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UniTo and UniMi are united in the PhD ‘Sociology and Methodology of Social Research’

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21 October 2016 / in News / by

The University of Turin and the University of Milan manage together the Phd of Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, which is a theoretical-analytical and technical-methodological preparation that aims to train researchers who will be able to analyse the processes of contemporary social and cultural change.

Cardano explains: “The idea of ​​creating an inter-university PhD comes from the limits on the number of scolarships required to create a doctorate inside a department. There are two possible ways: we can create inter-disciplinary Phds that put together sociologists and philosophers, historians, political scientists. Or we can reach the critical size to start a course putting together more universities, opting in this case for a more specific field “.

The course will be only in English, to allow access to the doctorate also to foreign students so that they can fit the learning content in an international context. Moreover only students with a master’s degree and a good knowledge of English can enrol in the courses.

OCCAM, a SuperComputer with powerful computing facilities

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21 October 2016 / in News / by

The Competence Centre for Scientific Computing (C3S) of the University of Turin has been presented in the Lecture Hall of Campus Luigi Einaudi.

The Centre aims to support scientific research of the Departments of the INFN – National Institute of Nuclear Physics – section of Turin and of businesses in the area, so that they can access computing resources that will accelerate their ability to innovation.

All this will be possible thanks to the Open Computing Cluster for Advanced data Manipulation (OCCAM), the supercomputer that has been designed to meet the needs of calculation of different fields from Big Data to genomics, from biology to chemistry, from medicine to humanistic social science.

BIOSPHERA 2.0, the sustainable and intelligent housing module of WoodLab team

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21 October 2016 / in News / by

Biosphera 2.0 is an experimental research project that involves different study centers: Aktivhaus, the Department of Architecture and Design at the Politecnico di Torino, the University of Valle d’Aosta, ZEPHIR – Italian Passivhaus, Minergie and PEFC.

Biosphera 2.0 is the home of the future. It’s a house of 25 square meters that has been and will be hosted from February 2016 to February 2017 by 6 location: Courmayeur, Aosta, Milan, Riccione, Turin and Lugano. You have twelve months to live a house on a human scale, built with the best available technologies. This house can produce independently all the energy you need to live: LED lighting, induction cooking, household appliances, heating and cooling, divided into living area , sleeping area, bathroom and technical plant.

The living module has arrived in Turin and it has been installed at the Politecnico di Torino, in Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59, where it will remain until 15 November 2016. The official opening of the module is scheduled for 18th October 2016 at 2.30 pm at the Sala Agorà of the Incubator of Innovative Enterprises I3P, in Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59.

Presentation of the courses at the Accademia Albertina

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14 October 2016 / in Events / by

The Accademia Albertina will present the following courses in November:

  1. Special Graphic Techniques – Elements of Editorial Graphic, prof. Pasquini.Wednesday,
    November 2, at 1 pm, Room 62 – Third Floor, Via Accademia Albertina 6
    If you want to enrol online for the courses, please visit this websitewww.profpasquini.wordpress.co

  2. Etching Techniques – Printmaking, prof. Fanelli and Prof Gay
    For those enrolled in the first year, the presentation will take place on Wednesday, November 2 at 10 am, classroom 12. For II and III year students of the biennium,the presentation will take place on Thursday, November 3 at 10 am, classroom 12.

Both presentations will also take place on 7th November, at 10 am for I year students, classroom 12, with nformation about the curriculum, and on 8th November at 10 am for other students.

Neurons, lifelong friends. Luca Bonfanti explains why it is so important to train them.

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14 October 2016 / in News / by

UniToNews has decided to take part in Quiz Scienza (Science quiz), a scientific dissemination project by Renato Sartini, a science journalist, which aims to create a virtual contact between the people of the web and the scientific world, in order to simplify scientific concepts and debunk the so-called scientific hoaxes.

It is published on Twitter and Facebook in collaboration with organizations and institutions dealing with scientific research. Luca Bonfanti, professor of veterinary anatomy and neurobiology at the Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO) and at the University of Turin answered to question 7 of Quiz Scienza.

“The 100 billion neurons that are in the brain the day of our birth have to follow us until the death. This is quite different from the situation in other organs such as skin, blood, bone, in which cells change again and again because they alter or die. […] The problem is that the lack of cell turnover in the brain also prevents regeneration after injury (trauma, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases). This failure is even more serious if we think that man’s life expectancy gets longer and longer. Our ancestors, thousands of years ago, lived on average 25 years, and before the industrial revolution people usually didn’t live 60-70 years. Nowadays, in some countries, we are moving towards medium longevity exceeding 100 years, with an obvious risk of increase in senile dementia.

[…] However, there is the opportunity to take advantage of the plasticity of neurogenesis to keep our brain ‘trained’ throughout our lives, so that it remains healthy and functional even in old age, which it’s a form of prevention against the cognitive deficits . It has been shown that repeated physical activity, especially the running (in addition to intellectual activity), increase the production of new neurons in the hippocampus, proving that the lifestyle we lead and the environment in which we live can change (for better or for worse) the “structure” of the brain, at all ages. “

A queue at the toll booths of the membrane: that’s how Matteo Fasano explains water desalination

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14 October 2016 / in News / by

Matteo Fasano, a 29-year-old postdoc at the Politecnico di Torino, uses a metaphor of everyday life to explain the mechanism by which salt water can be turn into drinking water.

He designed this mechanism together with his colleagues of the DENERG, the Department of Energy of the Politecnico, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Minnesota.

A queue at the toll booth: “Let’s suppose that the motorcycle are water molecules and that cars are dissolved ions of salt, and that both are patiently waiting in the queue at the toll booth. Now, imagine that the opening of the toll booth is a meter wide: the bikes in the queue would be able to easily overcome the barrier and to get on the highway, while the cars would be forced to back down. Similarly, a membrane for the reverse osmosis allows the transport of water molecules, while blocking the dissolved salts. An efficient membrane has also a high permeability, this means that as much water as possible equal to the energy that is required for the process passes through the membrane“.

But that’s not all, because it was also thought how to make this process economical “With the heat, especially the low cost, like the sun or the waste heat of the exhaust fumes that would otherwise be wasted“.

It did not take long because this news were circling the world and then be published on October 3 on the Nature Communications.

The events of October of AECT Cameroon

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14 October 2016 / in News / by

The AECT, Association of Cameroonian Students of Turin, is a non-partisan and non-denominational volountary association, to promote cultural, recreational and educational activities, and leisure.

Its aim is to facilitate the integration of new foreign students in Turin while promoting the culture of Cameroon in the territory. For the month of October, the AECT association organizes two evenings, 21st October and 22nd October, devoted to music shows, workshops and dances.

For more information, please visit he Facebook page AECT Cameroon.

Tell me a story at Einaudi College

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14 October 2016 / in Events / by

Tell me a story is a series of meetings in English language that are meant to talk about the storytelling and that aim to strengthen your language skills by interacting with other people on topics you are most interested in.

This is the initiative of Collegio Einaudi, in collaboration with Gabriela Alvarez Language & Skill Coaching & Recruitment, which was inaugurated on 4th October on the occasion of the Gift National Day. The Italian Donation Institute has established the #DonoDay (Giftday), a day to enhance solidarity, which a valuable tool to overcome the economic crisis and the crisis of values.

The event will be held from 6.30 pm to 8 pm, at the Central Library in via Maria Vittoria, 39, and will be free admission until seats are available.

Centenary of the death of Gozzano: a film festival to celebrate him

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14 October 2016 / in Events, News / by

“Non amo che le rose
che non colsi. Non amo che le cose
che potevano essere e non sono state…”

Guido Gozzano, Cocotte.

On the occasion of the centenary of the death of Gozzano, the Study Centre “Guido Gozzano-Cesare Pavese” of the University of Turin is organizing, in collaboration with other cultural institutions of Turin, the film festival “The cinema at the time of Gozzano“, which will take place from 4th to 25th October at the Cinema Romano, Subalpina Gallery.

The Study Centre is organizing a program of events to talk about his work as a poet, travel writer, author of short stories, fairy tales and Turinese prose, of essays on photography and cinema, of a film script; an occasion to discuss the figure of the author, who was often considered a provincial and not at all international poet. Moreover there will be also the projection of silent films of the collections of the National Museum of Cinema in Turin to recreate the atmosphere of Turin at the beginning of the 20th century .

The movies are Free entry to all the projections until there are available seats. For full and detailed program of the festival, visit the Study Centre “Guido Gozzano-Cesare Pavese“.

From ITS to labour market

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14 October 2016 / in News / by

Two years of study, an average employment rate of 88%. 50% of students find a job already during the internship.

These are the figures, certainly positive, that ITS Piedmont register thanks to their educational offerings.
There are four ITS courses in Turin: free two-year courses post high school diploma with a high level of specialisation, that will turn students into higher technicians who are able to fit in the strategic sectors of the economic-productive system:

  • Aerospace / Mechatronics
  • Information and communication technology
  • Agrifood – cereals and rice, beer and fruit and vegetable production
  • Tourism

About 540/600 hours out of a total of 1,800 hours of attendance are devoted to compulsory interships in companies, also foreign ones, and laboratory activities. You will get a degree of Higher Technician, with an indication of the technological area and the national reference figure, equivalent to V level of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).Source: ITS Piedmont

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