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The service “Substance Use and Addiction: Preventive Counselling” launches at Ca’ Foscari, in collaboration with ULSS 3 and open to all Venetian universities

Promoting the psychophysical well-being of the university community also means addressing the issue of addiction with responsibility and competence. It is with this purpose in mind that the new "Substance Use and Addiction: Preventive Counselling" was created at Ca' Foscari: the service offers support, active listening and expert advice on drugs and other addictive behaviours. 

University

At Ca’ Foscari, the ‘Cattedra Messico/Mexico Chair’ in Latin American Studies

On Friday, 14 March, in Venice, Rector Tiziana Lippiello and Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo, President of Colmex, El Colegio de México, signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a ‘Mexico Chair’ in Latin American Studies at Ca’ Foscari. The inauguration ceremony is scheduled for Monday, 17 March, at 10:30 at Ca’ Dolfin.

People

Anika #StudentVoices: “A Passion for STEM Since I Was a Child”

Anika Millton is a second-year student pursuing her Environmental Engineering for Ecological Transition Bachelor’s degree at Ca’ Foscari University.

People

A conversation on feminism, activism and gender-based violence with Argentinian anthropologist Rita Segato

Rita Segato is an internationally renowned anthropologist and feminist writer, born in Buenos Aires. She is a scholar of race, colonialism, gender violence and femicide, areas where she is recognised as one of the most essential feminist thinkers of our time. Watch her conversation with student Chiara Vanzan in the first episode of the video series “A più voci”.

University

Easter, 25 April and 1 May 2025: Upcoming Ca’ Foscari Closures

Ca’ Foscari University’s premises in Venice, Mestre and Treviso will be closed from Saturday 19 to Monday 21 April for the Easter holidays, from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 April, and from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May 2025. See the library pages for full details.

Research

Returns, Readmissions, and CPRs: Preliminary Results from the MORE Project Presented at the European Parliament

The preliminary results of the MORE project were presented on 26 March at the European Parliament. The analysis also covered the CPRs themselves. On 10 April, the lecture ‘Inferno CPR’ [ITA] will address the living and detention conditions of migrants in these centres, focusing particularly on physical and mental health as well the internal functioning of the CPR system. The lecture will be open to the public. 

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

Interviews and events with international guests, professors and students. The best of Ca' Foscari's YouTube channel.