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Masks and surgical masks donated to Unipd by the ShanghaiTech University.

23.04.2020

1,100 N95 masks and 10,000 surgical masks arrived at the University of Padova from Shanghai, P.R. China, donated by ShanghaiTech University.

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Hackathon #EUvsVirus: the importance of contributing to find novel solutions for coronavirus-related challenges

21.04.2020

The Hackathon #EUvsVirus, that is being organized by the European Commission, will take place this weekend (24th to 26th April), although the days before there will be different live-streaming sessions

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Dogs also recognize us in photographs

20.04.2020

A study conduct through the University of Padua has shown that dogs are able to recognize faces of their owner’s in photographs. For dogs, visual information is equally, if not more, important than their sense of smell. This is the first known confirmation that dogs use information about our faces to recognize us

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Keeping alive the international community
#Everything will be all right #Andrà tutto bene

03.04.2020

Zoom meetings have been organized to present and explain to international students and to our students abroad the measures adopted by Unipd and contextually to give them the opportunity to share their concerns. Starting from from Friday April 3rd, these meetings will be held every week to ensure our continuous and strong support to students

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Scholars at Risk Italy for Patrick Zaki

26.03.2020

On March 19 2020, the University of Padua, along with other 11 universities and research institutes that are members of the Italian section of Scholars at Risk, have signed a petition in support of Patrick George Zaki, the Egyptian student enrolled in a master degree at the University of Bologna who is currently detained in Egypt.

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