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On the Shoulders of Giants 2023
The cycle of seminars helps students explore the most current topics in physics. (Language: Italian)

OPH newsletter #7
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14 December 2023 9am-3pm: suspension of electricity supply for maintenance works: viale Berti Pichat 6/2

Research areas
A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.
News

University
Alma Mater Fest - The University of Bologna welcomes its student community
We look forward to seeing you in Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini, from 27 September to 2 October, for a 4th special edition with guests, topical talks and many free activities open to all.

Meetings and Initiatives
Waiting for the European Researchers' Night 2023
While waiting for the Night (29 Sept 2023), numerous events, scientific aperitifs and guided tours are organised, and numerous lessons by researchers are made available FOR SCHOOLS.

University
Artificial Intelligence: present and future of a pervasive technology
Training initiative

Meetings and Initiatives
Waiting for European Researchers' Night 2023: guided tours and AperiScienza
In the run-up to the night dedicated to research, two upcoming series of events will make you reTHINK your knowledge: talks with professors and researchers, guided tours and short trekking.

Innovation and Research
2nd call for tutoring contracts for DIFA laboratory activities
AFORM "Science" Educational Services Sector - 2nd Call for tutoring contracts for laboratory activities Dip. DIFA (2nd cycle and extensive) A.Y. 2022/23

Innovation and Research
Sandra Sabattini Award
Assignment of two scholarships to female graduate students at the University of Bologna, in all its locations

Innovation and Research
FIRE is born: the innovative dosimeter for radiotherapy control
Scholars have developed a flexible and economical proton detector that will be able to maximize the effects of radiotherapy, precisely monitoring radiation doses released on tumor cells.

Innovation and Research
Climate change amplified the great drought of 2022
By comparing atmospheric observations in the period between 1836 and 2021, scholars have shown how global warming contributed to increasing the intensity of the phenomenon
Events
Guided tours and workshops
Upcoming events at the Loiano Astronomical Station - October 2023
Planetarium, Via Nazionale 11, Loiano Bologna
Seminars
Quantum technologies in Europe
Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, via Zamboni 31, Bologna
Conferences
On the Shoulders of Giants 2023
Accademia delle Scienze, via Zamboni 31, Bologna
Presentations and meetings
Open Day Master SPICES - Space Missions Science, Design and Applications
Sala Ulisse, Accademia delle Scienze, via Zamboni 31, Bologna | Da remoto su piattaforma Ms Teams