| ARCHILECTURES AT THE ACADEMY LIBRARY | | "Civiltà", the publication of the 1942’s World Fair in Rome To celebrate the opening of EXPO Milan 2015, the Academy of Architecture will dedicate one of its “archilectures” to Civiltà published from 1940 to 1942 with the aim of introducing the Universal Exhibition of Rome. An event that never took place. The encounter to be
held on Monday, May 11th at 6pm at the Library of the Academy in Mendrisio will present not just the rich publishing adventure, but also the complexity and ambiguousness of a precise historical and cultural period in the background of what would have been the most glorious times of the fascist regime. >>> | | FACULTY OF INFORMATICS | | At USI to discuss about
Information-Theoretic Security The 8th International Conference on Information-Theoretic Security (ICITS) has been held in Lugano from May 2nd to May 5th. The encounter dedicated to all aspects of information-theoretic security, brought together the leading researchers in the areas of cryptography, information theory and quantum information. ICITS 2015 welcomed scholars hailing from universities and research centres worldwide, from Cambridge to Stanford, from Caltech to
Technion to the ETH. The conference was organized by Stefan Wolf, professor at USI’s Faculty of Informatics. >>> | | NEW TREND REPORT OF THE OBSERVATORY OF TOURISM | | A difficult 2014 for tourism in
Ticino The annual study that gives a picture of the market of tourism in Ticino carried out by O-Tur, the Observatory of Tourism of USI’s Institute of Economic Research, has been published. Results show that 2014 has been a tough year for our Canton. 31,000 less units of visitors and 85,085 less overnight stays
compared to the previous year. To weigh in was the bad weather during the summer season, a crucial time for the touristic offer in our region. >>> | | INSTITUTE OF
ITALIAN STUDIES | | "Here and Now. Matter of life" lands at EXPO 2015 During Expo Milan 2015, Ticino will be present with a series of initiatives dedicated to the
Expo’s main topic with the aim of promoting our region. Among those, the lecture that will be held on Saturday, 16 May at 2pm by Fabio Pusterla, professor of USI’s Institute of Italian Studies. From the Swiss Pavilion stage, the poet from Ticino talks about
the symbolism related to the image of “bread", presenting once again one of the themes of the lecture series Here and Now. Matter of life. >>> | | USI CAREER SERVICE | | 12th Placement Survey of USI’s graduates The 2015 USI’s Placement Survey analyses the employment situation of 2009 and 2013 graduates (1 year and 5 years from
graduation). The purpose is to understand graduates job placement and the results are published annually online at the website Alumni/careers. The survey is anonymous to ensure confidentiality, and only aggregate data are used. >>> | | REGISTRATION BY MAY 15TH. EVENT HELD IN MILAN FROM MAY 19TH TO MAY 21ST | | The Pink Cloud: an opportunity for 2.0 female students For the third year in a row, 1,500 young Italian and foreign women, aged 17 to 24, will be given the chance to explore the value of technical and scientific training and discover the opportunities offered by the digital world. Three days of
courses, seminars, workshops, visits to the EXPO, events, networking moments and meetings with companies. A special session dedicated to international students will be held at Università Bocconi. Free participation reserved to 20 USI female students: if interested please contact the careerservice@usi.ch and sign up on www.nuvolarosa.eu >>> | | TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY OF USI EMPLOYEES | | Bike To Work 2015 Once again, this year, USI employees (professors, assistant and staff) have the
opportunity to take part in the contest to promote the use of bicycles as a mean of transportation from home to work. To participate in the raffle, simply form a team of four people who will go to work by bicycle for at least a small part of the route during the month of June. To register write an e-mail to aniello.de.lucia@usi.ch by Sunday, May 17th stating the names of the team
members and the team leader >>> | | | Monday, 11 May, 1.30pm | | Room SI-008, Lugano Campus | Monday, 11 May, 6.00pm | | Academy Library, Mendrisio Campus | Tuesday, 12 May, 6.00pm | | Studio 2 RSI,
Lugano-Besso | Saturday, 16 May, 2.00pm | | EXPO Milan 2015 Swiss Pavilion, stage area | |