“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
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O-Fire (the observatory for impact finance and its economic implications) is the scientific centre of the Bicocca University of Milan that monitors the state of green finance, sustainable and responsible investments and corporate ESG criteria compliance.
Conceived in the midst of a lockdown, this project has already emerged as a compass for so many young people who, once out of university, may find it difficult to find their way around. A brand that shines with a straightforward, poignant style
September in Italy will see Italian universities reopening lecture halls with special safety measures, though students may also opt to continue attending lectures remotely.
Being able to navigate across disciplines, knowledge and cultures is a skill that is gaining ground in contrast to the past. This is one of the reasons, explains Giulio Xhaet, why universities and vocational schools have sprung up to teach and practice contamination
A new degree course is set to begin in Pavia and Milan. Goal: educate future AI specialists via a multi-faceted educational and interdisciplinary approach. Discussion with Giampaolo Azzoni, vice rector of Pavia University
Italy’s public digital ID system reaches 22% in 2020. Last year it was half that number. This new market is drawing an increasing number of startups
The space economy is innovating business models and opening up experimental services in several traditional and frontier sectors, such as space mining and tourism.
She is 35 years’ old and a tenured professor of hygiene at the University of Pavia. But she is also a mother, and during the lockdown she launched an animated cartoon, Leo e Giulia: Noi come voi! [Leo and Julia: like me, like you!] to explain the pandemic to children. Face to face with Anna Odone
With its “Google certificates”, Big G has launched a new training model where skills matter above all, not so much the degree someone has. And it isn’t the only one adopting this view. Has the time actually come for us to bid farewell to dear old universities? We discussed this point with two experts
Law professor Cass R. Sunstein explains: present bias is the tendency to be satisfied with a small reward today rather than waiting for a greater reward in the future, for example by investing in ourselves and our education
Attendance in shifts and seat reservations via app, antibody tests and extra resources to prevent a drop in enrolments: it’s back to university with many issues still unsolved but a brand-new mindset
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.