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Our community

Una Europa: EU funding for Una.Via to shape the alliance’s future

The alliance has secured funding under the Erasmus+ European Universities 2026 call, enabling the eleven partner universities to strengthen their collaboration and prepare for the next phase of European funding from 2028.

Jan Palmowski
Our University today

“Research and innovation have never been more central to the future of the EU”

Ten years after its foundation, The Guild, the network bringing together some of Europe's leading research-intensive universities, continues to make its voice heard in Europe, promoting innovation, cooperation and academic freedom. UniboMagazine spoke with the network's Secretary-General, Jan Palmowski.

Professor Giovanni Mazzanti
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Professor Giovanni Mazzanti receives the 2026 IEEE DEIS Dakin Award

The professor of the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi" – DEI at the University of Bologna has received one of the most prestigious awards in the field of dielectrics and electrical insulation.

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a student

Dreaming of University of Bologna?

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"I always knew that I wanted to study in Europe."

Evrim, an international student from Cyprus, explains why she chose to come and study in Bologna.

From research to society

Fabio Sgolastra
Environment and life

The problems with the new European proposal on plant protection product risk assessment

UniboMagazine spoke to Fabio Sgolastra, Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and one of the authors of a commentary on the issue published in Science.

The project team
Technological frontiers

Fighting cancer with “living robots”, engineered bacteria designed to reach tumours and deliver personalised therapies

Funded with €1.2 million, the European MagBIO project will develop “magnetobots”, engineered microorganisms capable of moving within the human body, supporting diagnostic monitoring and delivering anticancer drugs. The University of Bologna is among the 18 partners in the international consortium.

A young Yakutia’s inhabitant
Environment and life

From tropical Africa to icy Siberia: how Homo sapiens adapted to colder climates

A series of analyses conducted on the genome of Yakutia’s inhabitants, where low temperatures can reach -70°C, has highlighted certain combinations of genetic variants that can positively regulate physiological functions associated with exposure to cold. And the hybridisation of their ancestors with Neanderthal populations also plays a part.

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