Italian at SU

10/14/2026

Che bello! We can't wait to celebrate the XXVI Settimana della Lingua italiana nel mondo!

Join the Italian Program for the 26th annual “Week of the Italian Language in the World” (XXVI Settimana della Lingua italiana nel mondo) – an important occasion supported by the Italian government and cultural and educational institutes around the world to promote the Italian language and culture.

The Italian program at SU will be hosting three events as part of this celebration of the Week of Italian Language in the World:

MONDAY, 10.19 – 12:30-1:30 (Eggers 341)
ITALIAN CULTURE & CONVERSATION TABLE
I GESTI – Italian gestures | hosted by Italian FLTA Serena Pittino

TUESDAY, 10.20 – 3:30-4:30 (Bird 114, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons)
LECTURE: “Pinocchio the Liar, Pinocchio the Reader” | Dr. Maria Truglio (Penn State)

WEDNESDAY, 10.21 – 5:30-7:00 (Hall of Languages 214)
ITALIAN PROGRAM SOCIAL EVENT | hosted by Italian program faculty 

All are welcome to join us next week to celebrate Italian language and culture! 

Syracuse University College of Arts & Sciences Syracuse University Syracuse Florence AAIS Official AATI - American Association of Teachers of Italian SU English Department Syracuse U School of Education Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

10/13/2026

Check out our course offerings for the Spring 2027 semester! 🇮🇹 🍊

10/07/2026

Join the Italian program on October 20 for an exciting lecture by Dr. Maria Truglio (Penn State), “Pinocchio the Liar, Pinocchio the Reader”.

The talk will be in English, all are welcome!

This event is part of the celebrations for the 26th annual “Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel mondo” (Week of the Italian Language in the World).

When: Tuesday, October 20 (3:30-4:30PM)
Where: Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons

Co-sponsors: Languages Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) | Department of English | School of Education | SU Humanities

Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences Syracuse University Florence

09/18/2026

Venite numerosi! See you next week! 🇮🇹🍊🌎

Join the Italian Program Italian at SU next week for their first ever “Italian Internship Showcase”! The event will take place on Thursday, Sept 24 (LSB011, 12:30-1:30PM) and is open to all. 🇮🇹🍊🌍

Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences

This roundtable event aims to showcase several of our Italian majors & minors who have recently completed an internship or volunteer experience abroad (Syracuse Abroad) in Italy (Syracuse Syracuse University Florence and Rome).

The Italian Internship Showcase highlights the exciting opportunities that advanced language study can offer and to provide students the chance to meet current Italian majors and minors. We are thrilled to host panelists Lila Boyle, Micol Ceccarini, Andrew Forster, and Jack Siciliano, who will share their internship experiences with current and prospective Italian students, interested faculty, advisors, and other university stakeholders.

https://events.syracuse.edu/event/italian-internship-showcase

09/08/2026

Ci vediamo al cinema!

Film Screening: L'isola delle rose (Rose Island, 2020) – English subtitles
When: Thursday, 10 September – 6:30PM
Where: Kittredge Auditorium (HBC)

SYNPOSIS:
Based on the unbelievable true story, one man’s ultimate rebellion becomes a nation’s biggest threat when a brilliant outcast builds his own island in international waters and declares independence.

Hosted by the Italian Program & sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics.

Join the Italian program this Thursday (Sept 10, 6:30PM) for their first film screening of the semester! 🇮🇹🍊 All are welcome!

Films will always have English subtitles.

Film Screening: L’isola delle rose (Rose Island, 2020)
When: Thursday, 10 September – 6:30PM
Where: Kittredge Auditorium (HBC)

SYNPOSIS:
Based on the unbelievable true story, one man’s ultimate rebellion becomes a nation’s biggest threat when a brilliant outcast builds his own island in international waters and declares independence.

Hosted by the Italian Program & sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics.

08/04/2026

04/16/2026

Ci siamo divertiti un sacco!! 🤗🤗

Grazie mille to everyone who joined us last night at our annual Torneo di Briscola!

04/15/2026

Stasera! Join us this evening for some fun & competition – Italian style! 🇮🇹

04/06/2026

Noi siamo così fortunati di avere colleghi e alleati come American Association for Italian Studies - AAIS e AATI - American Association of Teachers of Italian!! Grazie di cuore per il vostro sostegno e per contribuire a diffondere questo messaggio importante!

Thank you to our dear colleagues and allies in AAIS & AATI! We are so grateful for their support in helping us combat this misinformation. Italian is alive & well at Syracuse University! 🇮🇹

As always, you can reach us with any questions at [email protected] – and please check out our website: https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/languages-literatures-and-linguistics/italian-language-literature-and-culture/

See program details here: https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/languages-literatures-and-linguistics/italian-language-literature-and-culture/

04/04/2026

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears! The Italian Program at Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences is NOT CLOSING. Thanks to this devastating headline, we have been receiving messages of both concern and support from friends & allies all over the world. Grazie infinite! However, this misinformation is also causing great harm – our program is alive & well, just in the process of restructuring within the Dept of Languages Literatures and Linguistics (LLL).

We reached out to the journalist directly, requesting key updates to the article to correct its various inaccuracies and misleading information. We also requested that "Italian" be removed from this headline, as it naturally leads readers to believe that "Italian is canceled at Syracuse." This misinformation continues to actively cause harm to our program! As of April 3, the article has been amended with more accurate information, but Italian remains in the headline.

Please – spread the word that our program is NOT closing, and students will continue to be able to major or minor in Italian at Syracuse now and in the future! 🇮🇹

Grazie infinite anche alla AATI - American Association of Teachers of Italian che ci sta aiutando tanto con le comunicazioni.
Per aspera ad astra!

ADDENDUM: cari amici, many of you are sharing this post in solidarity - grazie!!! However, because Facebook is goofy, our post doesn’t reshare, just the article che noi detestiamo! So please make sure to copy and paste our rebuttal as well! 🙏🇮🇹

In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the university will be closed or paused. No students were majoring in 55 of the programs that are ending.