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Article: NEW CULTURAL CENTER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FORMS ITALIAN ACADEMY.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- May 8, 1991
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Byline: Verena Dobnik Associated Press
Columbia University, which in the 19th century employed Mozart's librettist as an Italian-language teacher, on Tuesday founded an international academy of Italian culture.
The new Italian Academy in America, funded with $17.5 million from that country's government, is housed in a Renaissance-style palazzo on the school's campus.
To dedicate the center, Italian President Francesco Cossiga, Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Foreign Minister Gianni de Michelis joined university President Michael Sovern at a morning ceremony in the rotunda of the Columbia University library.
The academy will fund ...