The Oscar Of Science awarded to the “Normalista” Christopher Hacon 5 Dicembre 2017
Christopher Hacon, University of Utah mathematician, was awarded the 2018 prestigious Breakthrough Prize. The prize, that celebrates top achievements in Physics, Life Sciences & Mathematics, is worldwide considered “The Oscar Of Science”. The awards ceremony, hosted by Morgan Freeman, was held at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain Vi…
A Scuola Normale based in Naples? The Dean of the Federico II University confirms, and raises the stakes 25 Ottobre 2017
"A Scuola Normale in the South of Italy". This is the announcement made by Professor Vincenzo Barone during his opening speech at the beginning of the new academic year, celebrated on 18 October 2017. Professor Gaetano Manfredi confirms the existence of an undergoing project in an editorial published by the Repubblica newspaper.
How to choose (and evaluate) a good professor 6 Ottobre 2017
In Italy, we don’t pursue merit. Otherwise, within the academic world, deserving universities might afford, for example, to offer competitive salaries in order to attract the best lecturers on international scale. But we carefully refrain from making it possible.
The Scuola Normale in the Former Ilva Foundry. «We are devising new ways to be present within our territory» 27 Settembre 2017
The spaces destined to the Scuola Normale for 5 years within the former Foundry N. 1 in Follonica have been inaugurated. Students and researchers will have multimedia stations at their disposal during this first phase of a collaboration that could result in a permanent presence of the Scuola Normale in the maritime town in the province of Gr…
Bright 2017 at the Scuola Normale 27 Settembre 2017
The Scuola Normale opens its doors to Bright, the European Researchers’ Day. On Friday 29th September, from 4 pm to 10 pm, 5 booths set in the cluster of the Palazzo della Carovana, in Piazza dei Cavalieri, will display the activities of the Nest, Saet, and Smart laboratories.
“Concerti della Normale”: the New Season. 21 Classical Music Soirées in Pisa 19 Settembre 2017
Today, the new Artistic Director, Carlo Boccadoro, introduced the 2017/2018 programme. “We will alternate some intense performances to sheer fun. Our intention is to draw the attention of the great public to classical music”.
Donatella Della Porta at the 13th ESA Conference with Yanis Varoufakis 28 Agosto 2017
Donatella Della Porta, Dean of the Institute for Humanities and the Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, has been invited to participate in a special evening event within the plenary session of the 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), held in Athens from 29 August to 1 September 2017. On Wednesday 30 Au…
Umberto Zannier to hold the “Minerva Lecture Series” at Princeton University 25 Agosto 2017
Once again a prestigious appointment for Prof. Umberto Zannier, Full Professor of Geometry at the Scuola Normale Superiore, as Princeton University chose him as speaker for the “Minerva Lecture Series“, consisting of three lectures held yearly at Princeton University since 2012 at the initiative of the Fernholz Foundation.
