{"id":291173,"date":"2026-09-21T23:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291173\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T23:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:48:08","slug":"marywood-university-opens-its-program-in-florence-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291173\/","title":{"rendered":"Marywood University opens its program in Florence, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marywood University recently opened the doors of a campus in Florence, Italy, and more than 40 architecture and interior architecture students are studying there.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic university in the Green Ridge neighborhood of Scranton and Dunmore plans to expand the program to other subject areas.<\/p>\n<p>Marywood International: Florence replaces an agreement with a contractor that previously handled a program in Florence. The break between the two is the subject of a pending lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarywood International: Florence reflects the expansion of our commitment to preparing students for leadership in a world that demands cultural awareness, intellectual agility, and professional excellence,\u201d Lisa A. Lori, president of Marywood University, wrote in a media release.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u201cdedicated studio space\u201d in Florence and student housing in or near Florence\u2019s historic center.<\/p>\n<p>Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and a birthplace of the Renaissance. It is home to architectural landmarks such as the Florence Cathedral and the Uffizi Galleries.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to opening the Florence campus, Marywood sued to end a contract with International Studies Institutes Inc., a Florida company. The case is pending in federal court, and the university declined to comment on pending litigation.<\/p>\n<p>Staff Writer Jim Lockwood contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The opening celebration of Marywood International: Florence was held recently in Italy. (COURTESY OF MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY)\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/STT-L-FLORENCE-0919-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1921621\" \/>The opening celebration of Marywood International: Florence was held recently in Italy. (MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marywood University recently opened the doors of a campus in Florence, Italy, and more than 40 architecture and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2136,227,201,182,139,28,178,180,179,729],"class_list":["post-291173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-dunmore","tag-education","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}