Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia

Carlotta Lombardini wins the seventh edition of the Andrea Gilioli Graduation Prize

Australian migration policies, maritime border control and the international protection of asylum seekers’ rights are at the heart of the dissertation that earned Carlotta Lombardini, a Law graduate from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMORE), the seventh edition of the Andrea Gilioli Graduation Prize. The award is promoted by UniMORE’s Department of Law in collaboration with the Amici per Sempre di Andrea Gilioli Association. The prize was established to keep alive the memory ...

UniMORE researcher receives Early Career Investigator Award at COMPSTAT 2026

Dr Fabio Demaria, a research fellow in Economic Statistics at the Department of Communication and Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMORE), has received the Early Career Investigator (ECI) Award at the 27th International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT 2026), held at the Athens University Law School. The award, which recognises the best contribution presented by a researcher within eight years of obtaining their PhD, honours the scientifi...

Bronze Age woodlands: pollen reveals cycles of felling and regeneration 3,500 years ago

How were the woodlands of the Po Valley managed 3,500 years ago? A study coordinated by Professors Anna Maria Mercuri and Assunta Florenzano of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMORE), published in the scientific journal Nature Plants , provides some answers. By analysing fossil pollen preserved in archaeological deposits at Terramare sites, the researchers have reconstructed changes in vegetation during the Bronze Age, identifying recurring cycles of variation in the abundance of...

Over 700 secondary school students attend Linux Day 2026 at the Department of Engineering

Over 700 secondary school students from Modena and the surrounding province took part this morning in Modena’s Linux Day, hosted by the Enzo Ferrari Department of Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMORE). Dedicated to free software and open-source technologies, the event featured talks, demonstrations and workshops for students, professionals, technology enthusiasts, families and members of the public. “Introducing younger students to technology, research and the ...

Listening to the Universe through Neutrinos: A Seminar on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

How can we study the Universe through almost invisible particles that can pass through matter leaving virtually no trace? This is the question that the seminar “Listening to the Universe through Neutrinos – The Nobel Prize Awarded to F. Halzen” will address. The event will focus on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Francis Halzen for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Observatory and to the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. During the seminar, Profe...

An autograph manuscript of the work that inspired Foscolo and Leopardi has been discovered

An autograph manuscript of Vincenzo Monti’s Sciolti a Sigismondo Chigi, a work that influenced the poetry of Foscolo and Leopardi, has been identified and authenticated for the first time. The discovery was made by Marco Capriotti, a researcher and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the DHMoRe Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, directed by Professor Matteo Al Kalak. The text provides new evidence for furthering our understanding of the poem, for which no...

Alessandro De Maddalena, leading great white shark expert, to visit UniMORE

With more than 70 expeditions dedicated to observing sharks and orcas, years of field research in South Africa, and extensive scientific research and outreach activities, Alessandro De Maddalena, curator of the Shark Museum in Simon’s Town, South Africa, and regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in shark biology, will be a guest at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, guiding the audience on a journey of discovery into the world of the great white shark. A researcher, author,...

“Science in Action”: Unimore to Award Prizes to 150 Secondary School Students from Reggio Emilia

The Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore) will honour secondary school students from Reggio Emilia who have taken part in provincial, national and international science Olympiads. The awards ceremony for “Scienze in gioco” (“Science in Action”) will take place on Saturday 17 October at 3 pm in the Manodori Main Hall at Palazzo Dossetti (15 Viale Allegri). A total of 150 students will be recognised for their outstanding...

Giovanni Bonadonna awarded UniMORE’s “Ing. Giorgio Ferrari Memorial Scholarship”

Giovanni Bonadonna, a student on the two-year MSc in Energy Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMORE), has been awarded the first “Ing. Giorgio Ferrari Memorial Scholarship” for the 2025/2026 academic year. Worth €5,000, the scholarship is funded by the late engineer’s widow to support a deserving student throughout their studies and keep Giorgio Ferrari’s memory alive. The scholarship aims to pass on to future generations of engineers the values that shaped Giorgi...

Patients and Caregivers as Partners in Care: UniMORE Hosts International Conference with Canada and France

Hosted by Professor Michele Zoli, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at UniMORE, the event will conclude three days of activities, beginning with two preparatory workshops on 15 and 16 October. The event is organised by UniMORE’s EduCare Laboratory, based within the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, with the support of the Tandem Association and in partnership with the Université de Montréal in Canada and Université Côte d’Azur in Nice, France. The conference will bring together patient...