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Important information for anyone planning to go to Italy: You can’t speak Italian just because you have a moustache.
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![People Who Studied Abroad #597:Peter Turkson, cardinal of the Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
From:
Ghana
Studied:
He began his seminary studies in Ghana, then received his Master of Theology degree from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York. He also took summer classes at the University of Albany. He earned a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy in 1980.
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People Who Studied Abroad #597:
Peter Turkson, cardinal of the Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
From:
Ghana
Studied:
He began his seminary studies in Ghana, then received his Master of Theology degree from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York. He also took summer classes at the University of Albany. He earned a licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy in 1980.
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People Who Studied Abroad #594:
Diego Rivera, painter
From:
Mexico
Studied:
In his early 20s, he was sponsored by the governor of the state of Veracruz (Teodoro A. Dehesa Méndez) to study in Europe. He studied with Eduardo Chicharro in Madrid, Spain, then studied in Paris, France with Amedeo Modigliani among others. He also studied Renaissance frescoes in Italy.
![People Who Studied Abroad #590:Loretta Sanchez, U.S. Representative (CA)
From:
United States
Studied:
While pursuing her MBA in Finance at American University, she attended the European Community’s Market Management School in Rome, Italy for one year.
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People Who Studied Abroad #590:
Loretta Sanchez, U.S. Representative (CA)
From:
United States
Studied:
While pursuing her MBA in Finance at American University, she attended the European Community’s Market Management School in Rome, Italy for one year.
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People Who Studied Abroad #589:
Arthur Penn, film director
From:
United States
Studied:
After studying at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, he studied at the University of Perugia and the University of Florence in Italy.
Source: The New York Times
Fodor's: What NOT To Do In Italy →
…you wouldn’t head to Los Angeles hoping for the best barbecue of your life, would you? Do yourself a favor and stick to local foods on your Italian trip. A (very) quick cheat sheet: Genoa for pesto; Naples for pizza; Bologna for bolognese sauce and filled pastas like ravioli, tortellini and lasagne; Milan for risotto alla milanese and ossobucco alla milanese; Rome for spaghetti alla carbonara, spaghetti all’amatriciana and lamb.
The article is worth it for those tips alone!
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People Who Studied Abroad #559:
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter
From:
France
Studied:
He studied at the French Academy in Rome, Italy for several years under Charles-Joseph Natoire after winning the Prix de Rome in 1752.
People Who Studied Abroad #549:
Charles Garnier, architect
From:
France
Studied:
After his studies at the École royale des Beaux-Arts de Paris, he won the Grand Prix de Rome, which provided an opportunity for him to continue his study of architecture in Italy and Greece.
![People Who Studied Abroad #531:Maximilian Kolbe, Catholic saint
From:
Poland
Studied:
He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1915 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a doctorate in theology in 1919 at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure, both in Rome, Italy.
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People Who Studied Abroad #531:
Maximilian Kolbe, Catholic saint
From:
Poland
Studied:
He earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1915 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a doctorate in theology in 1919 at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure, both in Rome, Italy.
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People Who Studied Abroad #518:
Anne Burrell, chef and television host
From:
United States
Studied:
In addition to earning a BA in English and communication from Canisius College and an AOS from the Culinary Institute of America, she studied at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners in Italy.
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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People Who Studied Abroad #490:
Barbara Chase-Riboud, novelist and sculptor
From:
United States
Studied:
After graduating from Temple University’s Tyler School, she won a John Hay Whitney fellowship and spent 12 months studying at the American Academy in Rome (Italy).
People Who Studied Abroad #485:
Kevin Farrell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dallas
From:
Ireland
Studied:
He earned a B.A. at the University of Salamanca (Spain), then a master’s degree in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy). He also received an MBA from the University of Notre Dame (United States).
![People Who Studied Abroad #438:Samuel Alito, United States Supreme Court justice
From:
United States
Studied:
The summer before his senior year at Princeton University, he did research for his thesis on the Italian legal system in Rome and Bologna.
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People Who Studied Abroad #438:
Samuel Alito, United States Supreme Court justice
From:
United States
Studied:
The summer before his senior year at Princeton University, he did research for his thesis on the Italian legal system in Rome and Bologna.
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See also: Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, David Souter
Source: dailyprincetonian.com
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