Unibo Magazine

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Opening of the Festival of Medical Science

The Nobel Prize for Medicine winners Paul Nurse and Michael Rosbash, alongside other well-known guests such as Paolo Vineis, Alberto Mantovani and John Ioannidis, will be in Bologna for the 10th edition of the international initiative sponsored by Carisbo Foundation together with the University of Bologna

Innovation is a Shared Effort: The University of Bologna Hosts the Una Europa General Assembly

The alliance of eleven of Europe’s most prestigious universities is celebrating its fifth anniversary at the University of Bologna. This milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on past achievements and look ahead to future challenges. A key highlight of the event will be "Una Europa Talk", an online session dedicated to exploring the future of international academic relations, striking a balance between integration and competition

What Does "Citizenship" Mean Today?

This question will take centre stage during “Tempi della cittadinanza (The Times of Citizenship), a series of events held in Italian organized by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bologna in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, in celebration of World Philosophy Day 2024

Complex on Viale Ciro Menotti in Marina di Ravenna Named After Raul Gardini

Currently home to the Research Centre on Environment, Energy and Sea, one of the headquarters of the Technopole of Ravenna, and an extension of the Interdepartmental Industrial Research Centre on Renewable Resources, Environment, Sea and Energy, the complex will be named after the pioneer(ing) bioeconomy entrepreneur

A genomic database of all species inhabiting Europe

This database is coming to life thanks to the European Reference Genome Atlas, in which the University of Bologna is a participant. The pilot project of this initiative involved researchers from 33 countries to sequence and freely make available the genomes of 98 European species. It represents an inclusive and equitable model in biodiversity genomics

Interactions with Animals Improve the Health of Children’s Gut Microbiome

A study conducted by the University of Bologna experimented a ‘biodiversity intervention’: for 15 days, during a summer camp, 10 children living in urban areas interacted with horses for about 10 hours a day in an educational farm. At the end of the time spent in a rural area, the children’s gut microbiota had been enriched with health-promoting bacteria and anti-inflammatory metabolites