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| | RECOGNITION |  | USI President Piero Martinoli named member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) The recognition was conferred on the USI President last week in Zurich "for his significant contributions in teaching and research of condensed matter physics and for his commitment to scientific research in Switzerland, in particular that of Computational Sciences at Università della Svizzera italiana". There are around 240 individual members of SATW, each with a lifelong appointment; among them are leading figures from teaching, research, economics and politics in
Switzerland. More information.
| | | RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT |  | USI signs a convention with the University of Pavia in the context of Italian literature studies
The Master of Arts in "Italian Literature and Civilisation" and the University of Pavia Master of Science in "Modern Philology. The sciences of literature, theatre and cinema" have become equivalent. The agreement allows graduates of the USI Master full access to job calls in the Italian public sector, particularly those which regard teaching. More information.
| | | EUROPEAN JOURNALISM OBSERVATORY |  | Less analysis and more passion: does editorial journalism conquer? This is the name of the public evening organised by EJO set for Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 at 6.30pm in the Lugano Campus auditorium. The speakers include Gad Lerner, journalist and conductor of L'Infedele, Marcello Veneziani, journalist and writer, and Giancarlo Dillena, Director of Il Corriere del Ticino.
Marcello
Foa will moderate the discussion. More information and invitation.
| | | ROUND TABLE |  | What does the future hold for the Middle East and North Africa and which humanitarian challenges exist there? Tomorrow, April 12th, at 6.00pm in Room A11 of the Lugano Campus, the round table organised by the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management will take place. The discussion will focus on humanitarian challenges resulting from the crises facing the Middle East and North Africa. Various participants from the Master – all professionals with years of work experience at important humanitarian organisations active in the field – will discuss different aspects of the current state of emergency, which
now
involves millions of displaced peoples and hundreds of thousands of refugees. The panel discussion will be in English. More information.
| | | INAUGURATION |  | The Bellinzona
Bath exhibit on display at Castelgrande The inauguration of the exhibit dedicated to the Bellinzona Bath by Aurelio Galfetti, Flora Ruchat-Roncati and Ivo Trümpy will be held in Bellinzona on Wednesday, April 13 at 6pm. After being presented in the Galleria dell'Accademia in autumn 2009, the exhibit now lands at Castelgrande in Bellinzona, just a short distance from the site of the examined work. The exhibit is curated by Nicola Navone and Bruno Reichlin and promoted and organised by the Academy of Architecture and the Archivio del Moderno of Mendrisio in cooperation with the Tourism Office of Bellinzona and surrounding areas with the support of the City of Bellinzona. It aims to trace the genesis of the work while demonstrating the exemplary character and its significance as part of Swiss and European contemporary
architecture. More information. | | | PROMOTIONS AND DISCOUNTS |  | Special new offer for students Orange is the latest business to offer special deals on products and services to students, who can take advantage of a 10% discount on phones, accessories, CD's, DVD's, Blu-ray discs and games. By presenting a valid USI ID card for the current academic year, students redeem the special offer at Orange Citydisc in Lugano and Mendrisio. All special offers and conditions.
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Monday, April 11, 5.30pm | UBS presentation: Graduate Training Program
Organised by
Career Service Room A21, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, April 12, 1pm | First meeting of Amnesty International @USI (USIAI) Room 250, Lugano Campus
and exhibit entitled, "Defenders of Human Rights" (on display through April 18 in the
Red Building)
| Tuesday, April 12, 2pm - 4pm | Open accounts - changes related to gender and the generation of family money management
Seminar by Prof. Giuliana Chiaretti (Università Ca’ Foscari) to put on the table questions related to changes in managing domestic economic resources and reflections on the underlying balance of power in their management Room A13, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, April 12, 3.30pm | Non-Essential Changes in Version Histories
Seminar by Prof. Martin Robillard (McGill University) Si-008, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, April 12, 6pm | "What does the future hold for the Middle East and North Africa and which humanitarian challenges exist there?" Round Table discussion by the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management
Room A11, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, April 12, 6.30pm | Epilogue: Notes on contemporary Chinese art. Event part of the "CHINA: Altr'Arti". Spring art encounters" series
Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, April 13, 6pm | Inauguration of the "Baths of Bellinzona" exhibit, by Aurelio Galfetti, Flora Ruchat-Roncati, Ivo Trümpy"
Sala Arsenale, Castelgrande, Bellinzona | Wednesday, April 13, 6.30pm | Less analysis and more passion: does editorial journalism conquer?
Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, April 14, 12.30pm | MORSE seminar - "Research-as-practice: practical insights for developing rigorous
conceptual
knowledge for and from practice"
Room A13, Lugano Campus | Friday, April 15, 2pm - 6pm | "Energy and economy" workshop, part of the "Public space in the 'Città-Ticino' of tomorrow" research project
Room C3.89, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus | Friday, April 15, 3pm | Vittorio Gregotti (Architect, Milan) presents his last book "Postmetropoli e architettura" (Einaudi)
Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus |
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