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The Department of Classics of Northwestern University in Illinois, has organized a marathon reading of “The Iliad,” the famous epic poem of Homer. The reading will be held outdoors, next to Lake Michigan and the participants will read the epic...

The 33rd Annual Leadership 100 Conference, which took place February 29-March 3, 2024, at The Ritz-Carlton, Naples in Naples, Florida, concluded with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy officiated by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. The conference, which saw a record attendance of...

A new mineral discovered in an abandoned gold mine in Hungary has been named kanatzidisite in honor of Greek scientist Mercouri Kanatzidis, an inorganic chemist at Northwestern University, Chicago. The mineral, a chalcogenide, was found during the summer in the...

A machine called the Hedonometer is now discerning how happy we are from the words we use online, via algorithms that target our moods.

Derrick Campana, an animal orthotist who is referred to rightly as the "Wizard of Paws," is on a mission to help as many animals as humanly possible, making their lives fuller and allowing them to romp and play despite...

Is Helen of Troy, known since antiquity as “The face that launched a thousand ships” at the start of the Trojan War, guilty of adultery? People have argued since ancient times about whether she, the wife of Spartan King Menelaus,...

The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) will soon explore the role of the historic figure Helen of Troy, known since antiquity as “The face that launched a thousand ships” at the start of the Trojan War. This seventh annual NHM Trial...

Four Greek scientists are among those to have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS), two as members and two as foreign associates. Election to membership of the American institution is considered to be one of the...

A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team led by Greek scientist Mercouri Kanatzidis has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection. It is thought it could provide a significantly less-expensive alternative to the detectors now in...

Peter G. Peterson the Greek American billionaire financier and philanthropist died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. Peterson was a former chief executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and a U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President...

Vicky Kalogera; a Northwestern University physicist, was among scientists from all over the world that announced a whole new kind of gravitational wave signal on Monday. Presenting the findings at a National Science Foundation press conference in Washington, DC, Kalogera...

Over 600 guests attended the 2nd Annual Black Tie “Wings to Cure Gala” in support of the Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation on Saturday, October 14. Dignitaries included Illinois Governor Bruce and Diana Rainer and His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas of...

A research team in the U.S., led by the distinguished Greek psychiatrist Constantine Lyketsos, announced that the first clinical trial of the anti-depressant drug Citalopram on Alzheimer's patients showed that the drug could help ease the neuropsychiatric symptoms of...

On Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 at the UIC Forum, the National Hellenic Museum presented a mock trial of the ancient Greek mythological character, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, of the cursed House of Atreus. Orestes was put to trial for...

It was a night filled with great pride, heartfelt passion and true promise for the 40 “best and brightest” star scholarship recipients, their families and the more than 450 guests who attended the stellar event that featured Academy Award...