{"id":284242,"date":"2017-11-28T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=284242"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:21:42","slug":"2-million-gift-arnold-lisio-56-60m-md-anne-lisio-endows-italian-studies-program-284242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2-million-gift-arnold-lisio-56-60m-md-anne-lisio-endows-italian-studies-program-284242\/","title":{"rendered":"$2 million gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and Anne Lisio endows Italian studies program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $2 million gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and Anne Lisio endows the Lisio Program in Italian Studies within Arts, Sciences &amp; Engineering (AS&amp;E) at the URochester. This gift ensures that students will always be able to study in Italy and have opportunities to enhance their understanding and appreciation for the language, art, culture, and history of Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArnold and Anne truly love all things Italian,\u201d said Joel Seligman, president, CEO, and G. Robert Witmer, Jr. University Professor. \u201cTheir ongoing support has made it possible for scores of students to travel to Italy to study in our programs there. Their continued generosity ensures that these opportunities will last forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_284272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284272\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-284272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lisios-420x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lisios-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lisios-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lisios-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lisios.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne Lisio and Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt has always been important for us to share our passion for Italy with Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students,\u201d said Arnold Lisio. \u201cIt\u2019s a tremendously valuable experience for them to live, visit, and study in a country where beauty, art, and history are a part of daily life. It helps students learn about themselves and about the world around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lisios\u2019 most recent gift was made in recognition of Arnold\u2019s 60th Class Reunion at the College, but their support for Italian studies began in 2006. At that time, his 50th Class Reunion served as a catalyst to endow the Dorothy and Anthony Lisio Prize in honor of his parents. The prize recognizes excellent work related to some aspect of the study of Italian language, art, or culture.<\/p>\n<p>With a father who came from Italy and a mother who was American Italian, Arnold grew up hearing many stories about his family\u2019s homeland. Since he first visited at age 34, he has been to Italy about a dozen times, with each visit providing opportunities to explore Italian culture and language.<\/p>\n<p>The Lisios\u2019 new gift supports AS&amp;E programming that involves Italy from a variety of departments and programs; its flexible terms will support programs as they evolve over time. The gift also will help fund student scholarship prizes, summer fellowships, and faculty and program grants for the following multidisciplinary programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Arezzo Program: A semester-long study program in which students are immersed in academic courses, community life, cultural activities, and study-related travel.<\/li>\n<li>The San Martino Archeological Field School: A summer program that provides students opportunities to study the archeology of ancient Italy.<\/li>\n<li>The Roman Structures Program in Italy: An interdisciplinary study of Roman engineering and architecture that places students in small group living and learning situations.<\/li>\n<li>An experiential summer learning program: A one-month sustainable education abroad course that takes place on the island of Procida, off the coast of Naples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWithin AS&amp;E, several research areas and approaches related to understanding and appreciating Italian culture and studies are very strong,\u201d said Gloria Culver, dean of the School of Arts &amp; Sciences. \u201cThe Lisios\u2019 ongoing commitment to Italian studies will have significant reach. This will positively impact our students, faculty, staff, and alumni across our campus and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arnold is a retired internist in New York City, where he was on the staff of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital\/Columbia University Medical Center and a faculty member at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. As an educator, he has worked with medical students since 1961, thus helping to create generations of physicians. Arnold earned his bachelor\u2019s and medical degrees at the University, and received full scholarships to both programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisio Program in Italian Studies will ensure that students will always be able to study in Italy and have opportunities to enhance their understanding and appreciation for the language, art, culture, and history of Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":922,"featured_media":284252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22172,16072],"class_list":["post-284242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-news","tag-department-of-modern-languages-and-cultures","tag-school-of-arts-and-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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