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Who are the University of Bologna alumni: the AlmaLaurea 2024 report

The University of Bologna reaffirms its status as an outstanding institution, attracting students from across Italy and around the globe, and providing them with a high-quality education that benefits them in their professional careers. The proportion of students graduating on time, those who have participated in study abroad programs, and the employment rates both one year and five years post-graduation, all exceed the national average

StartUp Day 2024: Award-winning projects and innovation figures

The 10th edition of the University event dedicated to young entrepreneurship, which this year involved other universities and research centres in Emilia-Romagna, attracted a significant number of students, investors, professors, startuppers, partners and representatives of the local entrepreneurial system, also thanks to the collaboration with Ecosister

A summer at the “Museo delle Meraviglie” with the Malandrino & Veronica duo

Three evenings a week, from 19 June to 2 August, visitors can enjoy guided tours of the Palazzo Poggi Museum. The tours start with the collections of naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, continue through the works of Prospero Lambertini and Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, and conclude with an exciting finale dedicated to the battle of galleons

New strategies for safe and sustainable chemicals and nanomaterials

The new European research project CheMatSustain, in which the University of Bologna is also participating, will focus on the quantum effects of nanomaterials, new models for predicting toxicity risks and new methodologies for assessing risk and social, environmental and economic impacts

Plasma jets ejected by black holes can change direction

An international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Bologna and the National Institute of Astrophysics - INAF, has shown that in some cases black holes can rotate, redirecting their powerful beam of particles beam in different directions

Newly Discovered Mechanism Halts Tumor Cell Replication

A research group at the University of Bologna has identified, for the first time, the specific location and genomic context where DNA breaks occur due to the inhibition of the topoisomerase I protein. The findings could lead to the development of new cancer therapies

University Highlights: key resolutions - June 2024

The June meetings of the Governing Bodies covered topics such as the Annual Report by the Confidential Counsellor, Appointments of Members of Investigative Committees, Italian Erasmus Agreement, 2024/2025 Professional Master’s Programmes