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Mobility programmes are back, meet some of our new international students
In 2020, the health situation put a halt on many things in our lives, including international mobility programmes. What hasn’t stopped, though, are Ca’ Foscari’s efforts to make our University a safe place to welcome new international students that have chosen Venice as their destination.
Ida Zilio Grandi, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi
Ida Zilio Grandi is the director of the newly founded Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi, inaugurated in October last year, and has recently returned to the Council for Relations with Islam, reconvened in November 2020. We interwieved her to know more about her work and the current situation in the Emirates.
Research during COVID: the experience of three Marie Curie Fellows
Elena Bacchin, Matteo Favaretto and Sabrina Minuzzi, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellows at the Ca' Foscari Department of Humanities, share their experiences of international research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interconnections: Studying in COVID times - Maria Kuznetsova
How did Ca' Foscari international students cope with the COVID situation? How are they getting by nowadays? A series of interviews to find out. Maria Kuznetsova is an international student from Russia. She's a second-year MA student in Language Sciences.
Interconnections: Studying in COVID times - Maryam RahimiHaghighi
How did Ca' Foscari international students cope with the COVID situation? How are they getting by nowadays? A series of interviews to find out. Maryam RahimiHaghighi is an international student from Iran. She's a second-year MA student in Science and Technology of Bio and Nanomaterials.
Interconnections: Studying in COVID times - Ali Imran
How did Ca' Foscari international students cope with the COVID situation? How are they getting by nowadays? A series of interviews to find out. Ali Imran is an international student from Pakistan. He's a third-year undergraduate in Philosophy, International Studies and Economics.
Interconnections: Studying in COVID times - Santiago Alarcón
How did Ca' Foscari international students cope with the COVID situation? How are they getting by nowadays? A series of interviews to find out. Santiago Alarcon is an international student from Colombia, who is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Languages and Literatures, specialising in Iberian Studies.
Patrizia Manno, best student of the 2019/2020 summer graduation session
Patrizia Manno was chosen as the best italian student for the 2019/2020 summer graduation session. Read the speech she gave on September 25th during the graduation ceremony at St. Mark's square.
Interconnections: Studying in COVID times - Vandana Kasimahanty
How did Ca' Foscari international students cope with the COVID situation? How are they getting by nowadays? A series of interviews to find out. Vandana Kasimahanty is an international student from India, who is studying for her Master's in Global Development and Entrepreneurship.