In the early Universe, cosmic dust grains were larger than those found in nearby galaxies 13 Gennaio 2025

Researchers from Scuola Normale Superiore and the University of Ljubljana, in collaboration with international experts, have made a groundbreaking discovery about the evolution of cosmic dust properties in galaxies in the early Universe, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Prolusion by Luigi Ambrosio for the inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 19 Ottobre 2024

Welcome to the inauguration ceremony for the new academic year of the Scuola Normale Superiore, on the 214th anniversary of its foundation, 18th October 1810.

The Scuola Normale's contribution to the new, very precise measurement of the mass of the W boson 24 Settembre 2024
A new, extremely precise measurement of the mass of the W boson, the particle whose discovery in 1983 earned Carlo Rubbia - a former student of the Scuola Normale - and Simon Van der Meer the Nobel Prize in Physics, was presented a few days ago at CERN.
From Research to Business: new call for 5 PhD scholarships 10 Luglio 2024

5 scholarship are aimed at promoting innovation and the diffusion of technologies, strengthening skills, encouraging the transition towards a knowledge-based economy, as envisaged by the strategic objectives of the Scuola Normale Superiore.  

The motion approved Academic Senate, 26th March 2024 8 Aprile 2024

We publish herein the text in its entirety approved by the components of the Scuola Normale at the session of the day before yesterday, Tuesday 26th March 2024.  

Speech by the Director of Scuola Normale Superiore 2 Aprile 2024

In relation to some journalistic reports that have appeared in recent days, according to which, among other things, the Scuola Normale has "communicated the decision to interrupt ongoing collaborations with Israeli universities regarding certain technologies" I would like to express some considerations.

Cosmology: an ERC Consolidator Grant goes to the Scuola Normale for a research project on the origins of the Universe 23 Novembre 2023
The grant has been awarded to Guilherme Leite Pimentel for the project “Notimeforcosmo”, which will be examining the statistical properties of primordial perturbations imprinted at the Big Bang. The funding is for over a million and a half euros and has a duration of 5 years.
Prolusion by Luigi Ambrosio for the inauguration of the academic year 2023/2024 26 Ottobre 2023

I would like to welcome the President of the Region, the Prefect,

the Mayor,