Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Unimore celebrates its PhD Graduation Ceremony in Reggio Emilia

More than 140 new Unimore PhD graduates were officially proclaimed during the ceremony, which this year took place at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre in Reggio Emilia. The event, opened by Professor Giovanni Verzellesi, Vice-Rector for the Reggio Emilia campus, featured a Lectio Magistralis by Professor Maria Donata Panforti from the Department of Education and Human Sciences, on the “Relational Nature of Law”. This was followed by contributions from three doctoral graduates w...

Unimore unveils new electric racing motorcycle prototype by Impulse Modena Racing

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia officially presented the Racing Thunder 4-E at the Randstad Gearbox in San Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna). This fourth prototype created by the IMR team is the result of two years of work and introduces major advances compared with earlier models: extensive use of carbon fibre in the frame and other structural components such as the rear swingarm; an innovative aerodynamic system with an electric turbine designed to reduce drag; and advanced electroni...

Palestinian Children and Youth Choir to Perform at Modena’s Teatro Storchi

The choir consists of 55 members, aged between 8 and 18, who live in Palestine and sing in the girls’ and boys’ choir Amwaj (Arabic for “waves”). On Sunday 28 September at 6.00 p.m., they will perform in concert at the Teatro Storchi in Modena. Admission is free until seats are filled, though advance booking is recommended. The Amwaj Choir’s performance is organised by the Interdepartmental Research Centre on Digital Humanities (DHMoRe) at Unimore, in collaboration with Emilia-Romagna Teat...

Unimore Brings Italy to the Podium at the International Flux Congress in Dublin

Dr Giuditta Smith, researcher at Unimore in the Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, was awarded the Travel Award at the international scientific conference Flux in Dublin – the only prize granted to an Italian university throughout the entire conference. Dr Smith presented a paper on reading screening in Italian primary schools, entitled “Rapid Online Assessment of Reading: Validation of an Italian Reading Screening Tool.” The project, funded by the 2022 PRIN (Projects o...

Unimore and AOU Modena Dedicate a Day to Childhood Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care Networks at the Heart of the September 20 Conference

On Saturday, September 20, the Aula Magna of the Medical Services Center at the Modena Polyclinic will host the conference “Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Cancer: UNIMORE-AOU Modena Serving the Community and Scientific Research.” The event will gather clinicians, researchers, and representatives from the volunteer sector to review epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and care networks in pediatric oncology, with a particular—but not exclusive—focus on the Modena and Reggio Emilia context...

Unimore’s MoRe Modena Racing Team Triumphs at Formula SAE Italy for the Second Consecutive Year

The MoRe Modena Racing team from Unimore ended the 2025 season with an important victory at Formula SAE Italy, held at the Riccardo Paletti Circuit in Varano de’ Melegari, in the Internal Combustion Vehicle class. This triumph – their second consecutive win after last season’s success – not only crowned the team as the undisputed champions of the Italian competition but also confirmed the consistently high level they demonstrated throughout the season. Unimore’s MMR team, with its biofuel ...

IWES 2025: The Tenth Edition of the Italian Workshop on Embedded Systems Comes to Modena

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia will host the tenth edition of the Italian Workshop on Embedded Systems (IWES) on 18–19 September. IWES has become a national benchmark for dialogue between academia and industry in the field of embedded systems. This year’s programme features keynote speeches by international experts – including Marco Demi (Resiltech) and Luca Benini (University of Bologna, ETH Zurich) – along with contributions from leading companies such as Bylogix, Accelerat, Mi...

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay in Modena for Unimore’s 850th Anniversary

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia will host the ceremony on Friday 12 September 2025 at 11 a.m. at the Teatro della Fondazione Collegio San Carlo. The occasion will pay tribute to Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General, for whom the honorary degree in Law has been requested. As Rector Professor Carlo Adolfo Porro emphasises, this is the most significant international moment of the anniversary celebrations. A graduate of the École Nationale d’Administration, Audrey Azoulay studi...

Unimore launches pilot project “Hearing Loop” for full accessibility of university spaces

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia has launched a pilot project to improve accessibility in classrooms and service desks across its Modena and Reggio Emilia campuses, through the installation of “Hearing Loop” systems. These induction loop technologies allow people with hearing impairments to receive clear and direct audio signals from microphones and sound systems. The project has been rolled out across six university buildings, including main lecture halls and student services desks....

European Rover Challenge: Excellent Result for Unimore’s Project RED Team

Unimore’s Project RED team, composed mainly of students from the Department of Sciences and Method for Engineering (DISMI), took part in the European Rover Challenge (ERC) Space and Robotics Event, an international competition focused on robotics and aerospace, achieving 14th place in the main on-site challenge. The prestigious event, held in Kraków, Poland, brings together university student teams from across the globe each year to compete with their mobile rover prototypes designed for ex...