Pro-Ben Project: events and news

9 June, 5:30 pm
Team treasure hunt with meeting at the Bastione della Gatta.

10 June, 6:00 pm
Body expression workshop with the collaboration of the Passi Project, at the CUS multipurpose room in via J. Corrado.

11 June, 6:00 pm
Consensus-themed crafting workshop, with the collaboration of Multimateria (a reality that deals with creative recycling), at the Golena San Massimo.

12 June, 4:00 pm
Workshop of board games, with the collaboration of the LAN Association, at the Multipurpose Classroom of the Polo di Psicologia in via Venezia.

From 20 February to 14 April 2026
Free group tour
SCUP Center - via Niccolò Tommaseo, Padova
Information and registration
Dates of the route:
1. Friday 20/2 from 4 pm to 6 pm
2. Friday 27/02 from 16:30 to 18
3. Friday 6/3 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm
4. Friday 13/3 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm
5. Friday 27/3 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm
6. Friday 10/4 from 16 to 18

January 21, 2025
Presentation of the University for students' health project 
Ancientarchive of the Palazzo Bo of the University of Padova

March 5, 2025
Start of the first edition of the seminar "From self-criticism to self-compassion"
Next dates: 12 and 19 March 2025

March 6, 2025
Start of the seminar "Listen to your body"
Next dates: 2, 9 April, 7 May 2025

March 26, 2025
Departure of the group "Off-online well-being: prevention as a solution"
The next dates: 13 and 27 March, 3 and 10 April 2025

March 31, 2025
Start of the second edition of the seminar "From self-criticism to self-compassion"
Next dates: 7 and 14 April 2025

May 14, 2025
Departure of the group "Off-online well-being - 2nd edition"
Next dates: 21, 28 May and 11 June

May 15, 2025
Start of the seminar "Listen to your body - 2nd edition"
The following dates: 22 May and 5, 12, 19 June

July 4, 2025
Psychological health ambassadors: come and meet us!
The following dates: from 7 to 9 July

September 20-30, 2025
ProBen Festival
In various places in Padova

November 2025
Group path to improve psychological well-being and strengthen social relationships
Cla (via Venezia 16, Padova) and Scup (via N. Tommaseo 47, Padova)

June and July 2025
Free sports activity in collaboration with CUSB
Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini
The Bologna University Sports Centre (CUSB), in collaboration with the University of Bologna, offers a series of free sports activities to students of the University of Bologna, subject to free CUSB membership. The aim of these activities is to promote psychophysical well-being and to counteract emotional and psychological distress.

26 September 2025, 18
Pro-Ben for the fight against addiction at the Sharper Night in Catania
Piazza dell'University - Stand n.24, Catania
The Unist-Health Pro-Ben project is present at the European Researchers' Night, at Stand n.24, to provide information and screening for alcohol, smoking and substance addiction, informing on the use of clinical-psychological tools to counteract, reduce and prevent their use and the risk of developing related neoplasms.

11 April 2025, from 6 pm to 8 pm
Happy Hour, Happy Mind - 1st Meeting
Il Baffo, Via Pescara 179, 66100 Chieti Scalo
A meeting between the student population and the Psychological Health Ambassadors to reflect and discuss the issues of separation and change, especially with regard to being away from home.
Reservations

16, 23 and 30 May 2025, from 11 am to 1 pm
Connected and aware
University of Chieti - Chieti campus (Chieti Scalo)
Three meetings to recognize addiction and promote well-being.
Application

21 May 2025, 15 – 18.30
National conference "Psychological well-being of students and universities: comparing Italian experiences"
Among the various presentations there were also speeches on the Unist-Health Proben project.
Program
Application

As part of the conference also:
Cineforum "Minds in film" - Screening of "Her" by Spike Jonze (2023)
Auditorium of the Rectorate of the Chieti Campus
We combine cinema and psychology in a unique experience: we watch a film and then we will provide stimuli to activate thoughts and emotions and travel together on a journey through images and meanings. We share, accompanied by an expert, different points of view to discover what is hidden "behind the scenes" of the mind
Application

From 26 May to 17 June (in person), from 23 May to 24 July (remotely) 2025
Cycle of meetings on the prevention of Internet addictions
Pavilion 26, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence
A series of appointments, in syllabus May and July, conducted by expert psychologists, which aims to promote the acquisition of skills to regulate the time spent online and to focus on the benefits and criticalities of technological devices.

On Friday, March 28, 2025, the first training meeting for Psychological Health Ambassadors (PHAs) was held at the University of Padova, i.e. tutors who will carry out peer-to-peer activities for the benefit of their fellow students within the Unist-Health project.
Durante this first meeting, the 25 Psychological Health Ambassadors, students of the master's degree courses belonging to the various schools of the University, had the opportunity to deepen the fundamental aspects of the project thanks to the interventions of professors, professionals and professionals in the sector.
The task of the Psychological Health Ambassadors will be to inform and discuss with their peers the importance of psycho-physical health and ways to take care of it and to self-regulate.
This will take place through moments of meeting and discussion grafted into the normal course of university life.

March 26, 2025
The work report of the University's psychological counseling services - Scpa, Behavioral Emergencies working group, is available.

The guidelines of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities contain recommendations for internal communication within the University regarding psycho-physical well-being, the identification of risk or crisis behaviors, and the management of students with risk and/or emergency behaviors.

> Consult the Crui guidelines on risk and/or emergency behavior here

The proceedings of the XV SIPSA national congress, entitled "Psychology for Health: Intersections, Uniqueness, Equity and Sustainability", which was held from 5 to 7 June 2025 at the Luigi Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin, are available.
Durante the conference, a round table was promoted regarding the different partnerships born between universities to implement the PRO-BEN ministerial initiative.
Multiple actions of the UNIST-HEALTH PRO-BEN project were also presented by all five universities involved.