ARTICLES
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Linda Falcone: The Storyteller of Florence
Art historian and storyteller Linda Falcone has spent two decades recovering women’s contributions to Florentine art history, from co-founding Advancing Women Artists to her current work with Calliope Arts. Her projects restore not just artworks but the histories behind them, including one of the world’s most remarkable women’s archives.
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Gains and Pains of Short-Chain. Post COVID Reflections on Food Policy and Sustainability
Fulbright researcher Catherine Nardi compares how school feeding programs in Florence and Washington, DC navigate local short-chain food procurement. Her findings confirm that policy is the decisive driver, and that scale, cost, and climate variability remain shared obstacles, regardless of how deeply food culture is embedded in a given society.
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When Discomfort Becomes Your Greatest Teacher
ISI Florence and Umbra Institute alumni describe a pattern that research confirms: the discomfort of studying abroad builds skills that follow students into careers, redirect professional paths, and reshape personal identities. From architecture studios to cookbook publishing, the semester abroad often turns out to be the most important one.
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