Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Artificial Intelligence: Modena to host the European meeting of the ELLIOT project on multimodal generative models

The ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) Unit in Modena will host the meeting of the European project ELLIOT from 11 to 13 March at the “Enzo Ferrari” Department of Engineering of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore). The project focuses on the development of Multimodal Generalist Foundation Models (MGFM)—artificial intelligence systems capable of learning general knowledge from vast amounts of heterogeneous data, including video, images, text, signa...

When inclusion becomes a quality parameter: the EQUITRIAL framework developed by Unimore featured in Nature Medicine

Nature Medicine has published the article “Embedding equity in clinical research governance”, which addresses one of the most significant and debated challenges in contemporary clinical research: inclusivity. The study, led by Johanna Maria Catharina Blom, a member of the Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, highlights the work of the Modena-based research group engaged in topics such as health data governance, research ethics, ...

MSCA 2025 results published: three Marie Curie fellowships awarded to Unimore with funding from the European Union

The European Commission has published the results of the 2025 call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships, part of Horizon Europe. These fellowships are among the most prestigious and competitive postdoctoral funding opportunities launched by the Commission. This year, 1,610 postdoctoral researchers were funded, with a total budget of €404.3 million, selected from 17,066 proposals—an overall success rate of 9.6 per cent. The funded projects involve almost 80 nationaliti...

Unimore and Hipert Ltd win the “Best Demo Award” at the final event of Italy’s leading public telecommunications programme

Unimore and its spin-off Hipert Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Bologna, the University of L’Aquila, and the Gran Sasso Science Institute, have won the “Best Demo Award” at the final event of the PNRR RESTART project, Italy’s most significant publicly funded Research & Development programme in the telecommunications sector, backed by €116 million from the PNRR. The Unimore–Hipert team developed a unique demonstration within the MoVeOver – Industrial and Digital Transition Netw...

AlmaLaurea Gender Report Presented at Unimore

A total of 5,695 degrees were awarded in 2024 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (3,302 first-cycle degrees, 1,863 two-year Master’s degrees and 530 single-cycle degrees). Women accounted for 54.5% of all graduates (55.5% in first-cycle programmes, 47.3% in two-year Master’s programmes and 74.0% in single-cycle programmes). Female graduates are less likely to come from culturally advantaged families: 26.1% of women have at least one graduate parent, compared with 34.7% of men. ...

Science and Gender Equality: Global Women’s Breakfast 2026 at Unimore

The Global Women’s Breakfast (GWB) – an international initiative promoted by IUPAC for the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science – returns in 2026 with the theme “Many Voices, One Science”, hosted by the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences at Unimore (https://iupac.org/gwb/2026/gwb2026unimore/). “The Global Women’s Breakfast,” explains Prof. Erika Ferrari, who is organising the event together with Dr Monica Vaccari and Dr Valentina Nicolini, “is not int...

Placement and Equal Opportunities: Two Unimore Initiatives to Strengthen Dialogue with Businesses and the Local Area on 10 and 11 February

As part of its institutional policies, Unimore is organising two opportunities for discussion on 10 and 11 February, dedicated to placement and equal opportunities, with the aim of further strengthening dialogue and collaboration between the University, the productive sector and the local community within an integrated ecosystem approach. The University’s strong results in terms of employability — which consistently place the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia among the top institutions nat...

€2.5 million for Unimore for a project that is set to revolutionise epilepsy care

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has awarded a prestigious €2.5 million grant to CLUSTREL – Seizure Cluster Relief through Smart Therapeutic Management. The project, coordinated by Professor Michele Giugliano, Bioengineer, involves the participation and close collaboration of leading scientific and clinical experts within the University, including Professor Giulia Curia, Physiologist and specialist in preclinical epilepsy models, and Professor Stefano Meletti, Head of Neurology at Baggiova...

Formula Student: the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s MoRe Modena Racing team tops the world rankings

Following the latest update to the official Formula Student World Ranking ( www.fs-world.org ), released in recent days, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s MoRe Modena Racing team has officially secured overall first place worldwide in the category for hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. This historic achievement marks the culmination of the 2024 and 2025 seasons, during which the Unimore team delivered outstanding performances, excelling and dominating at some of Europe’s mos...

Two National Awards for two PhD Candidates from the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences

Two prestigious awards recognising the high quality of their respective research activities in the field of chemical sciences have been received by Dr Chiara Cavazzoli, a PhD candidate in the Models and Methods for Material and Environmental Sciences (M3ES) doctoral programme with a PNRR scholarship (DM 118), and Dr Chiara Grassi, a PhD candidate in the Health Innovative Products and Technologies (HIP-TECH) doctoral programme – Innovative technologies and products for health – with a PNRR ...