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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

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus - teaching resumes via electronic mode, research and services open to the public

03.04.2020

Notification as of 14.20 April 3, 2020

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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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The Scrovegni Chapel: a film to celebrate 715 years of beauty

25.03.2020

The Giotto frescos in the Arena of the Scrovegni Chapel was formally dedicated by the church on March 25, 1305. In honour of this historical anniversary, the University of Padua offers a viewing of the short film "La Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padova, storia, restauro, conservazione", on Wednesday, March 25.

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Binary stars: love and betrayal during the Big Bang

28.02.2020

The research team of astronomers led by Antonino Milone of the University of Padua has recently published a paper in "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society". The paper discusses the behaviours of mixed binary stars and its existence which has been predicted through the use of numerical simulations. Published for the first time, this observation brings to light events that occurred in the primordial universe.

spazio

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Photosynthesis in space

21.02.2020

A team of multidisciplinary researchers from Padua has designed a new experimental setup that will allow the non-invasive study of the responses of photosynthetic microorganisms to simulated non-terrestrial conditions.

arqus

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ARQUS Workshop: Gender Equality, Inclusion and Sustainability

20.02.2020

On Thursday 20 February 2020 at Palazzo Bo, professor Bencivenga held a workoshop on Gender Equality, Inclusion and Sustainability. The workshop was dedicated to the task forces members of the ARQUS AL2 "Widening access, inclusion and diversity" of the University of Padova

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ARQUS: First Training Event "Preventive Early Career Education"

20.02.2020

The ARQUS First Training event at University of Padua will be an opportunity to engage in a collaborative workgroup series with the purpose of learning about the challenges, activities, and policies of career education in each country.

stairs and people

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Opening day of the General Course "Human Rights and Inclusion"

17.02.2020

With the aim of developing an inclusive culture that recognizes human dignity and the ability for one to seize constructive opportunities in the development in diversity, the University of Padua will begin the fourth edition of the General Course, which is dedicated to human rights and inclusion

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Free Patrick Zaki

14.02.2020

The entire University of Padua community is following the story of Patrick Zaki with great concern. Zaki is a student from the University of Bologna who was recently arrested upon his return to Egypt after studying in Italy. Unipd pleas for national and international institutions to fight for a solution to free Zaki as soon as possible.

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Unipd expresses its dedication to the students and the families of the Chinese community

07.02.2020

The Univeristy of Padova wants to express its dedication to the students and the families of the Chinese community and offer them a voice, so that they too could share their thoughts. We asked Ma Teng and Rui Zhu, two of our students from China, to explain to us how they are living these days, far from their home country.

marie curie

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15 projects from the University of Padua are awarded a total of almost 3 million euros in Marie Curie research grants

06.02.2020

Almost 3 million euros from Europe for research awarded to the University of Padua. Conducted under the banner of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, the University of Padua is thus associated as being an international pole of excellent research.

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Solitary bees, a resource for agriculture and landscape

04.02.2020

Researchers from the University of Padua conducted fieldwork to study how solitary bees use information from other bee species with which they share the same environment to build their nests. Before choosing the location to build their nest, solitary bees carefully inspect other nests for clues that indicate the presence of parasites, making sure that their own brood does not fall prey to these parasites dangers

coronavirus

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Coronavirus: an helpline and guidelines for the University’s community

29.01.2020

Following the onset of the Coronavirus epidemic, the University of Padua is taking preventive measures with the activation of a helpline. The Coronavirus helpline is open from 9 am to 5 pm using the mobile number +039 335/1008877

pianta

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The 2020 Index Seminum of the Botanical Garden and the richness of biological diversity

22.01.2020

The 2020 Index Seminum of the University of Padua’s Botanical Garden is now available online. The Index Seminum is a catalogue of seeds and spores made available by the Garden to other similar institutions. The catalogue is used internationally for the exchange of seeds with other institutions for scientific, educational, and nature conservation purposes