Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Fourth appointment of the cycle ‘Cultural Heritage: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ dedicated to the Gypsums and Caves of the Apennines

The fourth appointment in the Gemma University Museum's cycle of conferences ‘Cultural Heritage: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’, which is part of the initiatives for the 850th anniversary of Unimore, will be devoted to the gypsums (evaporites) of the northern Apennines, as artistic and human heritage. The event, with free admission subject to availability, will be held on Thursday 13 February at 5.30 pm at the Complesso Sant'Eufemia (Largo Sant'Eufemia 19, Modena). The lecture will be held by P...

Reggio Emilia hosts the travelling exhibition ‘Extraordinary Microorganisms’ from 11 February

Microorganisms are essential for life on our planet, playing a key role in protecting the body and ensuring the balance of all functions. They are involved in nutrient cycling, oxygen production, biodegradation of pollutants and the production of food and drugs. Unimore is organising in collaboration with LUC (Libera Università Crostolo) the exhibition of the travelling exhibition ‘Extraordinary Microorganisms’ set up by the University of Turin, which will be inaugurated on Tuesday 11 February ...

The 12th edition of the School of ‘Chemometric Tools for Process Monitoring’ kicks off at Unimore

The Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences together with the Italian Chemical Society promotes the ‘Chemometrics Tools for Process Monitoring’ School, which aims to provide the basics of process monitoring. In particular, the focus over the four days will be on the industrial context at a level of complexity that requires a multivariate approach to the statistical control of processes to obtain information on their dynamics and evolution for real-time control. The programme, led by ...

MOLECOLES: a day dedicated to Prof. Ulderico Segre

A day in memory of a professor who made history at Unimore and left his mark on Italian chemistry and beyond with his research work. We are talking about Prof. Ulderico Segre, full professor of Physical Chemistry who died prematurely in 2008. To the scientific, academic and human figure of the professor, the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences is dedicating a day of remembrance of his research studies and more, which has enabled the creation of the documentary film ‘MOLECOLE’, made b...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Unimore is organising a number of events to promote gender equality in university studies and research and to stimulate a critical view on gender prejudices and stereotypes in the scientific world. Globally, a significant gender gap persists at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Although women have made enormous progress towards greater participation in higher education, th...

The 2025 edition of Unijunior kicks off on 8 February

The thirteenth edition of Unijunior kicks off on Saturday 8 February at the Unimore Department of Economics (DEMB), the science dissemination project promoted by Unimore with the Leo Scienza Association, aimed at children aged 8 to 13. The calendar for this edition consists of six days of lectures, always held on Saturdays: three in Modena at the DEMB (8 February, 1 March and 5 April) and three in Reggio Emilia at Palazzo Dossetti (15 February, 8 and 22 March). On the opening day of Satu...

Two scholarships in memory of the engineer Gabriele Giacobazzi

The two study awards are designed to support the careers of deserving students enrolled for the first time in the 2024/2025 academic year in the Master's Degree Programme in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. "We contributed to the establishment of these scholarships for deserving young people," says Hera Group Executive Chairman Cristian Fabbri, "because we are certain that it is the right choice to commemorate the professionalism and humanity o...

On 6 and 7 February an international conference organised by the PhD Programme in Humanities Technology and Society together with the University of Seville

On Thursday 6 and Friday 7 February 2025 , the Facultad de Derecho of the University of Seville will host the first appointment of the cycle “New Technologies, Ethics, Culture and Society”, involving the PhD in Humanities, Technology and Society (Unimore, Fondazione Collegio San Carlo, Almo Collegio Borromeo) and the PhD Programme in Law (Universidad de Sevilla). The event, which is part of a framework agreement between the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and the University of Sev...

Online the January 2025 issue of FocusUnimore

The editorial of this issue, written by Prof. Gianfrancesco Zanetti (Professor of Philosophy of Law at the Dept. of Law and Scientific Coordinator of the Fondazione San Carlo) is dedicated to the close collaboration between the University and the Fondazione San Carlo: among the various activities and initiatives, particular attention is devoted to to the experience of Radio FSC Unimore, a venue of broad and free expression for the protagonism, creativity and talents of students in the field of ...

Third appointment of the cycle "Cultural heritage: yesterday, today, tomorrow" dedicated to the scale model collection of the Gemma University Museum of Unimore

The lecture series “Cultural Heritage: yesterday, today, tomorrow” of the University Museum Gemma which is part of the initiatives for the 850th anniversary of Unimore, continues with the third appointment with free admission, on Wednesday 5 February at 5.30 p.m. at the Complesso Sant'Eufemia (Largo Sant'Eufemia 19, Modena), dedicated to curiosities and discoveries during the restoration of the Gemma University Museum's scale model collection. The collection of geological relief plans (als...