Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Unimore honoured for research into innovative therapies for retinitis pigmentosa

A significant recognition for Unimore’s research: Dr Sabrina Cuoghi, a PhD candidate on the HIPTECH doctoral programme, was awarded the Best Poster Prize at the 24th Emilia-Romagna Chemistry Day, held in December 2025 at the University of Ferrara. The award was conferred for an innovative research study in the field of nanomedicine applied to ocular diseases, focused on the development of advanced and non-invasive drug delivery strategies for the treatment of autosomal dominant retinitis pig...

Italian Research in Antarctica: Professor Alessandro Capra in the Spanish Antarctic Campaign 2025–26

A new and significant chapter in international scientific cooperation is being added to the long history of Italian research in Antarctica. Professor Alessandro Capra is set to depart to participate in the Spanish Antarctic Campaign (CAE) 2025–26, at the invitation of Spanish colleagues, within the framework of the ATMESHET project, dedicated to the study of crustal deformation and volcanic monitoring in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The mission will be conducted aboard the Spanish Navy’s ...

Renewable Energy Communities: Three Unimore Academics Appointed to the Scientific Committee of the CER Bassa Modenese Foundation

The CER Bassa Modenese Foundation, an inter-municipal Renewable Energy Community, has appointed three academics from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia as members of its Scientific Committee. Professor Simone Pedrazzi (Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”) has been appointed Chair of the Committee, while Professor Giulio Allesina (Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”) and Dr Giulia Santunione (Department of Life Sciences, Unimore) will serve as members. Renewable Energy Communi...

Unimore: Caterina Longo among the world’s leading melanoma experts in the Expertscape ranking

According to the ranking compiled by Expertscape.com, Caterina Longo, Full Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Director of the Dermatology Unit at the University Hospital of Modena, is ranked among the world’s leading experts in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. The American website, developed by researchers at the University of North Carolina, bases its rankings on the scientific output of specialists across different areas of medicine, with a particular focus o...

Unimore awarded a €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant for a groundbreaking project on reading processes

Understanding more profoundly how the human brain reads is the goal of READy, the research project led by Prof. Sendy Caffarra of Unimore’s Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, which has received two million euros through the ERC Consolidator Grant, a competitive scheme awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to excellent researchers. In Italy, 17 projects will be funded through this call in 2025. READy adopts an innovative approach that combines neuroscientific meth...

Military Academy and Unimore: new pathways approved for the Degree Programme in Strategic Sciences

The Military Academy hosted the meeting of the Board of the Degree Programme in Strategic Sciences of the Department of Law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, held in the presence of the Rector of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Professor Rita Cucchiara, and Major General Stefano Messina, Commandant of the Military Academy. The Board approved an amendment to the academic regulations of the Degree Programme for the 2026–2027 academic year, for the benefit of those atte...

Three million euros in funding awarded to Unimore for two research projects selected under the MUR FIS call

Two projects submitted and coordinated by academics from Unimore’s Department of Life Sciences have received funding, both ranked among the best proposals at national level. The project “Hierarchical organic electronic sensors for the phenotyping of Alzheimer’s disease and inflammatory disorders”, which will receive almost €1.9 million in funding, is coordinated by Professor Fabio Biscarini. This is an organic bioelectronics project applied to a clinical problem of great complexity and r...

Unimore inaugurates its 850th Academic Year with the President of Confindustria, Emanuele Orsini

Opening the event, accompanied by the Unimore Choir, was the inaugural address of Unimore’s Rector, Rita Cucchiara, during which she outlined the 2025–2031 Strategic Plan (available on the University website: www.pubblicazioni.unimore.it/MandatoCucchiara/). “In an uncertain and rapidly changing global context, the University must remain a solid institution, rooted in its own traditions yet capable of anticipating and shaping the future. It must educate individuals able to understand complex...

Professor Carla Bagnoli of Unimore Receives the Prestigious Humboldt Research Award

Professor Carla Bagnoli, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy in the Department of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation—one of the most prestigious international honours recognising a scholar’s scientific career and granted to researchers of international standing for the excellence and impact of their entire academic output. The nomination was submitted by Professor Monik...

Unimore’s DIEF: A New Strategic Plan to Promote Inclusivity, Equity and Workplace Wellbeing

In line with Unimore’s Gender Equality Plan, the DIEF developed and approved in November 2025 a dedicated strategic document outlining goals and actions to be implemented over the next three years. These initiatives aim to enhance workplace wellbeing, increase the number of female students, and communicate the Department’s commitment to DE&I-related issues. The first actions contained within the departmental strategic plan will be: Monday 1 December 2025: the inauguration of the first r...