Donor event 2025: together to build the future

28.11.2025

The special event dedicated to supporters who contribute to the development and growth of the University of Padua is back again this year.

The Donor Event will take place on Tuesday 9 December 2025, at 5.30 p.m., in the Aula Magna of Palazzo del Bo, in Via VIII Febbraio, 2, in the presence of the Rector and with the participation of Marco Paolini, who will present an excerpt from his show Bestiario Idrico.

Nothing we see is definitive. Climate change forces us to consider radical transformations of the landscapes we know: we can either endure them or choose them. In Italy there are more than 6,000 rivers, and many more waterways that have no official name yet belong to hydrographic basins. Europe has 110 hydrographic basins, 7 of which are in Italy. Each contains hundreds of watercourses, more or less significant, but all strategically important as potential reserves—just as groundwater is—within the national water balance.
The Atlas of the Riverbanks is the treasure map of the groundwater hidden beneath our feet; it is an album of photographs and postcards of Italy’s water bodies; it is a registry that records the name, life, death, and wonders of every watercourse; it is a sticker album of hydronyms to collect in class; it is a network-system of phone booths on riverbanks to speak with the rivers; it is civic theatre that, through workshops, choirs, storytellers, and nonverbal actions, gives voice to the landscape that tells the story of life.

At the end of the event, closing remarks will be given by the Deputy Rector, Antonio Parbonetti.

The event is open to donors and to everyone supporting the University.
Registration is required.

On the occasion of this event, it is possible to contribute—through a donation—to the establishment of graduation awards focused on the relationship between water and human health. Donate now