New York

Rumors have it that a Greek billionaire is going to buy New York Daily News from its current owner, Mort Zuckerman. According to NY Magazine John Catsimatidis is among the 3 billionaires wanting to become the owners of the well known newspaper. The other potential buyers are Rupert Murdoch and James...

The first Greek American woman District Attorney in Nassau County

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[:el] Madeline Singas elected Nassau county district attorney. She is the first Greek-american woman to take a similar position. Singas is the daughter of Greek immigrants. She was born in Massachusetts. Her father was born in the village Glina and her mother in Argirochori. When she was...

Develops novel ultrasound-based techniques for the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s

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Elisa Konofagou is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and also the Director of the Ultrasound and Elasticity Imaging Laboratory at Columbia University. The focus of her ongoing research is the development of novel, ultrasound-based techniques for both imaging and therapeutic applications in diseases like...

Famous Greeks

Aiming at the improvement of the clinical action of anticancer drugs

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[:el] Paraskevi Giannakakou is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York. Her research is focused on a deeper understanding and improvement of the...

The tenor who fascinates with his voice the world

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[:el] Dimitri Pittas, is a tenor vocalist and has performed on leading opera stages throughout the United States and Europe. The New York Times praised his performance, stating, “his effortless and cultured singing nailed Italian-tenor style with accuracy. Mr. Pittas has a future and, evidently, already a...

El Greco in New York

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The exhibition «El Greco in New York» will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614). A special collaboration will bring together all of the artist’s paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection, the finest outside the Museo del Prado...

Nearly 30 years of presence in Hollywood

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Elizabeth Ann Perkins is an American actress of Greek descent who fascinates the audience with her talent. Her film roles have included Big, The Flintstones, Miracle on 34th Street, About Last Night…, and Avalon and she is also well known for her role as Celia...

NY: Exhibition about the greek influence in Egyptian culture

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An exhibition about the interactions between Greek and Egyptian cultures during the nearly 300-year period when Egypt was under Greek rule, is presented at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) of New York University on October 8, 2014. The exhibition is entitled...

NY Times: The Greek grocer who “conquered” NY

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[:el] New York Times brought to light the story of the Greek immigrant Ioannis Zoitas and his wife, Maria, who have owned a grocery store on Broadway near 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway in Manhattan since 1977. Now Zoitas family owns five grocery stores and will be opening...

US: Αncient coins returned to Greece

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