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Bologna for Iran: meetings, screenings and debates on freedom, rights and culture

The inauguration of the Alma Mater’s academic year, with Marjane Satrapi, kicks off a week of meetings, screenings and initiatives promoted by the Town Council, the University and the Bologna Film Library, with the collaboration of JCI - Joint Cultural Initiative, in a show of support and solidarity towards the Iranian people intended to create engagement and raise awareness in the city and civil society in general

Marjane Satrapi attends the inauguration of the University of Bologna’s 2022/2023 academic year

The Iranian artist and intellectual will be the guest of honour at the ceremony to be held on Monday, 20 February in the Santa Lucia Great Hall. Rector Giovanni Molari will present her with the University’s Sigillum Magnum, the Alma Mater's highest honour

How do sustainable behaviours spread? The solutions of the new ERC Consolidator Grant Green Tipping

The frontier research project funded by the European Research Council and led by Alessandro Tavoni, professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna, will develop strategies to promote positive changes that can spread across society

University of Bologna: let’s talks about the crisis in Iran

Several Departments of the University of Bologna are organising a series of events to offer an interpretation of events through a historical approach

Drinking coffee helps maintain low blood pressure

A study on a sample of the Italian population shows that regular coffee drinkers have lower peripheral and central aortic blood pressure. These results confirm the benefits of coffee in the mitigation of the risk of cardiovascular disease

COVID-19: no increased risks of serious diseases found for vaccinated people

A study monitoring the entire population of the province of Pescara for eighteen months confirms that COVID-19 vaccines are not associated with an increased risk of adverse events

A single-cell biosensor

The device is miniaturized and highly sensitive and it can monitor the cell adhesion process at the level of single cells. There are numerous possible applications in the biomedical field

A new group of beneficial bacteria discovered in the gut of children during weaning

Discovered while following the growth of a group of infants in Bangladesh, these bacteria can ferment both oligosaccharides from breast milk and fibre from solid foods, and their abundance in the gut increases when the infants' diet is diversified

The University of Bologna for Mehdi Zare Ashkzari and the defence of human rights in Iran

"We received the news of Mehdi Zare Ashkzari's death with dismay, grief and indignation. We express our condolences to the family and our solidarity with all the Iranian women and men who, even in universities, are fighting and suffering for the values we hold most dear," stated Rector Giovanni Molari

Excellent Departments, NRRP PhDs, House of Emerging Technologies: the University of Bologna is at the forefront of research and innovation

11 out of 15 departments submitted by the University of Bologna to the national initiative 2023-2027 Excellent Departments were awarded prizes, for a total funding of 90.7 million Euros, among the highest in Italy. Good news came also on the NRRP funding front for new PhD scholarships: our University will receive a total of 254, 172 of which in collaboration with companies, placing us first in Italy. Also relevant is the result obtained in partnership with Bologna City Council, the Metropolitan City of Bologna and Ravenna City Council for the House of Emerging Technologies

Legionella bononiensis: a new Legionella species has been identified

It is the 64th species of Legionella identified in the world, the second to be isolated in Italy. It was discovered during planned surveillance activities in a hotel by scientists from the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Biology (MAb) of the University of Bologna

Italy’s Precision Medicine network takes off with the HEAL ITALIA partnership: the University of Bologna leads one of the Spokes

Funded under the Italian plan of Next Generation EU (PNRR), the initiative will develop knowledge, research, and innovative technologies to bring the country’s National Health System into the contemporary era of Precision Medicine. The University of Bologna is leading one of eight operational units focused on using large-scale data to promote precision medicine in diagnostics and therapeutics

International mobility in safety, thanks to the UNISAFE project

Presenting the outcomes of the project promoted by the Coimbra Group: the University of Bologna created a MOOC offering students and academic staff leaving useful information on safety protocols and tips on safe behaviour, safety and security for mobility experiences

The University of Bologna secures its first position in Italy in the GreenMetric ranking for the sixth year in a row

In the 2022 edition of the worldwide raking evaluating universities’ actions and policies for environmental sustainability, the University of Bologna reaches one of the top positions worldwide and confirms its first place in Italy

When stars are no longer born: the challenge of the new ERC Red Cardinal project

Led by Sirio Belli, a researcher at the University of Bologna's Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", the frontier research project funded by the European Research Council will use observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to shed light on a still mysterious phase in the history of the Universe

Patrick Zaki, yet another adjournment: statements by the University of Bologna

"Our disappointment in receiving the news of this further adjournment is even greater than usual, as it is one of the longest adjournments for Patrick so far," states Rector Giovanni Molari. "Patrick must be allowed to resume his studies and graduate surrounded by the affection from his University which is eagerly waiting for him"

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