Colorno: Friday, the 13th of March graduation cerimony of the Master

Colorno, Italy: Friday, the 13th of March concludes the fourth edition of the Master in Gastronomic Sciences and Quality Products
The 15 students who come from Italy, Turkey, Japan, Brasil, the United States, will defend their final theses in Gastronomic Sciences and Quality Products Friday, the 13th of March 2009, beginning at 11.30 at the Reggia di Colorno. Carlo Petrini, President of Slow Food International will also be present at the graduation, as well as Carlo Catani, director of the University of the Studies for Gastronomic Sciences.

Those who are expected to receive their diploma are:

From Italy:
Chiara Malagodi, 35, from Copparo (Ferrara)
Stefano Noceti, 31 from Genova
Viola Stacchi, 23 from Casalmaggiore (Cremona)
Emanuele Bosticco, 28 from Alba (Cuneo)
Gaetano Paoletti, 30 from Foggia
Noemi Franchi, 26 from Legnago (Verona)

From Brasil:
Giancarlo Godano, 29, from San Paolo

From Japan:
Ayako Kurusu, 29 from Hyogo,
Chie Abe, 33 from Chiba
Mana Fujita, 60 from Yokoama
Mari Nakada, 34 from Ishigawa
Masako Imai, 24 from Yamaguchi

From Turkey:
Evrim Yörü, 28, from Kesan

Dagli Stati Uniti:
Jacqueline Lewin, 26, from Hackensack (New Jersey)
Marcy Taubes, 23, from Boston (Massachussetts)