Ciao Philadelphia is a month-long series of more than 60 events open to the public—coordinated by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia—that highlights the contributions of Italian-Americans to the Greater Philadelphia region and the world. The University of Pennsylvania’s Italian Studies Program is one of the many hosts and partners of Ciao Philadelphia and will hold four events on campus throughout this month. City-wide events include opera, concerts, film screenings, architectural tours, food celebrations, Italian race cars, exhibits, performances and lectures; see http://ciaophiladelphia.com

Inaugural Italian-American Symposium in Pediatrics, will be held on October 28-30 in the Ruth and Tristram Colket, Jr. Translational Research Building, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In collaboration with the Meyer Children’s Hospital of Florence, Italy, and the Italian Pediatric Society of Rome, Italy, CHOP will focus on three main areas of advances in the care of children: unique cutting-edge therapies, new care delivery models and new approaches to common and difficult pediatric clinical conditions. Registration is required; see www.chop.edu/events/inaugural-italian-american-symposium-pediatrics

Guido Gozzano: Memory and Innovation, on October 29 at 9:30 a.m. Celebrate the poetry of Guido Gozzano with the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the Class of ’55 area on the 2nd floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library.

For more information on these events, visit http://www.sas.upenn.edu/italians/center/events