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The article discusses research into the financial accounts of merchants and charity organizations of Renaissance-era Prato, Italy by scholars at Monash University in Australia. According to the article, documents and materials from the state archives of Italy have provided Medieval and Renaissance historians with details related to the social aspects of life in Prato, specifically its impact on the economics and politics of nearby civilizations in Florence, Italy. Comments from Monash Associate Professor Peter Howard are provided regarding the collaborative Prato Consortium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and details related to the establishment of the Bill Kent Library, located at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy, are presented.

The article provides information on the deadline of applications for fellowships, grant proposals, scholarly papers and others from August to October 1981 including the application for post-doctoral fellowships for research in Rome, Italy, application from colleges and universities for grants to expand the horizons of minority students in the U.S. and proposals for possible presentation at the national conference of the Council for International Leadership in Washington.

The article discusses various issues associated with the higher education system in Italy including limited job opportunities for college professors and researchers, rising tuition costs, and university budget cuts. According to the article, government efforts to reform the system have focused on budget cuts, resulting in job losses for scholars and increased financial burdens for students. Concerns regarding the potential abuse of power by tenured professors and academic department heads are explored and reforms based on ideas by former Italian education minister Mariastella Gelmini are highlighted. Comments are also provided from unemployed researcher Andrea Bordi, student Enrica Saraullo, and professor Renato Bozio.

Discusses Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The exhibition `The Inventive Hand: A Selection of Works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi,' at Columbia University's Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery; Comments from curators of the show; Biographical information; Artistic style; Observations on his works.

This article reports that the American Association of University Professors has canceled an international meeting that it postponed last month after several professors scheduled to attend complained that an article the association sent them was anti-Semitic. The meeting, on the subject of academic boycotts, was scheduled to take place February 13 to 17 in Bellagio, Italy, with 22 participants, including both Israeli and Palestinian academics. The Bellagio meeting was to have centered on a discussion of whether academics should boycott a country's universities as a way of voicing their opposition to the policies of that country's government.

The article presents information on a dinner party held on the midwinter weeknight this year at Rome-based American Academy. At the party the wine bottles emptied at a modest rate, and the mood was lively but not hilarious. Talk at the candlelit tables shifts from the history of the papacy in late antiquity to the virtues of Brokeback Mountain, and from the tribulations of Italian academe to the challenge of fashion bargain hunting with the euro topping $1.20. The five dozen or so diners in the stately room, which was dominated by a massive stone fireplace, ranged in age from mid-20s to mid-60s.

Focuses on University of Southern Maine professor Peter J. Aicher and his study of classical Roman aqueducts. Publication of his book `Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome'; Features of the book, including information on the Appia and the Alexandrina, the first and last aqueducts of the period; Inspiration for the book; Observations of the suburban land area that surrounds Rome.