Reaching for the Stars (in Galileo’s Footsteps)
Tucked between the Arno River and the Basilica of Santa Croce, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale […]
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STEM Students Discover Piero della Francesca’s Archimedes Manuscript at the Riccardiana Library
Luis A. Orozco, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus – University of Maryland, Dept. of Physics Florence has many […]
Discover the Enriching Experience of Interning in Florence
Rose Brookhart’s internship in Florence was a transformative experience, fostering personal and academic growth while […]
Enriching Experiences Abroad: Personal Growth and Cultural Immersion in Italy
Insights from Trinity College Economics Majors on Comparative Urban Development and Studying Abroad Annika Dyczkowski, […]
Revving Up the Ferrari Experience: Exploring the Legendary Museum in Maranello
Florence, Italy – June 2023 If you’re a Formula 1 car enthusiast, you’re likely familiar […]
Experiential Learning and Cultural Immersion: Penn State’s Brand Management course at ISI Florence
Florence, June 2023 – Penn State University and ISI Florence established their partnership in 2004, […]
Translating the Riccardiana Library Wikipedia Page: a Student’s Venture
April Parrish, a Pennsylvania University student studying at ISI Florence this Spring 2023, has taken […]
Studying STEM Abroad
Perhaps more than any other field of study, STEM demands global competencies gained during study […]
Chapman University Travel Course at ISI Florence
January 2023 – During the first weeks of the year, the Institute was pleased to […]
Practicum Student Gets Down to Writing on the Upcoming Italian Elections
Writing for the Media in Italy, taught by Professor Lorenzo Picchi, is a practicum offered […]
ISI Florence and 440 Industries Partnered to Provide Volunteering Opportunities in Fashion Journalism
September 2022 – ISI Florence and the Fashion blog 440 Industries have recently developed a […]
Physics Abroad, an Enriching STEM Curriculum
Perhaps more than any other field of study, STEM students need the global competencies gained […]
A special visit to the Brancacci Chapel
In March 2022 Professor Rita Comanducci’s ISI Florence art history class enjoyed a privileged, unforgettable […]
HDFS in Florence: glad to be back!
After a two-year Covid-imposed absence from Florence, the Penn State University Human Development and Family […]
Summer 2022 Italian Studies Program , UPenn Faculty-Led
ISI Florence is happy to announce that in June 2022 it will host a faculty-led […]
Studying Architecture Abroad , a book by Franco Pisani
Franco Pisani, Coordinator of the ISI Florence Architecture Program, presents his book published in September […]
Study STEM abroad in Spring 2022: Biology & Chemistry
ISI Florence and Penn State University have teamed up to provide a unique study abroad […]
Study Physics in Florence! – Spring 2022
ISI Florence and the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland are pleased to […]
Why you should study Architecture in Florence this Summer
Do you study Architecture? Are you looking for an opportunity to experience Florence? ISI Florence’s […]
The Fashion, Media, and Communication Course Opens New Doors to Learning
This semester’s Fashion, Media, and Communication course provided new and ongoing learning opportunities. The class’s […]
Course Offering: Social Media, Social Food
Prior to taking my Social Media, Social Food course this semester, I had never really […]
Intercultural Communication: a Student’s Perspective
The Intercultural Communication course is an extremely stimulating mix of lectures, out-of-classroom activities, audiovisual materials, […]
Physics in Florence
The Fall 2019 UMD Physics program at ISI Florence, in its second year, has twelve […]
Fashion Business Consultancy at ISI Florence
This new course, taught by Prof. Thomas Brownlees, is designed to transform students into active […]
Zia Caterina and her Superheroes
Zia Caterina, a warm soul who looks as if she had just stepped out of […]
Enhance your Experience: Intern with a Local Business
My internship with 440 Industries was extremely rewarding and greatly enhanced my study abroad experience […]
“Back from Italy” in Washington DC
From March 28 to April 7 the Italian Embassy in Washington DC hosted “Back from […]
An Explosion of Color
It was an exciting development for ISI Florence to have a Fashion Journalism/Media class offered […]
The History of the Mafia
Mafia, organized crime, and gangsters: they have fascinated the American public for over a century. […]
Abstraction with Reference
This past Wednesday the ISI Florence architecture program was delighted to welcome Andrew Smaldone to […]
NEW Fashion Studies Program
The newly-announced Fashion Studies Program means ISI Florence takes the lead in bringing the […]
Design Studio Field Trip
The Advanced Topical Design Studio: Urban, with Professor Carlo Achilli, had the opportunity to tour […]
Class Experience: Language Exchange
One of the best parts about studying abroad is the possibility to immerse in the […]
Discovering Rome with an Academic Field Trip
For our Architecture in Italy: History and Preservation course we took a day trip to […]
Maryland in Florence – Physics
This is the first year with the Maryland in Florence – Physics program at the […]
Summer Program: Penn State Business Law
My Business Law class enjoying an Italian cooking class! As I read my acceptance […]
Summer Program: Penn State HDFS
Traveling to Florence with the Penn State Human Development and Family Studies program has […]
Fashion Journalism
The groundbreaking FASHION JOURNALISM/COMMUNICATIONS class at ISI Florence, taught by Mark Bernheim and Alessandro Masetti, […]
Performing Arts at ISI Florence
The Italian Theater: History, Theory and Practice class taught at ISI Florence by Professor Emanuela […]
Studio Trip to Berlin
We arrived in Berlin on Friday April 6, 2018 and set out straight away to […]
Live Drawings Exhibition
On April 14 the ISI Florence Spring 2018 Drawing Class, taught by Prof. Tiziano Lucchesi, […]
Live Drawings
We are proud to announce that our ISI Florence art students will be exhibiting in […]
New Jewish Studies program, ‘Shemah’, hosted by ISI Florence
A school of Jewish studies and culture – named ‘Shemah’, which means to hear […]
Giulio Douhet cadets at Palazzo Rucellai
On November 7, 2017, we, fourth-year students at Giulio Douhet Military School, had the opportunity […]
Thanksgiving: a lesson plan for Italian kids
During Fall 2017 I enrolled in the ISI Florence Cultural Engagement Practicum on Early […]
Farewell Fall 2017
December 7, 2017. We came together for one last time to celebrate the closing of […]
Pre-professional experience for RWU architecture students at ISI Florence
Fall 2017 – Our RWU architecture students had a strong comeback from their midterm break […]
Do you love fashion?
DO YOU LOVE FASHION? WANT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE A CAREER WRITING ABOUT IT? […]
Building, dwelling, thinking, and a bit of running…
Cameron Germond, Roger Williams University ISI Florence Fall 2017 Advanced Topical Design Studio: Urban – […]
ISI Florence Visits UMD School of Architecture
During their recent trip to Washington, D.C., ISI Florence architecture professors Carlo Achilli and Daniela […]