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| GRADUATION CEREMONY | | 115 new USI graduates, hailing from 20 different countries, received their diplomas in Communication Sciences and Economics The ceremony, during which 23
Bachelor's degrees, 91 two-year Master's degrees and one degree of the Master in Advanced Studies were awarded, was held last Monday in the late afternoon on the USI Lugano Campus. Congratulations to the 115 new graduates of USI! Names of the graduates. | | FACULTY OF INFORMATICS | | The Informatics students present their semester projects Wednesday, June first, from 2pm in Aula Magna (Lugano Campus), students from the Faculty of Informatics will present their projects, developed as part of their curriculum: the topics range from the planning of IT solutions to the development of computer graphics, and from the application of computational sciences to human-computer
interaction through the latest generation of mobile phones. Programme. | | ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE | | When aspiring architects draw objects and spaces of the future
Students from the Academy were invited to take part in the challenges launched by two well-known companies: BIC and ASSOS. BIC asked participants to reconsider two of its historic objects, such as lighters and the Cristal ballpoint pen, having them develop new and original features. Meanwhile,
ASSOS, official sponsor of the Swiss and Brazilian national cycling teams, made their VIP lounge at their Lugano store available to the future architects and put them in charge of the interior design. More information on the challenges launched by BIC and ASSOS. | | STUDENT ASSOCIATION | | First USI Choir Concert Wednesday, June 1 at 8pm in room 354 (Lugano Campus), the members of USI Choir will present a concert - the first since its inception and the product of their work to date. The show is open to the public, and the performance will include a selection of songs the participants practiced during the semester. The "Carioca 6" band, also USI students, will perform in the second portion of the concert. Visit the web site of the association. | | NEW ON UCALENDA | | Ucademic, a new tool from Ucalenda to get ready for exams Exams are
approaching, and Ucalenda - the online calendar created by student for other students that aims to facilitate time management during the university experience - is offering a tool to help prepare for the exam period: Ucademic. This new tool allows for the sharing of course notes for exam preparation and for
interaction and Q&A between student members. The use of Ucalenda is reserved exclusively for students and is free. |
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| USI Flash will suspend its service with the close of the semester to return Monday, September 19th, 2011. In the meantime, you can continue to follow what's happening at USI thanks to the Events and Community sections found at www.usi.ch/en, as
well as quick updates on Facebook and Twitter. Additionally, starting tomorrow, the new edition of Square - USI Magazine will be available. Thank you very much for your attention each week. We at the Media & Communication Service wish you a great summer vacation! |
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Monday, May 30, 10.30am | Negotiating your academic career: insights on the hiring and promotion processes in different countries Seminar by Erik Larsen and
Gianluca Carnabuci, for PhD students and Post-doc researchers Room 351, Lugano Campus | Monday, May 30, 4.30pm | Inauguration of the new EU Info Point (EUi) within the library University Library, Lugano Campus | Monday, May 30,
6.30pm | Do the media cover everything except real power? The globalisation paradox and the unknown role of the new international
elites Lecture by Piero Ostellino and Janine Wedel Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, May
31, 2pm | The plurality of educational styles in the parent-child relationship Room A13, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, June 1, 2pm | Presentation of Semester Projects by students from the Faculty of Informatics Aula magna, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, June 1, 8pm | USI Choir Concert Room 354, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, June 1, 8pm | UNICinema Screening of "Los lunes al sol" ("Mondays in the Sun") by Fernando León de Aranoa (2002) Room 250, Lugano
Campus | Friday, June 3 | Parallel-in-Time Integration Schemes Institute of Computational Science, Lugano Campus |
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