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| FACULTY OF INFORMATICS GRADUATION
CEREMONY | | 56 new Graduates hailing from 23 different Countries During the ceremony held last Friday, USI’s President Prof. Piero Martinoli and the new Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, Prof. Michele Lanza, awarded 14 Bachelor’s, 26 two-year Master’s, 3 Executive Master’s and 13 PhD degrees. Volker
Rommel (Head Business Applications of Interroll Management SA) delivered the keynote address. Congratulations to all graduates! >>> | | OPEN HOUSE AT THE DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | | IDSIA Robotics Lab This research centre of USI-SUPSI was founded in 2007 and is dedicated to the application of artificial
intelligence methods to various types of robots. On Wednesday, 27 November, from 10am to 4pm, it will be possible to visit the laboratory, which is located in Manno, and
to see robots move around and interact with guests. The event is part of the EU Robotics week. >>> | | INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE (IRB) | | Dermatology and Venereology Experts from all over Europe at the IRB On
Thursday, 28 November, at the IRB in Bellinzona, the fifth meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) will be held in Ticino, with the title EADV
Dermatological Meeting in Ticino - From the Bench to the Clinic. Researchers, doctors and experts will participate in the debate and will discuss the most recent progress in the fields of dermatology and venereology. >>> | | EJO IN COLLABORATION WITH TICINO’S ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS | | Radio’s Revenge: also in the era of Internet everyone tunes
in How come the radio is not suffering from the World Wide Web’s competition? What are today’s new ways of doing radio to be “in tune” with the audience, be it very educated listeners, or be it teenagers? These are some of the issues that will be tackled during the panel discussion on Thursday, 28 November, at 6.30pm, in room A11 (Lugano Campus). The participants are Roberto Antonini, responsible for in-depth coverage of cultural themes at Rete Due, RSI, Alessandro Milan, presenter of @24Mattino on Radio 24, Il Sole 24 Ore, and Matteo Pelli, director of Radio3i, presenter of the morning show “Pane Tostato” (Toasted
Bread). >>> | | INSTITUTE OF ITALIAN STUDIES (ISI) | | The Journey through Dante's Purgatory continues On Wednesday, 27 November, at 6pm, in the auditorium, Prof. Corrado Bologna will deliver his speech on Il ritorno di Beatrice (Beatrice's return), presenting a choice of passages from the cantos thirty and thirty-one of Dante Alighieri's Purgatory. In these
cantos, Dante finds himself with Beatrice in the Earthly Paradise, on top of the Mountain of Purgatory, where the souls, after the act of expiation, will be purified and will then be admitted to Paradise. >>> | | CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL RESEARCH ON AGING (CEPRA) | | Symposium on the Swiss Pension System On Tuesday, 3 December,
at 5.30pm, in the auditorium on Lugano Campus, currently very relevant issues will be tackled: in fact, just last week Federal Councillor Alain Berset put the project regarding a reform of the Swiss pension system under
consultation. Jürg Brechbühl (Swiss Federal Social Insurance Office), Elsa Fornero (Professor of Political Economics at the University of Turin and former Italian Minister of Labour and Welfare) and Marzio Zappa (Vice Director of Swiss Life) will discuss these topics. Vincenzo Galasso (CEPRA director and Professor of Public Economics at the Bocconi University in Milan) will introduce and moderate the event. >>> | | SENSITISATION AND FUND-RAISING FOR CANCER RESEARCH | | Final Spurt to support USI's Movember Group Movember is a famous international sensitisation campaign taking place during the entire month of November and focusing on men’s health that is associated with the symbol of the moustache. USI's Movember group has already reached 68 members and has collected around CHF 1650. Donation is possible online, until the end of the month, or on Wednesday, 27 November, during lunch break at a dedicated stand in front of the Mensa (Lugano
Campus). >>> | | RADIOTELEVISIONE SVIZZERA DI LINGUA ITALIANA (RSI) | | Linea Rossa invites to contribute to the Debate on today's Youth Linea Rossa is a programme of RSI that gives young people between 18 and 22 years the possibility to discuss current themes. Topics reach from school to politics, from economy to fashion. The Linea Rossa team is searching for students
willing to express themselves on TV, on the radio and on social media: who is interested can register here. >>> |
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Monday, 25 November, 1.30pm | | Main Building, Lugano Campus | Monday, 25 November, 5pm | | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Monday, 25 November, 8.30pm | | Room 354, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 26 November, 5pm | | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 26 November, 6pm | | Room A31, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 26 November, 6.30pm | | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 27 November, 4pm | | | Thursday, 28 November, 8am | | Auditorium BancaStato,
Bellinzona | Thursday, 28 November, 5.30pm | | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Friday, 29 November, 11am | | Spazio inBSI, via Magatti 2, 6900 Lugano |
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