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| | CURRENT EVENTS |  | Farewell to Giuliano Bignasca, esteemed member of USI's Foundation for the Lugano Faculties Promoter and supporter of our University since its very first steps, Giuliano Bignasca passed away last week, he was 67 years old. To his family our deepest condolences from USI. Bignasca had
been for eight years a member of the Foundation that aims at promoting the development of USI Lugano faculties, and supports their interaction with the regional territory. | | | RECOGNITION |  | Awards conferred on USI Students in Finland The HUMLOG Institute, a benchmark for research in the field of humanitarian logistics, bestowed the first award for best thesis in the field on Rose van Steijn for "the novelty of the thesis, including the novelty of its methods, and the potential to impact on humanitarian logistics practice". Honorary mention also to another MASHLM graduate, Tony Villy Odong. More Information. | | | FACULTY OF INFORMATICS |  | SwissEngineering Ticino 2013 Awards The Ticino's branch of the Swiss networks of engineers and architects awarded the prize dedicated to USI students to Remo Lemma (Master of Science in Informatics - Software Design), currently PhD student at the
faculty. An Honorary mention went to Miguel Aguilar (Master of Science in Embedded Systems Design), who started his PhD at RWTH Aachen in Germany. More Information. | | | SCIENCE, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY |  | Cannabis: how does it affect the brain? On Wednesday, 13 March at 8.30pm, in the Aula Magna of Lugano Campus, the expert in pharmacology Daniela Parolaro and Psychiatrist Raffaella Ada Colombo will hold a lecture in which they will tackle about Cannabis and if the use of the latter might reduce intellectual ability. The encounter is part of Brain Awareness Week of the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, an initiative that sees the cooperation of USI's Ideatorio. More Information. | | | THE LATEST ISSUE OF SQUARE HITS THE STANDS |  | USI's Magazine leads us to the Era of
Embedded Systems Welcome to the age of computricity: this is the title of the cover story of the new issue of USI' s magazine Square. In addition to an in-depth column on new frontiers of embedded systems, the issue includes - among many others - a contribution by Silvio Orlando on Dante's Purgatory, ideas on hedge funds and innovation and an article entitled From Morse to Zuckerberg. Read it online: www.square.usi.ch | | | LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE |  | Save the date on Thursday, 14 March at 8pm with Go Hasegawa The Japanese
Architect, guest Professor of Design at the Academy of Architecture, will hold a public lecture on Thursday, 14 March at 8pm in the Aula Magna of Mendrisio Campus. Despite his young age, Hasegawa received numerous international recognitions and in 2012 the TOTO Gallery MA of Tokyo has dedicated him a solo exhibition and a publication. More Information. | | | THE MIND AND THE BRAIN
SERIES |  | Brain, Creativity and Literature The poet and USI's lecturer Antonella Anedda, and literary critic Alberto Casadei will tackle one of the most fascinating enigmas of our brain, creative writing. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 12 at 8.30pm in the Library of Liceo Lugano 2 (Savosa), and is organised by
USI's Ideatorio in cooperation with Liceo Lugano 2 for the National project Brain2Brain. More Information. | | | START-UP PROMOTION CENTRE: VENTURE IDEAS 2013 |  | A Morning to understand Entrepreneurship The course will be held on Thursday, 18 April at SUPSI (Trevano Campus) and is open to all students including postgraduates interested to learn more about entrepreneurship (please register here). Organised by USI and SUPSI under the federal programme CTI Entrepreneurship, it will also offer the chance to enter your own business project here, by 18
March: the ideas found most worthy will be presented in front of a jury of experts, which will award the best one. More Information: valentina.masotti@usi.ch | | | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES |  | Angelika Meyer Terlizzi 2012 Award The honour is appointed by Journalist Lino Terlizzi and Comete media, in cooperation with the PR Society of Ticino, for the best Master thesis in the field of Public Relations and Corporate Communication. For the year 2012 it has been conferred on Chiara Rita Anny Giannini. The award ceremony will be held on Thursday, 14 March at 6pm in room A11, Lugano Campus. During the evening Dean Lorenzo Cantoni and Dr. Elena Marchiori will hold a
public lecture on geosocial network. More Information and registration. | | | WRITING CONTEST: YOUR STORY COULD BECOME A SHORT |  | Radio / TV was with me and my friends
when... The CORSI (Società cooperativa per la Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana), in cooperation with the Castellinaria Young People's Film Festival, started a competition in search of stories for radio and television. By signing up by 20 March, there is also a chance to take part in a day of training. More Information. | | | STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS |  | A Visit at the Parliament Building with United Students The trip is scheduled for 26 March. If the minimum amount of participants is met, in the morning there will be the chance to visit the Parliament under the guidance of prof. Remigio Ratti and former National Council President Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi. The afternoon will be free. Cost of travel is 35 CHF. Registration by 18 March by e-mail. |
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Monday, 11 March, 12.20pm | AIESEC Info Event | Room A12, Lugano Campus | Monday, 11 March, 2.30pm | Public Seminar Faculty of Informatics
Dynamic Privacy Adaptation in Ubiquitous Computing | Room A22, Lugano Campus | Monday, 11 March, 8.30pm | Series Per Voce Sola
Anna Bonaiuto, La belle joyeuse | Teatro Foce, Lugano | Tuesday, 12 March, 4.30pm | Public Seminar Faculty of Informatics
On Computing Inverse Entries of a Sparse Matrix in an Out-of-Core Environment | Room SI 008, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 12 March, 5.15pm | Public Seminar Institute of Economics
Technology and the Changing Family; a Unified Model of Marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation | Room EL 004, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 12 March, 6pm | Boccaccio and Women | Studio 2 RSI, Lugano-Besso | Tuesday, 12 March, 8.30pm | Brain, Creativity and
Literature | Library Liceo Lugano 2, Savosa | Wednesday, 13 March, 8.30pm | Public Screenings with introduction and commentary by Marco Müller:
Brutalität in Stein by Alexander Kluge & Peter Schamoni; Undergängens arkitektur by Peter Cohen | Aula Magna, Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus | Wednesday, 13 March, 8.30pm | Cannabis: how does it affect the brain? | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 14 March, 6.30pm | Altr'Arti Series
The translation of the gift in the art and literature of Burma | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 14 March, 8pm | Lessons in Architecture
Go Hasegawa | Aula Magna, Canavée Building, Mendrisio Campus | Thursday, 14 March, 8pm | Angelika Meyer Terlizzi Award | Room A11, Lugano Campus |
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