A group from the UN Youth of Helsinki will visit Gustolab International during their study trip to Rome. The purpose of the trip is to visit organizations that are specialized in questions related to food production and environmental sustainability.

The UN Youth of Helsinki is a non-governmental organization founded in 1963, that aims to actively promote the values of the United Nations. Their activities in the year 2017 are focused around four SDGs from Agenda 2030, including SDG n.13 - “Climate action”.

On Monday, November 13^th, in Herter Hall Room 301 at UMass Amherst from 6-7:30PM, there will be  an information session on the Critical Studies on Food in Italy 2018 Summer Study Abroad Program.

Program summary 

Duration: 5-Week full immersion summer program

When:     May 21 – June 23, 2018

Where:    Rome, Italy

The program is open to all majors. Students can earn up to 9 credits.

Available courses: Choose two or three courses among the following

• Critical Studies on Food (3 credits)
• Food Media, Communication and Trends (3 credits)
• Food, Nutrition and Culture in Italy (3 credits)
• Food Waste in Italy (3 credits)
• Elementary Italian Language UMASS ITAL 110 (3 credits) and Intensive Elementary Italian Language UMASS ITAL 126 (6 credits)
• Italian Lexicon for Food Studies (3 credits)

Additional resources

Program description and brochure

Short video: Critical Studies on Food in Italy program

Short video: Food Media, Communication and Trends course 

Short video: Summer 2016 Program

Interested?

Please RSVP to salem.paulos@gustolab.com by noon on Monday, November 13.

Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies and Roma Tre University are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Seventh International Conference on Food Studies, that will be held from October 26-27, 2017 in Rome, Italy. Founded in 2011, the International Conference on Food Studies provides a forum for research and practice-based discussions in a time of growing public and research awareness of the relations among diet, health, and social wellbeing. The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of: agricultural, environmental, nutritional, social, economic, and cultural perspectives on food. Submit a proposal: food-studies.com/2017-conference

The Global Food Innovation Summit that brings food & technology together
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Milano - Italy.
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Sonia Massari, Director of GLi International - Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies joins Emiliano 
Bruno, JRC Graphic Designer and Angela Cardinali, JRC Art and Science (SciArt project) for a challenging debate to show how to successfully combine science with design and art to illustrate scientific themes with an artistic twist at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Seville.

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GLi organizes a Real food films pop up event entitled 'Discovering traditions through food' for the students in the Food and Culture Course of the Hobart and William Smith Study Abroad in Rome Fall 2016 Program.

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GLi is organizing an aperitivo for our HWS students as part of their study abroad program activities in Rome. During the aperitivo, the HWS students will meet Italian students who study in Rome.  Students will first meet at Via Giulia 130 and then head over to the aperitivo.

For more information and to participate, write to denise.dellavalle@gustolab.com

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Dr. Massari speaks at the 2016 EU Design Days organized by the Errin (European Regions Research & Innovation Network).

She also spoke about a workshop about food scenarios in which our students (from Hobart and William Smith Colleges) participated together with students from ISIA di Pordenone.

EU Design Days, organised by ERRIN’s Design and Creativity Working Group, has become an annual high level event, enabling regions and their stakeholders from all over Europe to come together in order to exchange information and know-how about the added value of implementing design as a tool for regional innovation. It gathers over 200 European stakeholders and is seen as one of the most important platforms for design innovation in Brussels.Read more at http://www.eudesigndays.eu/

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Sustainability in the Finger Lakes area, Terra Madre and Food Culture in Italy.

Guest speaker: Sarah Meyer

Round table with Professor Walter Bowyer (Fall Program Director), Dr. Pier Alberto Merli (HWS Rome Resident Director), and Dr. Sonia Massari (GLi Director)

See the flyer here

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The 2016 edition of the HWS Program in Rome starts!

http://www.gustolab.com/custom-fall-term/

http://www.hws.edu/academics/global/rome.aspx

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Dr. Massari attends the SciArt Summer School organized by the EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre at Ispra.

The summer school will bring together policy-makers, museum curators working on the border between art and science, scientists and artists active in the field in a series of round table discussions, workshops and meetings.

Together with the Directorates-General for Research and Innovation and Communications Networks, Content and Technology, the summer school gives artists, scientists and policy-makers the chance to come together and exchange ideas and experiences under the theme of 'fairness'.

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GLi Director Dr. Sonia Massari was one of the 17 international experts invited to speak at the second version of the Escuela Internacional de Verano ‘Conectando a los mejores para la Educación’ , International Summer School: “Building Education with an Interdisciplinary Focus,” in Bogotá

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GLi attended 'Scarborough Fare: Global Foodways and Local Foods in a Transnational City', the Joint 2016 Annual Meetings and Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society; the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society; and the Canadian Association for Food Studies hosted by the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) this year.

During the conference GLi Director, Dr. Sonia Massari organized and chaired the Food design, sustainability, and community development panel and also presented at the Fast Food Studies Pecha Kucha.

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GLi presented two short films on the theme of Food and Interculturalism at the 2016 Cerealia Festival.

The films entited Connecting Cultures: Food inclusion in Italy and Where does the food go? (Dove finisce il cibo?) were produced by the students of the Food and Media Course of the UIUC Spring 2016 Food and Culture Program in Rome at Gustolab International.

Cerealia is a yearly festival focused on cereals in the mediterranean. This year's festival highlighted Morocco as the main country.

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GLi Director Dr. Sonia Massari presents with the talk 'Design Thinking and Food Innovation: The Dynamic Use of Design Thinking Applied to Food Studies' during the New Food Landscapes and Communities  panel at the Perugia Food Conference 2016.

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Our director Dr. Sonia Massari presents Food Studies and Gustolab International at Roma Tre University for the Laurea in Scienze e Culture Enogastronomiche at 11:00am.
Viale Guglielmo Marconi, 446 – 1st floor
For more information:

http://bit.ly/1OUO3Vb

#‎FoodDesign‬ ‪#FoodStudies

Dr. Sonia Massari​ will participate at the '2nd International Conference on Food Design.

The conference aims to create opportunities for the presentation and discussion of fundamental aspects of Food Design. Papers, posters, and projects examine experience, and experimentation, research and strategy, as
well as developments in technology, industry, and business. Professionals, practitioners, and researchers meet and share reflections, projects, and knowhow to assess the development of this new burgeoning field.

For more information:

http://www.fooddesign2015.com/event-program.html

The New School, the International Food Design Society, Food Design X Education,  Food Design North America

Today, Dr. Sonia Massari​ will participate in the 'Cultivando Food Design-3º Encontro latinoamericano de Food Design0' conference

http://fdbrasil2015.com/?speaker=sonia-massari

Today, at the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI)​, Dr. Sonia Massari​ will give a talk during the presentation of the AIS/Design Storia e ricerche Journal's special number on the Expo 2015 entitled 'Il design nell’industria alimentare: Cultura, prodotti, comunicazione' (Design in the Food Industry: Culture, Products, Communication) together with Rosa Chiesa, Ali Filippini, Gianluca Grigatti of AIS/Design, Vincenzo Cristallo (Disegno industriale, “La Sapienza”, Roma).
Moderated by Domitilla Dardi, Design Curator for MAXXI Architettura

SALA GRAZIELLA LONARDI BUONTEMPO
FREE ENTRANCE

For more information:
http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/events/il-design-nellindustria-alimentare-cultura-prodotti-comunicazione/

#‎FoodDesign‬ ‪#FoodStudies

Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies is proud to participate as a Media and Scientific partner in the 1st European conference launched and promoted by ADI, the Italian Association for Industrial Design, on Understanding Food Design: From User Experience to People-Centered Design from October 8-10, 2015 in Milan, Italy.

For more information:
http://foodesignlab.org/1st-european-conference-on-understanding-food-design/

Our UIUC FALL 2015 students together with our UIUC Spring 2015 program alumni attend the BCFN YOUTH MANIFESTO handover to Institutions at the Conference Centre, EXPO Milan.

The Youth Manifesto was developed by potential future leaders, young researchers from all over the world with the objective to inspire the future priorities in the global food debate beyond Expo 2015.

‪#‎YMfoodpeopleplanet‬ ‪#‎YouthManifesto‬ ‪#‎BCFN‬ ‪#‎food‬ ‪#‎studyabroad‬ ‪#‎illiniabroad‬

Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies Director, Dr. Sonia Massari speaks at the workshop on the topic of Resonances: Science, Art, Politics at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy.

The workshop brings together JRC Scientists and invited participants from the worlds of Art and Politics for a discussion to explore the desirability of resonance as a facilitator of more complete understanding of the world around us.

For more info: http://bit.ly/1FxmGKq

FOOD DESIGN: innovare e progettare nuove culture del cibo, verso nuovi orizzonti e stili alimentari (Food Design: innovate and design new food cultures, toward new horizons and food styles)

Impact Hub Siracusa - Via Mirabella 29, Syracuse, Italy

The Internship Symposium of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Summer 2015 Program will take place on July 17-18,2015.

The event is part of "EXPOsures: 10 food stories", a series of events that we are launching to celebrate our 10 years of activities and the EXPO 2015 in Milan.

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Gustolab International Institute for Food Studies is a participant at this event organized by Lazio Innova through the CALL4INNNOVATORS grant to present best practices in the Region of Lazio. At the end of the event there will be a networking aperitif and tasting of traditional food products of Lazio.

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On Friday, July 10, 2015 Gustolab International Institute Director Dr. Sonia Massari will participate in the 'Investing in innovation: women and technologies' The Aspen Institute panel at the Expo 2015 Milano to discuss the importance of women in the ‪#‎science‬ and ‪#‎technology‬ fields.

Other speakers of the panel are Danielle Gould, Founder and CEO,food+tech connect, Diane Hatz, Founder & Executive Director, Change Food, Marcela Villarreal, Director, FAO Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Selene Biffi, Social Entrepreneur and InnovatorPlain Ink Micaela Modiano, Patent and Trademark Attorney, Modiano & Partners and Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor, Lodz, Poland. Moderator: Marta Dassù, Editor, Aspenia online, Rome
Closing remarks by Peggy Clark, Executive Director, Vice President of Policy Programs, The Aspen Institute

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June 24 - 28 - Dr. Sonia Massari will attend the annual meeting and conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society / Agriculture Food & Human Values Society entitled 'Bridging the Past, Cultivating the Future: Exploring Sustainable Foodscapes' at Chatham University

She is the organizer of a workshop entitled 'Designing Tools and Systems for New Food Cultures' and will present together with
Stefani Bardin of The New School and Charlotte Biltekoff of UC Davis

On June 17, we will organize a screening “Vanishing of the bees” with the director Maryam Henein at cinema Detour in Via Urbana, 107.

The event is part of "EXPOsures: 10 food stories", a series of events that we are launching to celebrate our 10 years of activities and the EXPO 2015 in Milan.

See more at: www.cinedetour.it

On June 11, we will host a workshop called “Linking sustainable diets and functional foods from natural sources for human and planet health” with Dr. Serafini and Dr. Michael Green in our office in Via Giulia 130.

The event is part of "EXPOsures: 10 food stories", a series of events that we are launching to celebrate our 10 years of activities and the EXPO 2015 in Milan.

On June 10, we will host the seminary “Anthropology and ethics of food communication agribusiness” in collaboration with the 2015 Cerealia Festival at our spaces in Via Giulia 130.

Speakers of the events: Ernesto Di Renzo Professor of History of Popular Traditions - Department of History - University of Rome Tor Vergata, Sonia Massari director of Gustolab Institute, Giuseppe Knuckle professor of food science, Damir Fabijanic director of the Croatian magazine "Ice & Pice", Alessandra Moneti Ansa journalist, Giuliano De Risi journalist and former director Agi communications expert institution, Giuliano Palomba territorial Coordination for the Environment national Park Altamura CFS, moderates Tiziana Briguglio journalist.
At the end Etna wine tasting by Irene Badala.
The event is part of "EXPOsures: 10 food stories", a series of events that we are launching to celebrate our 10 years of activities and the EXPO 2015 in Milan.

For more info: http://www.cerealialudi.org/cerealia-programma/cerealia-programma-roma/cerealia-giugno-10/

Sonia Massari, Gustolab International Institute For Food Studies, Director and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rome Academic Director will be presenting together with Susan Leduc Taylor, Dean of Parsons School of Design, Paris,  Fabio Parasecoli, Director of Food Studies Initiatives, The New School at the USA Pavilion Terrace talk- Milan EXPO.

We eat with our eyes before we eat with our mouths, the saying goes, but the concept of design applied to food has to do with much more than just deliciousness. 

Design thinking is a way of configuring problems and solutions that have both personal and global implications. Food design is a new field of inquiry and practice that had been receiving growing interest both among professionals and consumers. In preparation to the Second International Food Design Conference that will take place at The New School in NYC in November 2015, let's discuss what food design is, its impact, and how it is taught.

See more at: http://www.usapavilion2015.net/schedule/terrace-talk-does-food-need-design

MARION NESTLE Round table invite

Casato Filo della Rosa presents “Tavola del mondo” as part of the Petronilla Project for We-Women for Expo. Dr. Sonia Massari is an invited Guest. Gustolab Institute is a media partner and students from the Food and Media course will also be on site to film the event.
‪#‎glinstitute‬ ‪#‎IlliniAbroad‬ ‪#‎Rome‬ ‪#‎Italy‬ ‪#‎StudyAbroad‬ ‪#‎foodstudies‬‪#‎FoodandMedia‬
‪#‎WEforExpo‬ ‪#‎petronillaproject‬ ‪#‎latavoladelmondo‬ Expo 2015 Milano‪#‎Expo2015‬ ‪#‎WeEatTogether‬

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Dr. Massari will be involved in the MTV Italia interview today in ‪#‎Milan‬ with the Brothers Green (american musicians and cooks). She is also an invited guest at Presso - Kook Sharing today where they will be performing a Food and Music Show ft. JAKE LA FURIA OF CLUB DOGO official page in anticipation of the official launch of their show Brothers Green: EATS! will be aired on MTV starting on May 3.http://su.mtv.it/1JYnbk0

#glinstitute #milan #brothersgreenEATS #foodandmusic @brothersgreen @mtvitalia

GLi Director and Member of the ADI Food Design Committee Dr. Sonia Massari presented on Food Design, Food Studies and BCFN YES! competition at the event 'Pescara & EXPE towards Expo2015'

The event talked about Tourism, food and cultural landscapes, supply chains, local and typical food resources. The videos of ISIA Pescara students on the theme of food, artisanship and design were also shown at the event.

#FoodDesign #FoodStudies  #Pescara #Fondazione Pescarabruzzo #EXPE #ISIAPescara #Adi #Expo2015Milano

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GLi Director, Dr. Sonia Massari spoke at Seeds & Chips on Saturday, March 28

Seeds & Chips is the event where food and digital technologies come together. Speaking as a representative of GLi and the Scuola Politencia di Design, her speech session entitled Food Design | Innovation and ITC was shared with  ANTONELLO FUSETTI, Scuola Politecnica di Design, CEO.

• Johan Jorgensen, Partner AtelierSlice, Curator USA Pavilion Innovation Program
• Jan Åman, Curator of the USA Pavilion Innovation Program
• Daniele Pagani, Microsoft Italy, Executive Manager of the USA Pavilion Innovation Accelerator

For more information and to register for the multi-day event, visit Seeds & Chips

#InternetofFood #Innovation #FoodTech

GLi CEO Pier Alberto Merli attends the Forum's 11th Annual Conference entitled: It Takes a Campus and More: The Faces of Education Abroad in New Orleans, LA

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The value of education abroad for students is undisputed among education abroad professionals. It is the transformative potential of education abroad that inspires their work. However, it takes more than the dedication of the education abroad field to develop and administer successful programs, and to serve students effectively: it takes a campus, and more. Commitment from all stakeholders is essential. Who are the people of education abroad and how do they work together to create a culture that supports the field? What are successful strategies for initiating and maintaining productive collaborations with different entities involved in education abroad? How may we build relationships that extend beyond the home campus, to collaborate with colleagues from different institutions and organizations? How can education abroad professionals advocate for education abroad, to gain the support necessary to serve students from pre-departure through re-entry? The Forum’s Eleventh Annual Conference addresses these and other questions by examining the many faces of education abroad, their diverse perspectives, and how we can all work together to improve the student experience.

On Thursday March 5, 2015, Sonia Massari, representing the AACUPI member institution, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, gave a speech in the conference entitled 'Addressing the future of study abroad in Italy--how do we stay relevant?' and organized by hosted by Temple University Rome on behalf of AACUPI . Thank you to Hilary Link and Portia Prebys for organizing the conference.

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On occasion of the Settimana dell’Ambiente e dei servizi Ecosistemici or Week of Environment and Ecosystem services from February 23-28 2015,  the Campus Bio-Medico of Roma, is organizing a meeting entitled   “Agricoltura-Alimentazione-Ambiente. Un rapporto da costruire per lo sviluppo sostenibile dei Paesi del Sud del Mondo” on February 27.

The meeting starts at 10am and will be held at the Aula Magna Trapezio in Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome.

- See more at: http://www.onb.it/2015/02/13/settimana-dellambiente-e-dei-servizi-ecosistemici/#sthash.Tug5OHTo.dpuf