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Education for Responsible Digital Use: Agreement Between the Montefiorino Comprehensive School and Unimore’s CRID

In a world where technology now affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially for younger generations, it’s essential to reflect on the risks this transformation brings and think about new educational strategies to address them. It is in response to these needs that digital education pacts have been created—tools that can be seen as shared responsibility agreements between young people, schools, and families, involving everyone in the education of minors. In this context, the memorandum ...

Students and seniors together to rethink living: Unimore and Cupla sign an agreement for a new co-housing model in Reggio Emilia

The memorandum addresses the need for sustainable housing solutions for university students and the fight against loneliness among the elderly. This is the content of the document signed today, 17th March 2025, at Palazzo Dossetti, between the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Cupla, the Unified Coordination of Retired Self-Employed Workers. The signing ceremony was attended by Giovanni Verzellesi, Vice-Rector of Unimore, Luigi Davoli, President of CUPLA, and Roberto Neulichedl, Counci...

Online the March issue of FocusUnimore on gender equality

FocusUnimore, the in-depth magazine of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, highlights Unimore’s commitment to gender equality as the main theme of the March issue. The magazine examines the policies implemented by the University, such as the Gender Balance and the Gender Equality Plan, which are essential tools for monitoring and promoting inclusion. To mark International Women's Rights Day, Unimore focused on the state of gender equality in the research and development sector in Ita...

At the Department of Law focus on Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis

The second meeting of the 29th cycle of the Permanent Seminar on Theory of Law and Practical Philosophy will feature Prof. Chiara Magneschi (Univ. of Florence), author of a recent and important study on Marsilius of Padua. Prof. Magneschi's lecture, entitled A paradigm ‘in another sense’? Ius e lex in Marsilius of Padua, will take its cue from the recent publication entitled Law ‘in another sense’. Ius e lex in Marsilio da Padova (Pisa University Press, 2024). Prof. Thomas Casadei, Pro...

Seminars and screenings on Latin America and Palestine, from 11 to 13 March

The programme includes a series of initiatives on memories of violence and social justice, activism, independent cinema and applied anthropology in the two different contemporary scenarios, with discussions between anthropologists, film makers and scholars of cinema and semiotics. Specifically, on 11 March, at 6 p.m., at the Ovest Lab there will be a commented screening of the film ‘Viva il Peru’ (Adriano Zecca 1974), on 12 March (9 a.m.) at the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Studies...

Prof. Carla Palumbo awarded the ‘Career Prize in Physiopathology’

Prof. Carla Palumbo, professor of Human Anatomy at the Unimore Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and of the degree programme in Medicine and Surgery for both civilian and military students, belonging to the Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neuroscience Sciences and always committed to the study of the histo-physiopathology of calcified tissues, has been awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement in Physiopathology’ prize by the ‘ Centre for Women Development of Venus International Foundation ’. The...

The Liceo Scientifico Tassoni wins the XXI edition of the Coppa Ruffini

In the weekend in Modena, the 21st edition of the Ruffini Cup, a national mathematics team competition aimed at upper secondary school students organised by the Physics, Informatics and Mathematics Department of Unimore, was held, with the Liceo Scientifico Tassoni of Modena excelling. The top four, who qualified for the national finals in Cesenatico, scheduled for early May, are in order: Liceo Tassoni with 1339 points, Liceo Galileo Galilei of Caravaggio (Bergamo) with 945 points, Istituto...

Law Students at the University of Coimbra for an Erasmus BIP Project on “Artificial Intelligence and Law”

This week marked the beginning of the Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) – Artificial Intelligence and Law , an intensive study programme that combines a short physical mobility (field visit) with a mandatory online component (online session). Five students from Unimore are also taking part. Following the success of the first Erasmus BIP experience last year, which took place at the Universidad de Jaén, this year the Department of Law, in collaboration with CRID – the Interdepartment...

The Modena Charter included in the National Strategy for the Fight Against Antisemitism

The " Charter of Good Practices for Respecting Freedom of Religion and Belief in the Workplace ", known as the Modena Charter, has been officially included in the National Strategy 2025 for the fight against antisemitism. This document, developed by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, aims to strengthen the policies for the prevention and counteraction of antisemitism in Italy. The document drafted by Palazzo Chigi has recognised the Modena Charter as an essential tool for protecting r...

Unimore awarded the Laurea Magistrale in Medical Biotechnology to the President of the Consiglio Superiore di Sanità Franco Locatelli

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia conferred an honorary degree in Medical Biotechnology on Franco Locatelli, President of the Consiglio Superiore di Sanità, during a ceremony held at the Department of Life Sciences in Modena. The award, proposed by the Department of Life Sciences and approved by the Academic Senate, acknowledges Locatelli's scientific and clinical contribution in the field of paediatric oncohaematology, cell therapy and biotechnological innovation in medicine. F...