| MASHLM AND HORC WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FIDINAM FOUNDATION | | Local Actions for Global Impact The conference on Wednesday, 23 October, will bring together on Lugano Campus humanitarian aid experts from the most important agencies and associations worldwide.
The seminar for professionals will be followed by a public evening conference with the title Local Actions for Global Impact, at 6 pm in the auditorium. Keynote addresses will be presented by ambassador Manuel Bessler (vice-director of the SDC, delegate for humanitarian aid and head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit) and by Cornelia M. Lenneberg (regional vice president for the Middle East/Eastern Europe at World Vision International, WVI). The conference will be held in English with simultaneous translation in Italian. >>> | | USI’S LAW INSTITUTE PROPOSES AN EVENING OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC | | The fundamental Role of Education to Legality On Friday, 25 October, at 6.30 pm, in the auditorium of Lugano Campus, Gherardo Colombo will talk about his experience as a leading representative of the pool ‘Mani pulite’ (nationwide Italian judicial investigation into political corruption held in the 1990s in Italy) as well as about the specific difficulties in repressing corruption compared to other legal fields. He will also tackle issues related to the
necessity of incentivizing the prevention of this phenomenon in the framework of an education to legality. The public evening is part of the conference Fighting Corruption in Switzerland and Italy: where are the Loopholes? which will be held on 25 and 26 October at USI. >>> | | ASSOCIATION "AMICI DELL'ACCADEMIA DI ARCHITETTURA" | | Memory’s Phantoms in Central and Eastern European Countries
Adam Michnik, a political dissident, historian, writer and university professor who was born in 1946, is also a leading journalist in his country and director of the first independent Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza since its foundation in 1989. As an activist for human rights, Michnik was imprisoned repeatedly between 1965 and 1986, and overall he spent 6 years of his life in jail because of his opposition towards the communist Polish regime.
He will hold a public conference on Thursday, 24 October, at 7.30 pm in the Aula Magna of Mendrisio Campus (Canavée Building). >>> |
| SKETCHIN IN COLLABORATION WITH SDN, USI AND THE CP START-UP | | UXconference 2013: the future of healthcare The UXconference is the most important Swiss conference dedicated to User Experience, Business and Design. At its
fifth edition on Saturday, 26 October, in the Aula Magna of Lugano Campus, starting from 9 am leading design, industry and research experts will disclose the new frontiers of healthcare, presenting and discussing futuristic experiences that are already reality. >>> | | PUBLIC SPACES IN THE "CITTÀ TICINO" OF THE FUTURE | | Inauguration of the exhibition District of the Southern Region of Ticino River The exhibition presents the results of the homonymous research project PNR 65 of the Swiss National Science Foundation conducted by Prof. Michele Arnaboldi of the Academy of Architecture, in collaboration
with the canton’s Territory Department. It illustrates the district’s potential and suggests possible development strategies of different scales for the public space. The inauguration will be held on Friday, 25 October, at 5.30 pm (Agricola Ticinese Building, Piazzale Stazione, Giubiasco) and it will also be an occasion to present the second
volume of Atlante Città Ticino 2. Comprensorio Fiume Ticino Sud, edited by Michele Arnaboldi and published by Mendrisio Academy Press. The exhibition will be open until 24 November. >>> | | BENEFITS AND DISCOUNTS | | New Offers for Members of the Academic Community The web page dedicated to special offers has been updated: you can find there new companies that decided to grant special discounts on their services and products. We also remind you that all USI students, also those who do not reside in Lugano, can obtain the Lugano Card with which they benefit from discounts and special deals at more than 240 participating locations, to live the city in a
more dynamic and convenient way. >>> | | WEEKEND | | Two Students create a Street Art Event that focuses on the Art of Memory On Saturday, 26, and Sunday, 27 October, a group of street artists will work on commission inside an abandoned residence in Gentilino, villa Ambrosetti, which is going to be demolished a few months later. The only rule the artists have to follow is
to paint only during the opening hours of the exhibition. Artistic contributions will mix with musical and gastronomic elements: on Saturday, an aperitif with buffet will be offered from 6 pm until midnight, whereas for Sunday, visitors can make reservations for a brunch, held from 11 am to 2 pm. >>> | | | Tuesday, 22 October, 6.15 pm | Swiss Finance Institute Why Africa, why now? | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 23 October, 6 pm | Lectura Dantis II The “visible talking” (Purgatorio X-XI): Carla Mazzarelli | Room A11, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 23 October, 6 pm | Local Actions for Global Impact | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 October, 12.30 pm | Exchange programmes presentation by the International Relations and Study-abroad office | Room 251, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 October, 7.30 pm | Memory’s Phantoms in Central and Eastern European Countries | Aula Magna, Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus | Friday, 25 October, 5.30 pm | Inauguration of the exhbition District of the Southern Region of Ticino River | Edificio Agricola Ticinese, Piazzale Stazione, Giubiasco | Friday, 25 October, 6.30 pm | The fundamental role of education to legality | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Saturday, 26 October, 9 am | UXconference 2013 | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | |