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Hi I'm Chloe!  I'm from Guangzhou, China, and I'm currently an undeclared freshman. Outside of school, I love exploring different types of food; and I always enjoy traveling as I love experiencing different cultures all around the world.

I'm always interested in Italian culture and would love to visit Italy one day if I have any chance, which is why I wanna take this class. Really excited to meet all of you in class!

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Hello, my name is Aidan and I am a sophomore studying economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. I enjoy playing soccer and basketball, though I do not play much anymore.

I have no experience with Italian, but in high school I took Spanish for three years. I am excited to learn a new language at Cornell!

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Hi! I'm Muna and I am a sophomore in CAS studying Africana studies and Biology & Society. I’m originally from Atlanta and transferred from Georgia State. I enjoy reading anything from CRT to manga, and I occasionally write and publish poetry.

I’m originally from Somalia, and some parts of our culture, such as language and food, have been influenced by Italian culture. I do plan to study abroad in Italy my junior year and I’m looking forward to this class!

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Hello, my name is Ethan Duong, and I am a sophomore studying economics. I am from Irvine, California and enjoy playing football and volleyball. I studied Spanish in high school, and I am looking forward to challenging myself and to learning a new language in my time at Cornell.

I’ve never been to Italy, but it is definitely one of the countries I really hope to visit one day. I am looking forward to learning Italian and its respective culture as well as making new friends.

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Hi! I'm Amy Hinesley and I'm a freshman at CAS. I live on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I'm undeclared but I will probably study Biology & Society.

I took Latin in high school and loved it, so I am looking forward to learning a modern language. Also, my family is Sicilian. I love reading, sleeping, swimming, hiking, and listening to music. I also enjoy working for a news publishing company as an editor:)

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Hi! I'm Faith. I'm from Brooklyn NY. I'm a sophomore in arts & sciences and I study Psychology with a minor in Cognitive science (Neuroscience track).

My family is from Guyana, South America and  I love to dance so I joined Cornell's Caribbean Dance Ensemble.

I am taking Italian because I read Dante's Inferno multiple times in English and read the Italian without understanding but to just appreciate the rythmic tercets in Italian! I'm excted to finally learn Italian!

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Hi everyone!!  I'm Stephen, a junior in arts and sciences studying biology.  I'm from Connecticut and my main hobbies include road biking, reading, and hanging out with friends.  I visited Italy a few years back with my family which really sparked my interest in the Italian language and culture(the Italian alps are so pretty!)

Really excited to be learning a new language and getting to know all of you in person!

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I'm from Ithaca, NY (lived here for 15 yrs) and I'm a sophomore currently studying computer science and economics in CAS. I took Spanish in high school and I'm very excited to get to learn a new romance language.

Outside of school, I like swimming and am a pretty avid sports fan, particularly both kinds of "football" and baseball. I love playing chess and quiz bowl (an activity similar to Jeopardy), and also like reading (Calvino was one of the reasons why I decided to take this course), playing video games, and watching movies.

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My name is Max Van Fleet, and I am an undeclared freshman. I enjoy the outdoors, playing football, and weight training.

The other side of my family is Sicilian and speaks some Italian, and my best friend from high school is from Venice, Italy! Because of my school's language requirements, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up the language!

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I'm a junior at the AAP college studying urban-regional planning. I'm from New York City (Queens, for anyone who may be familiar with NYC geography). I took Spanish in high school. My principal hobby is photography.

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I'm a sophomore studying Information Science and Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. I'm originally from Central New Jersey, where there were a lot of Italians in my community. I took Latin in high school.

I love to cook, write poetry, and run! I'm hyped to learn Italian.

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My name is Thatcher Dowdy and I am from Rochester, Minnesota.

I am a freshman majoring in economics. I took French in high school and am looking forward to learning Italian.

I am on the swim team at Cornell. I also love snowboarding and astronomy.

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Hello, My name is Robert Tucker, but you can call me Tucker. I am a freshman majoring in sociology. I am mostly fluent in Spanish so learning Italian is going to be pretty fun. I am also on the football team here at Cornell. Very excited to learn a new language.

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Hello!

My name is Ryan Bilotta, and I am a fifth-year PhD student in the Physics department researching string theory and gravity. I also teach the introductory physics courses for undergraduates.
Due to family history, my relatives can no longer speak Italian, so I have wanted to learn the language for some time. I used to be fluent in Spanish (I have not spoken it much since I moved to Ithaca), so I am also interested to learn about the differences between the languages.
Outside of school, I love to cook and hike around Ithaca. I am looking forward to learning Italian with you all!

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Hello everyone!

I am Gianluca Pulsoni, your instructor in Italian for this semester.

I am 36 years old, bald, bearded, with a kind of big nose in a way. Also, I have glasses.

I did other jobs in my life before coming here, such as running a publishing house and working for websites devoted to the Italian and the international tourist market. I am still writing as a freelance journalist.

As for my passions, I am a movie geek! I am also into anime and manga a lot.

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Ciao a tutt*,

Sono Gianluca (Pulsoni), il vostro insegnante di italiano per questo semestre.

Ho 36 anni, sono calvo, ho la barba, e un nasone in un certo senso. Inoltre, porto gli occhiali.

Ho fatto altri lavori nella mia vita prima di arrivare qui, tipo dirigere una casa editrice e lavorare per siti dedicati al turismo italiano e internazionale. Scrivo ancora come giornalista freelance.

Per quanto riguarda le mie passioni, sono un fanatico del cinema! Mi piacciono molto anche anime e manga.