Is Columbus Day a sinking ship? Oct 13, 2009
My vote goes to John Cabot for finding the place. By Carrie Smith. (The Palm Beach Post)
`Sex Angle' Follows Berlusconi as G-8's Leaders Convene in Earthquake City Jul 6, 2009
Even in better economic times, Italy has never done a good job managing transparently its earthquake aid, said , a professor of political science and dean at John Cabot University in Rome. A 2002 quake in San Giuliano di Puglia killed 26 children and a schoolteacher. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Summer test preparation offered Jul 2, 2009
Formerly a full time English teacher and reading specialist at Minuteman, she is an educational tutor, study skills expert and an associate admissions representative for John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Loading commenting interface. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Green.view: Avoiding catastrophes Jun 23, 2009
WHEN John Cabot dropped anchor off the coast of Newfoundland in 1497, his crew reported that they needed only to dip a bucket into the water to catch cod. For centuries the fish of the Grand Banks that he had discovered remained in plentiful supply. (The Economist)
They paved paradise May 31, 2009
Arriving off Newfoundland and the Grand Banks, John Cabot and his men found so many of the fish that they merely lowered baskets into the water then pulled them up, brimming with the catch. Some fish were five feet long, and weighed in around 200 pounds. (Boston Globe)
Obituary Photos Suggest Growing Bias Against Aging Faces May 19, 2009
10, 2007) History tells us Columbus discovered America in 1492 and, five years later, John Cabot reached the mainland of North America before Columbus could claim South America for Spain. What if new evidence. (Science Daily)
Steelers faithful find a shrine of their own in Rome (Yesterday) May 18, 2009
Jared Bowman, a student at Saint Vincent College who was studying for a semester at John Cabot University in Rome, said he was overwhelmed. "It was the most amazing experience: a bar in Rome full of Pittsburgh fans rooting on the Steelers, thousands of miles from home ... it doesn't get any better," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
ANALYSIS-Graft and crime may haunt Italy quake recovery Apr 11, 2009
For Franco Pavoncello, professor of political science at the John Cabot University in Rome, the level of public scrutiny of the Abruzzo reconstruction should help ensure probity. "Probably we will not see spectacular embezzlement here of the kind we have seen in the past in southern Italy," he said. (AlertNet)