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| | GRADUATION CEREMONY |  | 170 new Graduates in Economics, hailing from 21 different countries 71
Bachelors, 96 two-year Masters, and 3 Masters in Advanced Studies were awarded during the degree ceremony held last week. The Ticino Bankers Association prize was
awarded to Chiara Ballarini, who achieved the highest average mark in the Bachelor's degree program. Chiara Ballarini also won the Pietro Balestra prize for quantitative subjects, a prize funded by BSI SA. The Ticino Bankers Association prize for best performance in the graduate programs went to Marina Schmid. Name of the graduates. | | | EXECUTIVE MASTER |  | Graduation Ceremony for 24 Communication Professionals In its twelfth year of activity, the MScom program was attended by communication experts from top Swiss and international companies such as Volvo, Greenpeace, Swisscom, and BMW. During the Degree Ceremony that took place on Saturday, two important prizes were awarded to Honours Students: the Burson-Marsteller Award for Academic Excellence, endowed with CHF 10,000, for the best consulting project, and the SPRI Award for the highest average grade in the Master's
program. More information and pictures of the ceremony. | | | INAUGURAL LECTURE |  | Capital Market Volatily Professor Antonio Mele will deliver his inaugural lecture on Thursday 24 November at 5.30pm in the Auditorium of Lugano Campus. Professor Mele holds a full professorship in Finance at USI, partially sponsored by the Ticino Bankers Association, and he is also a Senior Chair at the Swiss Finance Institute. The lecture, held in English, will deal with issues relating to capital market volatility, such as its determinants, its interconnections with the business cycle, its extreme forms arising over and around market crashes, and general indications about trading and policy
implications. More information. | | | MARE NOSTRUM, EUROPEAN CITY AND GLOBALIZATION |  | Building on Water Sergio Giovine, a Full Professor in Aesthetics at Florence University, will host the next meeting from the series of public lectures organised by the Academy of Architecture, on Thursday 24 November at 8pm in the Aula Magna of the Mendrisio Campus. More information. | | | EXHIBITION |  | Umsicht – Regards – Sguardi 2011 The Academy of Architecture will host the touring exhibition featuring the winners' work of Umsicht – Regards – Sguardi 2011. The contest was established by the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architect (SIA) in order to grant national recognition to a forward and innovative arrangement of the living space. The opening will take place on 24 November at 6pm in the Academy's Art Gallery. More information. | | | ROUND TABLE FOR NETWORK USI IMPRESA SCHOLARSHIPS |  | Does Academic Excellence equal Excellence in the Business World? Scholarships for merit assigned by Network USImpresa will be awarded on Tuesday 22 November at 6pm in the Auditorium of Lugano Campus.Thanks to the participation of four winners of the previous editions, who will share their hands on experience
with the audience, the forum will
give an opportunity to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of higher education focusing on employers main requirements. More information. | | | EXHIBITION |  | Michele Arnaboldi –
Architectures After Mendrisio, Zurigo and Dubai, the Michele Arnaboldi's touring exhibition – Architectures, lands in Paris at the ENSA (École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture) Art Gallery until 6 December. Architect and urbanist Michele Arnaboldi, is a professor at the Academy of Architecture since 2002. More information. |
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Tuesday, 22 November, 1pm | Introduction of the group Amnesty International at USI | Room A13, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 22 November, 6pm | Does Academic Excellence equal Excellence in the Business World? Network USImpresa 2011 Award Ceremony | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 23 November, 12.30pm | MecoP Seminar
Some like it non-financial... Politicians' and Managers' views on the Importance of Performance Information | Room A14, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, 23 November, 4.30pm | Seminar in Informatics
Feedback control as a design framework for computing systems components | Room SI-008, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 November, 5.30pm | Inaugural Lecture of Professor Antonio Mele
Capital Market Volatily | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 November, 6pm | Umsicht - Regards - Sguardi 2011 Art Opening | Academy Gallery, Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus | Thursday, 24 November, 8pm | Building on Water a lecture by Sergio Givone for Mare Nostrum | Aula Magna, Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus | Monday, 28 November, 10am | Award Ceremony for the Marcel Benoist 2011 Prize conferred to prof. Michele Parrinello presented by Federal Councillor Didier Burkhaltere and Heinrich Rohrer, 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus |
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