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Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation Gala Raises $3.5 Million for the Lurie Cancer CenterThis past November, the Hippocratic Cancer Research Foundation (HCRF) raised more than $3.5 million to benefit high-impact translational research at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. “I Will Survive” was the theme of...
- Posted December 2, 2018
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Celebrating the Season with AHEPA’s Gold Coast Chapterby Athena Efter Gold Coast Chapter 456 District 6 of the American Hellenic Education Progressive Association (AHEPA) is kicking off the season with its annual Christmas dinner and fundraiser. The gala will take place on Wednesday, December...
- Posted December 2, 2018
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EON products: eclectic Greek foods for an “eternal life”by Kelly Fanarioti One day Anna Apostolidou left behind the world of gymnastics where she had been training since she was three; said goodbye to track and field where she had won acclaim in the Pan-Hellenic and...
- Posted December 2, 2018
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Hellenism and Orthodoxy in the 2018 Elections – The Candidatesby Andy Manatos and Mike Manatos* The 2018 elections may profoundly impact Hellenism and Orthodoxy in America. When the unsurpassed advocate for Hellenism and Orthodoxy in the US government, Senator Paul Sarbanes, was asked at the end...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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The PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation Awards Ceremony & GalaThis past summer, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation held its annual Awards Ceremony & Gala at the Hilton Chicago. The PanHellenic broke a new record this year by awarding 45 talented Greek American undergraduates with a total of...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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Alex Spanos In MemoriamAlex Spanos, the legendary Greek American, founder of A.G. Spanos Companies and owner of the Chargers NFL Franchise, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, October 9. He was 95. From humble beginnings to...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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Chicago Bulls and Calamos Investments announce new partnershipThe Chicago Bulls and Calamos Investments announced a multi-year partnership that makes the metropolitan Chicago-based global asset manager the first company to display its logo on the Bulls court apron in the United Center. Calamos will sponsor...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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The reopening of Greek Schools in Imvros highlights a Greek renaissanceby Kelly Fanarioti It was September 2005—fifty-one years after the Turkish government’s ban on Greek education in Imvros and Tenedos islands–that the Greek High School in Imvros reopened its gates. It was the dream of hundreds of...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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Annual Hellenic Issues Conference in Washington DC Moves Cyprus Up on the American AgendaThey travelled from Cyprus, Greece, England and all over the US and like the 300 Spartans – only they are far less – they are facing a foe as formidable, cruel and ruthless as Xerxes’ Persia, which...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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The Macedonia Agreementby Alexander Billinis It is of course premature to call the agreement signed, all too symbolically, at Lake Prespa between Greece and its northern neighbor, “North Macedonia,” as a done deal. National parliaments need to weigh in...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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“Forever Young” with Nana Mouskouri, the biggest-selling female artist of all time!by Markos Papadatos Throughout her illustrious career in the music industry, which has spanned 65 years, Mouskouri has performed in excess of 10,000 shows at some of the most exquisite venues in the world, such as the...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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Lives Afloat – An Exhibit on the Greek Refugee Crisis at the National Hellenic MuseumThe National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago, introduces its newest exhibition Lives Afloat: The Greek Refugee Crisis through the Lens of Tasos Markou 2015-2017, to open Thursday, June 21, 2018 through spring 2019. This photographic exhibition, which...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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Eleni Kounalakis Polls Strongly in California Lieutenant-Governor Raceby Philip Chrysopoulos* Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis s one of the two candidates remaining in the race to become the next lieutenant governor of California. Ed Hernandez, a fellow Democrat, is the other candidate remaining from an initial...
- Posted July 8, 2018
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President Trump Hosts Celebration for Greek Independence at The White Houseby Demetrios Rhompotis For the 32nd consecutive year, the President of the United States met this year on March 22 at the White House with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Greek-American leaders to commemorate Greek...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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The American Hellenic Council Holds 44th Annual Gala in Los AngelesOn March 31st, the American Hellenic Council held its 44th Annual Awards Gala. This year, the Council honored two distinguished Greek-Americans and one Philhellene for their outstanding professional accomplishments and contributions to Hellenism. The event, which attracted...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Illinois Tech Invests J.D. Trout as John & Mae Calamos Endowed Chair in PhilosophyIllinois Institute of Technology recently invested J.D. Trout as the John & Mae Calamos Endowed Chair in Philosophy—the university’s first endowed chair in philosophy. Trout was most recently employed as a professor of philosophy and psychology at...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Greek-American Leaders to Meet with Top US Policymakers in Washington, DCThe highest-level US administration officials who formulate US policy toward Cyprus, Greece and Turkey and over 30 key US Senators and Members of Congress who play a major role in US policy will be meeting with Greek-American...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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NYC Based Singer / Songwriter Annamaria Crowned “Miss Greek Independence 2018”NYC’s 2018 Greek Independence Day Parade will feature the newly crowned talent, celebrating the 197th Anniversary of Hellenic Independence, on Sunday, April 22nd, along Manhattan’s 5th Avenue. Having kicked off a phenomenal 2018, NYC based Singer/Songwriter Annamaria...
- Posted April 14, 2018
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Top Gun Demetries Grimes, a Naval War Hero, Runs for Florida’s 26th CDHow does a man who served his country so well in the military take the next step to serve his country and complete his mission in civilian life? For Demetries Grimes it means running for Congress in...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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At the National Hellenic Museum judiciary panel and citizens affirm ancient practice of trial by juryA jury composed of community leaders, academics and journalists, along with an audience of hundreds, presented their verdict of guilty to a presiding panel of federal and state court judges in the National Hellenic Museum’s Trial of...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Hilton Athens: More than a Grand Hotel; a Modern Landmarkby Kelly Fanarioti ”A hotel of immense wealth is going to be erected in Athens”, the great newspapers of the time wrote in the late ’50s. And they did not exaggerate. The construction of the chain’s first...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Greece Research Trip by the Hellenic Classical Charter SchoolThe four selected students for this year’s National History Day Fair, and research trip to Greece, have begun to diligently work on their research, and have already decided that under this year’s theme of “Conflict and Compromise,”...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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Turkish policy on Cyprus: What we stole from you is ours and what we haven’t stolen from you, you must share!This is in effect Turkey’s position with regard to the hydrocarbon energy resources of the Republic of Cyprus, an independent member state of the British Commonwealth, Council of Europe and European Union. Having ethno-religiously cleansed more than...
- Posted March 11, 2018
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James Stavridis, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, John Angelos and Rev. Nathaniel Symeonides the Main Speakers at the 2018 Leadership 100 ConferenceAdmiral James Stavridis, formerly Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and currently Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, will give the keynote address at the Grand Banquet at the 27th Annual Leadership...
- Posted January 14, 2018
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East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance Holds 2nd Annual Shipping ForumPlan for Monument to Greek Sailors in Manhattan is Announced The 2nd Annual Hellenic Shipping Industry Panel Discussion presented by EMBCA (East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance) that took place at the 3 West Club in Midtown Manhattan...
- Posted January 14, 2018
