazine, at the Bohemian National Hall in New York City. The award recognizes chefs with a distinctive culinary style and exceptional vision. Best New Chefs are chosen after […]
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