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| INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IBM awards USI with a high-end server Professor Walter Binder of the USI Faculty of Informatics has received an IBM Shared University Research (SUR) award, established by the company to promote excellence and innovation in scientific research. The recognition, officially conferred last
Friday on the Lugano Campus, consists of a modern high-end server - an IBM Power 755’s – for use by the Dynamic Analysis Group. More information.
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TO THE ORIGINS OF ART Paintings from the origins of art, from the Paleolithic to the Etruscan eras
In four lectures coordinated by achaeologist Cornelia Isler-Kerényi, examples of paintings
will be shown from the famous pre-historic caves of France and Spain, from the Age of the Pharoah in Egypt to Thera
(Santorini) and from the most important Etruscan tombs of Tarquinia. The first event, “Paleolithic Rock Art", is scheduled for Wednesday at 6pm in the auditorium (Lugano Campus). The series of talks is presented by the Archaeological Association of Ticino, organised in collaboration with TEC-Lab as part of the initiative C@USI. Incontri culturali all'USI. More information.
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FASHION WORKSHOP The future of the fashion industry post-2012?
The workshop, organised by the USI Career Service, will see the participation of three business leaders from the fashion industry: Armani with Patrizia Bolzoni (Marketing Director), Bally with Amit Goyal (Director Emerging Markets) and Zegna with Benedetta Zegna (Talent Management Director). The talk will take place Thursday at 11:30am in the Lugano Campus auditorium and will be moderated by Ivan Snehota, Professor of Strategic Marketing.
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| | - To mark the World Day of Audiovisual Heritage, the Archive of the Modern is organizing a screening of audiovisuals from its archives regarding the history of contemporary architecture. From Monday, October 25th, to Saturday, October 30th, three films (in French) will be presented in the screening area of the Academy of Architecture (ground floor of
Palazzo Canavée); the films
are dedicated to three grand masters of architecture from the 20th century: Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Oscar Niemeyer.
- The International Relations and Study-abroad Office organises an information meeting for the students on Friday, October 29th, 12:30pm in the Auditorium (Lugano Campus). The session will cover procedures for an exchange semester either in another Swiss University, in a partner university in the framework of the European Erasmus Programme, or in other international programmes.
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| | - Tuesday, 26.10, 6:30pm
Gutai. Painting with Time and Space
Lecture with Marco Franciolli, Director of the Cantonal Museum of Art
Auditorium, Lugano Campus - Wednesday, 27.10, 1pm
The auditing profession: Deloitte
Event organised as part of the "Visiting Employer" programme
Speakers: Filippo Pandiscia and Stephanie Corso of Deloitte
Classroom 351, Lugano Campus - Wednesday, 27.10, 6pm
Paleolithic Rock Art
Lecture by Jean-Marie Le Tensorer (in
French)
Auditorium, Lugano Campus - Wednesday, 27.10, 8:30pm
The Last Emperor (1987), by Bernardo Bertolucci, screening with commentary by Marco Müller
Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus - Thursday 28.10, 11am
TEXT and images
Lecture by poet Dieter Schlesak and artist Samuele Gabai for the series "Here and now"
classroom 355, Lugano Campus - Thursday, 28.10, 11:30am
Fashion Workshop: Armani, Bally, Zegna
Auditorium, Lugano Campus - Thursday 28.10, 8pm
Photographing the
city,
lecture by Gabriele Basilico (photographer, Milan)
Aula magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus
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