Italian Graduate Student special grants and awards

Michele Rossi:

• "Salvatori Award”, Graduate Research Grant(Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011).
• “Dean’s Summer Funding” ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011)
• “Ben Franklin Summer Funding” ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011)
• “ Penfield Fellowship” 2010( University of Pennsylvania, for Summer Research Project in Italy, June-July 2010)
• “ Salvatori Award”, Graduate Research Grant(Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2008)
• “H. Clifford Fellowship at Penn”, (University of Pennsylvania, 2009-2010, 2010-2011)

Claudia Consolati:

• Mellon Fellowship from Penn Humanities Forum (University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012)
• Phyllis Rackin Fellowship from Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program at Penn ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2012)
• “J.G. Haney Fellowship at Penn”, (University of Pennsylvania, 2010)

Chelsea Pomponio:

• “University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Summer Award” ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2009)
• “Salvatori Award”, Research Grant (Center for Italian Studies, Summer 2011)
• “Study Scholarship” (Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Summer 2009)

Norman Rusin:

• “University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Summer Award” ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2010)
• "Maria Grazia Cutuli", International Journalism Prize (2007)
• "Naval Innovation Project", Area Science Park Fellowship (2007)

Alessandra Mirra:

• “Excellence in Teaching Award”, granted for outstanding performance and last contribution as a Teaching Assistant (Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012).
• “Salvatori Award” granted for a research project on “Leopardi and politics” (Center for Italian Studies - May 2010).
• “P.R.I.N.” Grant for a project on “Italian language and culture during the colonial years”. (Italian Ministry for Research - University of Macerata, Department of Linguistics and Literature, July-Dec. 2008.
• Laurea dissertation was awarded the first prize at “10 th Giacomo Leopardi competition” as best graduation thesis. (Recanati, Centro Nazionale Studi Leopardiani, June 2005).

Elisa Modolo:

• "Salvatori Award”, Graduate Research Grant(Center for Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2011).
• “University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Summer Award” ( University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2010)

Sarah Massoni:

• “H. Clifford Fellowship at Penn” (University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012)

Marco Lepore:

• Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants Scholarship (2007-2008)