“The Betrothed” The revelation of Humanity during the plague “Historia Magistrae vitae” (“History is life’s teacher”). These are the words used by one of the most famous Latin historians, Cicero, to define History and stating its protagonists are human beings given that they are the ones who ‘write’ it. He brings a further insight to …
Free at home – Episode 1 The Shawshank Redemption Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free This is the promotional quote of the film “The Shawshank Redemption” for its great launch on the big screen in 1994. Surely I’m not the only one who has asked myself many times during this forced …
Call for Mobility – What we have done PH. Brooke Cagle by Unsplash Translated by Lisa Ferrario Reading time 3 min GOAL: to allow a greater number of students to study abroad for a semester. THE SITUATION THUS FAR: 4500 applications per year; 3000 available places; 1500 actual number of people going abroad. …
Il nostro lavoro per il nuovo bando mobilità PH. Brooke Cagle by Unsplash Tempo di lettura 5 min OBIETTIVO: permettere ad un numero sempre maggiore di studenti di poter fare l’esperienza di frequentare un semestre all’estero. SITUAZIONE AD OGGI: richieste all’anno 4500; posti disponibili 3000; partenze per mobilità: 1500. LA NOSTRA POSIZIONE: Le esperienze all’estero …
If politics isn’t politics anymore, then what is politics? Memoir of a group of friends who began to get involved in politics staying home Two months ago I listened to an interview with Giulio Sapelli in which he claimed that the only solution to the serious Italian political problem is to reform the political class …
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Ci siamo davvero fermati? PH. Robert V. Ruggiero by Unsplash Una delle prime canzoni che ha aperto la mia quarantena è stata “La storia” di Francesco De Gregori. Mi sono sorpreso del significato che acquisiva e di come mi provocasse in un momento in cui tutto cambiava e in cui già le prime libertà individuali …
Have we really stopped? PH. Robert V. Ruggiero by Unsplash One of the first songs which set off my quarantine is “La storia” by Francesco De Gregori. I was surprised by the meaning of the song and by the feelings it brought up in me during a time when everything was changing and individual freedom …
Georgia on my mind Non solo tesi – un’amicizia a 7000 km da casa I 6 mesi passati negli Stati Uniti per la tesi al Georgia Institute of Technology di Atlanta sono stati probabilmente i sei mesi più intensi della mia vita. Non essendo mai stato negli USA, e avendo sempre vissuto a casa a …
Georgia on my mind Not just a thesis – A friendship at 7000 km from home The 6 months spent in the United States, writing the thesis at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, have probably been the most intense six months of my life. Never having been to the USA, and always having …
A home in João Pessoa The story of an emergency and of humanity answering back Betta’s story starts at the end of a journey: on the 18th of December, after graduating in Biomedical Engineering, she was celebrating, along with the others, those which may have been the last face-to-face graduations at Politecnico di Milano for …
