Seminar - Testing the permeability of the barrier separating the inner and outer circumsolar disk

Speaker: Dr. Yves Marrocchi - Director of the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG-CNRS, France) | Tuesday 24 February 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom

24.02.2026

Meteorites provide key insights on the evolution of the solar system. The recent discovery of a fundamental isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (C) meteorites attests that the solar system was divided by a physical barrier into two distinct reservoirs. However, the

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Tribute concert in memory of Riccardo Pozzobon

18.01.2026

Last September, a tragic accident during a work mission in Alaska claimed the life of Riccardo Pozzobon, planetary geologist, researcher at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, and collaborator with the European Space Agency as an astronaut instructor.Alongside his scientific

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International award for research on extreme short-duration rainfall

13.01.2026

Short-duration extreme rainfall events play a critical role in triggering flash floods and debris flows, yet they remain among the most challenging phenomena to analyse and project under climate change. These issues are the focus of an award-winning study co-authored by Francesco Marra, Associate

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Seminar - Disaster Risk Management and Emergency response: The Italian Civil Protection System

Speaker: Dr. Daniela Di Bucci - Italian Civil Protection Department | Thursday 15 January 2026 | 10,30 am - Classroom 1F

15.01.2026

Dr. Daniela Di BucciStructural Geologist, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Master's degree in Behavioural Sciences and Administrations, National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor of Structural Geology. Expert in geo-hazards and in the relationship between the scientific community and policymakers in

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Seminar - Visible and invisible barriers to inclusion

Speaker: Prof. Francesca Pianosi - School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering, University of Bristol & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion deputy | Thursday 8 January 2026 | 4,30 pm - Arduino Classroom

08.01.2026

Globally, around 30% of scientists are women - a ratio that has not significantly increased in the last decades. At the upper levels of scientific hierarchies, the proportion of women declines further, despite gender parity has almost been reached at doctoral level - a pattern that has been

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