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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.

University

Have Your Say: Vote in the Student Elections on 8-10 April

From 9:00 AM on April 8 until 12:00 PM on April 10, 2025, you can vote online to elect your representatives for the next two academic years within Ca’ Foscari’s governing bodies and the Board of Directors of ESU-ARDSU Venezia. List submissions are also open—until 1:00 PM on March 10, 2025, for Ca’ Foscari and until 4:30 PM on March 6, 2025, for ESU-ARDSU.

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From Venice to Georgetown to study the environment as an agent of history

Georgetown University in Washington recently welcomed Ca' Foscari graduate Luca Barison, who is now a PhD student in environmental history. Barison’s academic journey combines a love for history with a focus on environmental issues, culminating in notable accomplishments, such as the Giuseppe Del Torre Prize.

Research

Ice loss in Greenland’s mountain glaciers

Conducted by CNR-Isp, in collaboration with Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the Universities of Freiburg and Copenhagen and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, the research used data acquired by satellites over 35 years and contributes to the understanding of the impact of global warming on the cryosphere. The results were published in the Journal of Glaciology.

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Studying street art: An outdoor laboratory for Conservation Science

Vallà is hamlet in the town of Riese Pio X that gained fame for a participatory urban regeneration project called The Wallà. In June 2024, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics, and Statistics, for the study of the conservation of outdoor mural artworks. Arianna Abbafati and Giovanni Milan shared with us their first field experience, which took place last October.

People

Vera Buffolo, Audiovisual Producer of Podcasts for the European Parliament

Vera Buffolo, a Ca’ Foscari alumna, is part of the production team of Europarl Radio, the European Parliament's official web radio, which creates and broadcasts original audio content daily in all 24 official languages of the European Union. After five years of experience as a podcast producer, we asked this former Ca’ Foscari student to share the rewards and challenges of her work.

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

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