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On 21 September the Job Film Days (JFD) will kick off. The film festival on workers; rights and work in general will take place at Cinema Massimo in Turin.
It will celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the Workers' Statute. Università di Torino is among the partners involved.

On 21 September at Cinema Massimo, the festival will be opened by the screening of a new film, made by Sicurezza e Lavoro with the collaboration of
Università di Torino, that narrates the events that lead to the Statute through the films that depicted the social and working background of 1968-1970.

JFD are part of the project Torino Città del Cinema 2020, organized by Città di Torino, Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Film Commission Torino Piemonte with the collaboration of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Regione Piemonte and Fondazione per la Cultura Torino. The films presented in the
festival, starting from 21 September at 6 p.m., are among the most relevant in the field of work and workers of the past three years, e.g. Sorry We Missed You by Ken Loach

The welcome meetings for Unito freshmen will take place mostly online.
Understanding how courses will be held, exams organized and so on is more important now than ever.
 Communication studies: welcome meeting on 16 September 2020 at 3
p.m. online on Webex;

 Foreign languages: welcome meeting on 25 September 2020 at 2 p.m.
online on Webex;
 Philosophy: welcome meeting on 17 September 2020 at 10 a.m. online
on Webex;
 Physics: welcome meetings on 24 September 2020 at 10-12 a.m., 24
September 2020 at 2-4 p.m., 25 September 2020 at 10-12 a.m. and 25
September 2020 at 2-4 p.m. in Aula Magna “Tullio Regge”, Physics
Department, Via P. Giuria 1, Torino. Booking through the proper form is
mandatory.
 Chemistry and chemical technologies: welcome meeting on 24
September 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. online on Webex;
 Materials science and technology: welcome meeting on 8 October
2020 at 2 p.m. in Aula 18 Centro dell'Innovazione, via Quarello 15/A
Torino;
 History: welcome meeting on 17 September 2020 at 11 a.m. online on
Webex;
 Literature: welcome meeting on 16 September 2020 at 3 p.m. online on
Webex;
 DAMS: welcome meeting on 16 September 2020 at 3 p.m. online on
Webex.

Increasingly often, universities need to keep in touch with the world of work in order to create study plans meeting the demand for specific job profiles.
This is the very reason why a new degree course in Agricultural and Food Law is being launched by Università degli Studi di Torino in the upcoming academic year. It will be the first degree course in Italy devoted to the studying of the law surrounding the agri-food sector.

The course will be based in Cuneo and its lessons provided online, in order to meet the needs of students from all over Italy. The course will touch upon all the main areas of expertise in this sector, from agricultural to agribusiness law, from environmental to European Community law, with the aim of training new law professionals specialized in a particularly relevant field for the economic and community life of our country.

The Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS) and the “PoliEtnico” Choir of Politecnico di Torino have launched a creative contest to compose a song titled WE ARE THE EARTH.
The aim of the contest is to create a multilingual choral song structured into verses and choruses, with lyrics referencing the themes contained in the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 UN Agenda and expressing the creative input of Italian universities as a whole.
● Sing a verse no longer than 70 seconds
● Record your entry
● Send your entry to song.contest@polito.it
● You have until 12 am on August 31 st to turn your entries in.
You can find all the relevant information here.
And don’t forget to keep an eye on the hashtag  #songcontestwearetheearth!

How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect university students and the way they travel to universities, libraries or canteens?
Is it possible that a healthcare emergency should give birth to a new, positive rethinking of transportation? Has faith in the public transport system increased or decreased? Is shared mobility our future, or is it a relic of the past already? Will we eventually use private means of transportation more or less frequently?

Here you can find the link to a survey that aims to understand what is going to change in the transportation routine of the academic community after the healthcare emergency. This survey has been created by the Green Office at UniToGo and by the Italian University Network for Sustainable Development (RUS). Speaking of sustainability, Università degli Studi di Torino has signed an agreement with company Car2go (more specifically with Car2go-Sharenow) which should grant all members of the academic community a 19€ bonus, plus a 10€ traffic bonus. This has been made possible by a sharp decrease in the subscription cost to the service (normally amounting to 9€). You can find the link to register and enter your personal area here.

A gym and a kindergarten will soon be opened at Complesso Aldo Moro of Università di Torino. Alongside the already functioning classrooms and offices of the Department of Foreign Languages, opened to the public a while ago together with part of the shops in the area, over 13,000 square feet will be opened on the lower ground floor starting from September. This completely renovated area will be able to host up to 2,000 people and will be more specifically divided into 3 multi-purpose halls, a congress centre, a teaching room with 410 seats and a university- administered gym that will also act as a research centre.
An underground car park with 623 available parking places (160 of which will be reserved for members of the academic community) will also be opened. Lastly, the remaining building of the premises will serve as student housing with 30 double and 60 single rooms, making it fit to accommodate up to 120 students total.

22 “summer locations” will be hosting Torino a Cielo Aperto, a rich programme of events spanning the whole area of Torino with the aim of inviting citizens to reclaim their public spaces and city parks after the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 healthcare emergency.
The project consists of 22 “summer locations” run by several cultural associations with the support of the City of Torino.
Events will be organized in full accordance with the new dispositions in the latest decree signed by the Prime Minister, in order to assure the audience a completely safe attendance and full peace of mind during all activities.

During Torino a Cielo Aperto open-air spaces, public gardens and parks, areas surrounding museums and recreation centres, squares, balconies and courtyards will become the ideal setting for live shows and performances, music, cinema, theatre, lab activities, meetings, wellness practice, listening sessions, guided tours, multicultural dinners, yoga sessions at sunset, but also for walks in the park, experimentations, walkscapes, educational talks, cabaret shows, animation and visual art productions, post-synch activities, workshops, DJ lessons, storytelling and seminars. They will turn into places where we can all enjoy community life again, still physically distant from each other but all closely knit together as a community while spending an
entertaining summer in our city.

Following more than 100 days of lockdown due to the containment restrictions caused by the Covid-19 emergency, Castello del Valentino will be open for visitors once again starting from Saturday 18 th July 2020.

The palace was originally one of the residences of the House of Savoy and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Today it belongs to Politecnico di Torino and is the seat of the Faculty of Architecture. The rooms on the first floor are open only during free guided tours offered by graduates selected by Politecnico.

The average one-hour tour includes a visit to all rooms on the first floor, plus the Sala delle Colonne and the chapel on the ground floor. It is possible that tours may be restricted in case of reconstruction or restoration work and/or some rooms being booked for meetings. Tours will strictly adhere to safety measures. Access will be limited to groups up to 15 visitors who will be requested to comply with all rules regarding public spaces: they will be required to wear masks and their temperature will be checked upon entrance.

Castello del Valentino will be open for visitors every week at two different entrance times on Saturday morning: at 10:00 or at 11:30 am. Booking in advance on the website of the Castello is required. “We have elected to reopen the Castello to citizens and tourists as soon as possible, as we are aware of the
heritage we are privileged to own, guard and promote,” declared professor Annalisa Dameri, Scientific Coordinator for Restoration Work at Castello del Valentino.