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| FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES | | Silence and Listening: a lecture by Manuele Bertoli to start off an innovative seminar open to the public In order to overcome a narrow perception of communication, emphasizing the true meaning of sharing values, prof Lorenzo Cantoni, Eddo Rigotti, Carlo Ossola and Maurizio Viroli will hold a lecture series dedicated to silence and listening. The first encounter will be held on Tuesday, 9 April at 5.30pm in rom A21 with a lecture by State Council Manuele Bertoli, Director of DECS. More
information. | | UNIVERSITY AND POETRY | | The Swiss Literary Prize awarded to Fabio Pusterla The poet, translator, and Ticino's esseyist received the honour for his work, admired also beyond cantonal and national borders, for his poetic "without ostentation,
which becomes strong, flowing from weakness". Fabio Pusterla is lecturer in Regional Literature and European Traditions at USI. The recognition, established this year by the Federal Office of Culture, has also been awarded Erica Pedretti, Jean-Marc Lovay and Babel, festival of literature and translation held in Bellinzona. More information. | | REGISTRATION BY 10 APRIL | | The XVII Dies Academicus to be held on Saturday, 4 May in Mendrisio The Dies Academicus is the most important occasion for conveying and for informing the public about USI's latest developments. The ceremony will open at 10am in The Aula Magna (Mendrisio Campus Canavée Building) with an address from President Piero Martinoli. To follow, guest speakers Mauro Dell'Ambrogio (State Secretary, Director of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation), Mario Botta (Director of the
Academy of Architecture) and Federica Sallusto (Director of the Cellular Immunology Laboratory, IRB). Registrations are open until Wednesday at dies@usi.ch. More information. | | GIORGIO AGAMBEN, BORROMINI CHAIR 2012/2013 | | Capitalism as
a Religion The final encounter for the series open to the public entitled L'opera dell'uomo (the work of men) with philosopher Giorgio Agamben (first chair Borromini) gets underway. The lecture entitled Capitalism as a religion will be held on Thursday, 11 April at 8pm in the Aula Magna of Mendrisio Campus (Canavée Building). More information. | | A MEETING WITH SCIENCE | | How many Worlds? An exhibition on the beauty of the Universe The digital planetarium designed by USI's Ideatorio will be hosted in the evocative space of the ex-macello of Lugano from 15 April to 18 May to tell the story of two of the most current topics in astronomy: the research for exoplanets and life of the cosmos. The exhibit will feature panels with information and astronomical images, and it will be
open to the public and schools. Reservation required, please call the Sportello Foce: +41(0)58 866
4800. More information. | | USI AND THE SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE | | Finance at
USI, Insights for investors Prof. Antonio Mele, Fabio Trojani, Giovanni Barone-Adesi and François Degeorge will engage in an afternoon dedicated to finance. To close the encounter an exceptional
speaker, Andrea Beltratti, President of the Management
Board of Intesa Sanpaolo and Professor at Bocconi University. The event organised by the Swiss Finance Institute, will be held on Thursday from 1.30pm in the Auditorium (Lugano Campus). Free registration and more information. | | OFFER FOR STUDENTS AND USI STAFF | | Lugano-Roma-Lugano at 213 CHF, Lugano-Vienna-Lugano at 233 CHF The special offer by Minoan Air is valid from 3 April to 31 May 2013 for two-people-reservations and only for passengers with a valid school ID, to be shown while making the reservation at
Ticket Office of Lugano
Airport. More information. |
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Monday, 8 April, 8.30pm | Cervello e Alzheimer | Centro Civico Vezia | Tuesday, 9 April, 5.30pm | Seminar Silence and listening: opening lecture with Manuele Bertoli | Aula A21, Lugano
Campus | Tuesday, 9 April, 6pm | Boccaccio and the East | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 9 April,
6.30pm | The sacred places of khmer monarchy: from sacred mountains to temples | Room A11, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, 9 April, 7.30pm | Encounter with Vincenzo Melluso for OSA | PT Palazzo Turconi, Mendrisio Campus | Wednesday, 10 April, 10.30pm | Public screening with introduction and commentary by Marco Müller: Le mani sulla città by Francesco Rosi (Italy, 1963-105'), original itlaian version with English subtitles | Aula Magna, Medrisio Campus | Thursday, 11 April, 1.30pm | Swiss Finance Institute Finance at USI, Insights for
investors | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 11 April, 8pm | Capitalism as a Religion | Aula Magna, Medrisio Campus | Friday, 12 April, 2.30pm | Public Seminar Faculty of Informatics PQL: A Purely-Declarative Java Extension for Parallel Programming | Room SI 008, Lugano Campus | From the Canteen | This week's menu on Lugano Campus | |
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