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Han Kang wins the Nobel for Literature: guest of Korean seminar in 2023

South Korean writer Han Kang, born in Kwangju on November 27, 1970, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kang was a virtual guest at Ca' Foscari in 2023 for a seminar on Korean literature. We spoke with Prof. Vincenza D'Urso about the style and themes of Han Kang's writing.

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Ca' Foscari signs cooperation agreement with Kansai Medical University

Considering the areas of common interest and shared academic goals in terms of teaching and research, the two Universities have decided to formalize a Memorandum of Understanding that will encourage joint programmes, student mobility, Knowledge Transfer, PhD and research collaboration. 

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EUTOPIA hackathon: two students tell you why you should participate

EUTOPIA launches a second edition of ‘Innovation Challenges for Students: Discovery Week’: the alliance of 10 European universities is looking for students to take part in five days of challenges, teamwork, networking, training and meetings with companies in Cergy, from 13 to 17 November. Send in your application by 22 September.

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X-Ray MicroCT unveils ancient pottery techniques

Researchers from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice have uncovered revolutionary insights into ancient pottery forming techniques using X-ray micro-computed tomography (microCT). This study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, reveals how advanced 3D imaging can reconstruct the complex processes behind Middle Bronze Age Cretan ceramics, offering a new methodology for analyzing ancient pottery.

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Hopfield and Hinton win the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 ‘for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks’. We asked Professors Achille Giacometti and Guido Caldarelli (Theoretical Physics), and Marcello Pelillo (Informatics) for their comments.

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Network for student well-being inaugurates on World Mental Health Day

On October 10th, a framework agreement was signed at Ca' Tron by ULSS 3 Serenissima, ESU, the Venetian universities Ca’ Foscari and Iuav, Accademia di Belle Arti, Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, and IUSVE. The aim of this agreement is to establish a local network of services to support the mental health and well-being of students and the entire academic community.

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Elderly population against immigrants: hurtful paradox in ageing countries

A study by Valerio Dotti, an economist at Ca' Foscari, shows how the voting choices of the elderly can favour short-sighted policies on immigration and public spending. ‘Open immigration policies can be good for the public purse’. The study is published in the Journal of Public Economics

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker for ‘computational protein design',and to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, for ‘protein structure prediction’. The comment of Alessandro Angelini, Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems.

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A research project investigates Venetian inscriptions on Cyprus

Ca' Foscari's project “La lettera e il Leone" explores the Public Communication Strategies of the Serenissima through Texts and Stone Imagery. The Project Launches the First European Open Access Platform Dedicated to Venetian Renaissance Inscriptions.

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From Ca’ Foscari to Directing the Cinema Studies Institute in Toronto

From the lecture halls of Ca' Foscari to the history of cinema in Canada, through NYU: Ca’ Foscari alumnus Alberto Zambenedetti is the new Director of the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto.
The Institute, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, offers one of the most prominent and long-standing programmes for studying the art of cinema in Canada and North America.

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

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

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