A 15-member team of specialists of the Romanian Defense Ministry (MAPN) is set to leave for the United States on Monday, May 25, in a mission to support the authorities in the state of Alabama in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic,…
On May 12, 2020, Romanian Friends of Alianta hosted a webinar focused on the impact of the COViD-19 crisis on the economy and how businesses are navigating the new realities. US Ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman participated and gave an…
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Census, originally targeted for April 1, has been extended until August 14, to allow responses through the summer. So far, only a little over half of Americans have filled out their…
This week the White House announced that MIT Professor Daniela Rus, director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Alianta Tech Innovation Award recipient, has been selected to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science…
The Foundation Conservation Carpathia established a ‘Food for Elders’ program for those in need during the corona-crisis. The program is organized from Brasov to serve elders in the surrounding forest regions where their FCC is active. Below you can watch…
Devis, a leading provider of IT consulting services and solutions to local, state and federal government, and UiPath, the leading provider of Robotoic Process Automation (RPA) enterprise solutions to businesses and the public sector, have announced their new partnership whereby…
Within a few weeks, Romania will start testing a Covid-19 drug manufactured by a US company, Alexandru Rafila, the president of the Romanian Microbiology Society, told Ziare.com. Rafila said the country received the World Health Organization’s approval to be part…
ALIANTA Bd member, Dan Dimancescu, was invited by Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, to tele-conference (zoom) with 20 students unable to travel to Romanian for their 6-7 weeks Spring internships. Dimancescu suggested a list of topics for teams of…
A large private company in Romania will produce 150,000 medical masks per day starting next week, and will increase the production to 500,000 masks per day beginning mid-April, economy minister Virgil Popescu said on Thursday, March 26. According to the…
February 29, 2020 Belmont, MA. A book launch event for Professor Sanda Golopenția hosted by the Association of Romanians in New England (AR-NE) and attended by ALIANTA board member, Dan Dimancescu. The author, retired as a Brown University faculty member,…
