Tolis Aristeidou of Greece will return to Los Angeles February 22-26 as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Gold Stars’ Tour. The International Visitors Council of Los Angeles (IVCLA) arranged his initial visit to Los Angeles in 2009 as an IVLP participant, making connections that included meetings with Justice by Uniting in [...]
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Greek-American UCLA Professor Contributes To Discoveries Explaining Vanishing Electrons
After years of efforts, UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth’s outer radiation belt, taking one step closer towards understanding and predicting space weather phenomena. The team of scientists, including Greek-American UCLA Professor Vassilis Angelopoulos, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft, discovered that the missing electrons [...]
“Greece: Staying with the Euro vs. Default and Exit” Dinner – Lecture in Los Angeles, CA
On Sunday, February 2, 2012, the American Hellenic Council and the Hellenic University Club of Southern California, in association with the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies, will host a Dinner – Lecture at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with the subject of “Greece: Staying with the Euro vs. Default and Exit”. [...]
Hellenic Society of Constantinople Annual Dinner Dance Gala
On Saturday, Jan 14th, the Hellenic Society of Constantinople will hold its annual Dinner Dance at the Wilshire Country Club. This will be the 45th consecutive year that the organization “cut” its vassilopita. The Hellenic Society of Constantinople was founded by a group of Greek Americans who came to the US from Istanbul for a [...]
Sellout Artists Promote Greece with…Placemats and Disposable Cups
“Live Your Myth in Greece” is the slogan we hear all across New York City and Athens, Greece. Whether it is on the subway or bus stops they are everywhere. Now you can see this wonderful slogan while waiting for your cheeseburger deluxe at your local diner in New York City or anywhere in the [...]
Alex Dimakis Wins Award on Data Storage
Alex Dimakis of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering received the 2010 IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) Technical Committee on Data Storage Best Paper Award. The paper, entitled “Network Coding for Distributed Storage Systems”, was a collaboration between Dimakis, P. Brighten Godfrey, Yunnan Wu, Martin J. Wainwright, and Kannan Ramchandran. It appeared in the September [...]
3-Day Event Dedicated to Greek Gastronomy in San Francisco
Head of the Greek Office E.C.A. in San Francisco (Economic and Commercial Affairs) Mr. Marios Belibasakis organized a 3-day event on Greek gastronomy, that gathered thousands of people. The event was hosted at a West Coast hotel and included among others the presentation of traditional products and wines, lectures on the therapeutic attributes of olive [...]
Innovative Young Greek-American Creates Cartoules Press
When you can’t find what you’re looking for, make your own. Right? San Francisco Bay-area native Julie Karatzis has done just that. Back in 2009 when she and her Athenian-born husband Spiros were planning their wedding – which took place in Greece – she sought letterpress invitations, written in both Greek and English. She couldn’t [...]
Anna Vissi to be Honored at 8th Hellenic Charity Ball
The Greek-American Elios Society is organizing the 8th Hellenic Charity Ball to be held on November 12, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Fransisco. Singer Anna Vissi, director and actor Nick Cassavetes, rocker and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis and entertainer Louie Gundunas are among the 2011 honorees of this year’s glamorous Greek-American show business [...]
Lambrinidis Addresses World Affairs Council
In an address on Monday to the World Affairs Council (WAC) in Los Angeles, Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis underlined the “immense effort” being made by the Greek people and his government’s determination to meet the targets that have been set for the country’s exit from the crisis. Addressing the council, one of the most significant [...]
Nuns Help Fight Fire Before Being Evacuated
A 5300 acre wildfire in Goldendale, Washington that began almost two weeks ago, just across the street from the St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Monastery, is still blazing. Late reports indicate that nearly 100 structures have been destroyed by the fire, dubbed the Monastery Complex Fire, including about 24 homes. The monastery – 19 nuns reside [...]
Greek America Foundation Offers Scholarships for 2012 Study Abroad in Greece
The Greek America Foundation is once again offering the Hellenic Legacy Scholarship for college students participating in study abroad at DEREE – The American College of Greece in Athens for the 2012 Spring semester which runs from February to June, 2012. The scholarship includes the cash equivalent of full tuition for a semester. The Hellenic [...]
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02 / 08 “Smith and Nephew” Medical Device Company Fined for Bribing Greek Public Doctors
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02 / 08 Greek-American Foundation to Support Vulnerable Groups in Greece
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02 / 08 Greek NGO Gains Consultative Status With the UN Economic and Social Council
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02 / 08 Greek Violinist and Pianist to Perform at the Morgan Library and Museum in NY
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02 / 06 Greek Theater Declared Best Outdoor Venue in the USA
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07 / 23 St. Nicholas of Manhattan in Ruins while Mosque Rises
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08 / 03 George Demos Tells Fox News We Must Rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
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11 / 27 Greek American Pihakis Busted by Feds for $5.8 Million
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12 / 27 Greek Orthodox Community of America Renounced Anti-Semitic Statements by Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus
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02 / 09 St. George Community of Lynn, Massachusetts, Refuses to Pay its Contribution to the Archdiocese
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