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| CENTRE FOR ECONOMICAL AND POLITICAL RESEARCH (CEPRA) | | CEPRA Lecture 2014: on social investment strategy On Thursday,
October 30 at 5pm in the Aula Magna of Lugano Campus, prof. Giuliano Bonoli (IDHEAP, University of Lausanne) will hold a conference on social security systems entitled Preserving prosperity and social cohesion: the social investment strategy. To follow, a debate featuring prof. Mauro Baranzini and Fabrizio Mazzonna of USI’s Institute of Economics. >>> | | INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE | | Museum Architecture and the Generic City of the Middle East The aim to create a global work from different projects (for example the Desert Louvre in Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates or the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha - Qatar) places museum architecture in the ongoing intensive urbanisation process in the Middle East. Kornelia Imesch Oechslin, professor of Art History and Modern Contemporary Architecture at the
University of Lausanne, will tackle the issue
on Wednesday, October 29 at 6.30pm in Room C3.89 (Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus). >>> | | INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH (IRE) | | Economic Competitiveness and Mega Events: EXPO2015 Registrations are open for the customary encounter of analysis of Ticino’s economic competitiveness organised by IRE. The event will be
held in Bellinzona on
Thursday, November 27 in the Auditorium of Banca Stato. Our canton’s main challenge is to read and identify key factors and turn them into future opportunities. Next year the EXPO 2015 will be held close by: could this global event represent an opportunity for our territory? >>> | | A CONFERENCE PROMOTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION | | An Encounter with Neuroscientist
Giorgio
Vallortigara The speaker is full professor in Neurosciences at the University of Trento and Director of the Centre for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC). In addition to his scientific research – Vallortigara is a very active author of over 200 papers in international magazines - he published several books and cooperated with many culture columns of newspapers and magazines such as the Sole 24 Ore and Le Scienze. The encounter is scheduled for Thursday, October 30 at 7.30pm in the Aula Magna on Mendrisio Campus. >>> | | DISCOVERING CULTURE, ARCHITECTURE AND THE HISTORY OF THE
TERRITORY | | From the Campus of Mendrisio to the one in Lugano by Foot On Saturday, November 8, the students of the course Elements of Psychogeography and Narration of the Territory, taught by lecturer Gianni Biondillo at the Academy of Architecture, will visit in their psychogeographic journey the Tipografia Elvetica in Capolago, the house were Francesco Borromini was born in Bissone, the Ponte Diga, the Swissminiatur, the museum dedicated to Domenico Fontana in Melide, the new LAC construction
site in
Lugano and the Cantonal Library. >>> | | RESEARCH AND SUSTAINIBILITY | | "Tap it up" Launches the Activities of the Sustainability Incubator (SINC) Tap it
up is SINC’s first activity: a new platform for the development of research projects concerning environmental and social sustainability. With Tap it up the students of the Social Marketing course, advised by prof. Suzanne Suggs, focus on promoting the consumption of tap water instead of bottled water. The launch will be on Wednesday, October 29 at 10am in the main building’s entrance, on Lugano
Campus. >>> | | STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS | | Why become a professor? Questions Beyond the Desk The Student Point offers the chance to meet with Eddo Rigotti (prof. emeritus of the Faculty of Communication Sciences), Carlo Ossola (director of
the Institute of Italian Studies), and Corrado
Bologna (adjunct professor at the Institute of Italian Studies) and discuss their experience as professors and the current situation of the field of education. Save the date for Tuesday, October 28 at 5.30pm in the auditorium of Lugano Campus. >>> |
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Tuesday, 28 October, 5.30pm | | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 29 October, 10.00am | | Main Entrance, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 29 October, 3.30pm | | Room
A32, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 29 October, 6.00pm | | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 30 October, 10.30am | | Room 321,
Lugano
Campus | Thursday, 30 October, 12.30pm | | Room PC-04, Blue Building, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 30 October, 12.30pm | | Room A33, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 30 October, 5.00pm | | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 30 October, 7.30pm | | Aula Magna,
Mendrisio
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