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GRADUATION CEREMONY
160 new graduaties in Economics, hailing from 18 different countries During last week's ceremony, 70 Bachelor, 87 two-year Master and 3 Master of Advanced Studies degrees were awarded. The top students were recognized with special awards. Simone Montanari was
awarded the prize established by ABT( Associazione Bancaria Ticinese) for having the highest average in the Bachelor degree program and Camilla Boschetti, respectively, for that of the highest average in the Master program. The Pietro Balestra prize for quantitative materials, created by BSI SA, was won by Mattia Branca for having the highest grades in Econometrics, Statistics and Mathematics courses.
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USI AT THE SWISS INSTITUTE ROME, MILAN
Valentin Bearth and Ivan Ureta Vaquero featured in the public lecture series Taking place at the Swiss Institute Rome's Milan offices, the public lecture series is offered by USI in order to promote and enrich the cultural and scientific dialogue between the areas North and South of the Alps. The first event, entitled, "The Construction of Architectural Space", with architect Valentin Bearth, Director of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, is scheduled for
Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 6pm. The series continues the following week (Thursday, December 16, at 6pm) with a lecture by Ivan Ureta Vaquero, senior researcher at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (ISM) on "Impacts of the European economic crisis on migration policy and security: political, social and economic challenges".
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AWARDS
Federica De Rossa Gisimundo, Maître-assistante at the USI Law Institute, wins the
Vigener Prize 2010 This past November 15th, on the occasion of the Dies academicus at the University of Fribourg, the Faculty of Law conferred Dr. Federica De Rossa Gisimundo this prestigious award for her PhD dissertation, entitled "Public Service, instrument of efficacy for the fundamental
rights of the citizen". Her thesis examines the relationship between the demand for efficiency of public services in an increasingly liberalised market and the protection of fundamental consumer rights. The Vigener Prize, awarded since 1908, thanks to the legacy of Prof. Joseph Vigener, is conferred annually to the Master or Doctoral student with degree work of outstanding academic excellence.
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2010 PRIZE FOR THE BEST ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEA IN TICINO
The winner is Daniel Lepori, USI graduate, for his project, Designergy The prize, established as part of the Interreg program with the support of BSI SA, was awarded last week. The awarded project was selected the Commission of Experts of CP Start-up USI-SUPSI. Designergy aims to develop solar elements that are integrated into construction materials, enabling both solar energy production at lower installation costs compared to the solutions currently available and the construction of energy efficient buildings.
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OPPORTUNITY
Call for proposals - the Centro Stefano Franscini (ETH Zurich) in Ascona
The Centro Stefano Franscini, congress centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich since 1989, gives the possibility to organize research conferences at Monte Verità. Researchers and university professors working in Switzerland are invited to submit their proposals for a meeting to be held in 2011; international
submissions are welcome. The applications will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary scientific board..
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NEW STUDENT ASSOCIATION
IEEE Student Branch Lugano
The IEEE Student Branch (SB) Lugano at the USI Faculty of Informatics will be officially launched on Monday, December 13th, in room SI-003. This professional association is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence and is the second of its kind in Switzerland, after the ETH Zurich SB. Prof. Mehdi Jazayeri, former Dean of the Faculty of
Informatics and Fellow of IEEE, will give a talk on the topic “Predicting the future of computing”. All students interested in joining IEEE SB Lugano are kindly invited to register by email (contact@ieee.unisi.ch) and to visit here. More information and the programme. |
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Gender meeting for researchers and mentees
Room 320, Lugano Campus - Monday, Dec. 6, 3.30pm
Diffusion bases and their applications
Room SI-008, Lugano Campus - Monday, Dec. 6. 8.30pm
Marco Bellocchio (director, screenwriter and producer) and Francesca Calvelli (editor) in dialogue with Marco Müller
Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus - Wednesday, Dec. 8, 8.30pm
Shutter Island (2010) by Martin Scorsese, screening with commentary by Marco
Müller
Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus - Thursday, Dec. 9, 5:30pm
Growing Brand Value
Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Leslie de Chernatony
Auditorium, Lugano Campus - Thursday, Dec 9, 6pm
The construction of architectural space
Lecture by Valentin Bearth,
Director of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio
Swiss Institute Rome, Milan offices - Thursday, Dec. 9, 8.30pm
Colpo rovente (1970) di Piero Zuffi, screening with commentary by Marco Müller
Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus - Thursday, Dec. 9 & Friday, Dec. 10
Project management in research
Course of Dr. Pamela Alean-Kirkpatrick organised as part of the 10th anniversary series of the Gender Service
Room 351, Lugano Campus - Saturday, Dec. 11, 10am
Graduation ceremony for Master of Advanced Studies in Intercultural Communication (MIC)
Auditorium, Lugano Campus - Monday, Dec. 13, 5pm Graduation
Ceremony for Faculty of Communication Sciences
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