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Intergenerational contacts within families are reportedly not the cause of the high transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among the elderly during the first wave. The actual cause may be in the higher number of social contacts between people of all ages compared to that of other European countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom
A new vaccination centre will be fully operative in Bologna from Monday 20 to Friday 24 September (from 8:00 to 14:00) at the Occupational Medicine Clinic (via San Donato 19/2). In the Romagna Campuses, vaccination centres are already fully operative and open to all citizens
Some White Dwarf stars retain a thin layer of hydrogen that allows them to produce energy for a longer period of time and thus extend the final stage of their life. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists from the University of Bologna and the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)
The latest edition of this prestigious international ranking sees the University of Bologna first in Italy for the second year in a row and among the world's top 200 for the fourth consecutive year. Unibo's main strengths? Quality of teaching and research activities and impact
Eric Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Futures and former CEO and Chairman of Google, will be awarded the Honoris Causa Degree in Business Management, on September 10, during the Graduation ceremony of Bologna Business School. The event will take place in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. More than 1,500 participants in BBS Master's programs will receive their diploma, in the presence of the Rector Francesco Ubertini, the Dean Massimo Bergami, and the President of BBS Romano Prodi
As per the Decree-Law number 111, issued on the 6th of August 2021, from September 1st, university staff members and students must have a green pass and show it on the premises
Found in South Africa, this is the oldest evidence for this type of life: the discovery expand the frontiers of potentially habitable environments on the early Earth, as well as other planets such as Mars
As a partner of the UPSKILLS project, the University of Bologna will develop new teaching materials, including educational games, to enhance the soft as well as technology-related skills of students in languages, linguistics and translation
Besides participating in the national forum on behalf of the Italian Computing and Data Infrastructure, the University of Bologna also applied to be part of EOSC (European Open Science Cloud)
More than 40,000 books, notes and documents of Umberto Eco will find a new location in Bologna University Library (BUB). A space specifically designed to recreate the atmosphere of Eco's Modern Library will host the collection once belonged to this great mentor, semiologist and Unibo professor
The Rector of the University of Bologna, Francesco Ubertini, shared with the entire academic community this message addressed to Patrick Zaki who is spending his birthday in prison for the second year in a row.
The University of Bologna launches its new channel with three podcasts to disseminate research, history, culture, illustrious figures and our students' voices through interviews and conversations
"University values and responsibilities: responding to the challenges of the future" - this is the title of the two-day event that will end with the launch and signatory ceremony of the 2020 Magna Charta Universitatum (MCU), asking universities to commit to new values and future challenges
In the QS World University Rankings 2022, the University of Bologna gets to position 68 in Europe and 166 in the world. Once again, Unibo sits in the top 1% of the best universities worldwide
A research group led by Unibo scholars developed an innovative system that can pinpoint and eliminate tumour cells with unprecedented precision by exploiting an optoacoustic effect
Witnessing shared moral norms being disrespected inhibits the neurons responsible for controlling our tongue, a reaction similar to the one we have when we taste something unpleasant. This is what emerges from a study led by the University of Bologna and the University of Messina. This work received the "Best Paper Prize 2021" during the XII International Scientific Conference on Neuroethics