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DDX11 protein that "cleans" cells: hope for rare and neurodegenerative diseases

On Autophagy research led by CNR-Ibbc that features the collaboration of Federiciano Maurizio Renna

Exploitation of Biological Waste for Novel Added-Value Products

The Summer School, as part of the SULILEIA project, aims to present the latest advances and promote scientific collaboration in bio-based waste valorization

FIS calls: projects of three Federican researchers funded

They are Concetta Di Natale, Martina Salzano de Luna, and Daniele Tammaro

Periodic cooking of eggs

On Communications Engineering (Nature Publishing Group) the multidisciplinary research signed Federico II.

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Rare diseases

DDX11 protein that "cleans" cells: hope for rare and neurodegenerative diseases

On Autophagy research led by CNR-Ibbc that features the collaboration of Federiciano Maurizio Renna

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Literature

STORY IN PROGRESS, the workshop to form new literary identities, gets underway

The project encourages creative connections between different art forms, such as combining music and painting or literature and film, to generate original ideas and stimulate creativity

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Architecture

Federico II to host international conference 'REVELATIONS'

It is aimed at scholars, designers, artists, activists, and doctoral students, and is intended as a space for critical and transdisciplinary discussion

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Environment

Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Water Management

Program aimed at 25 young researchers, doctoral students, and academic professionals from African backgrounds interested in developing advanced skills in water resources management and environmental sustainability

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Awards

Leopoldo Angrisani elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences

The Academy brings together Europe's most eminent scientists, engineers and scholars with the goal of promoting excellence in science and technologya

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Awards

Nunzio Romano new member of Global Soil Partnership technical committee

The SPG is a mechanism created to develop a strong interactive partnership to improve governance and promote sustainable land management

La stazione dell'Alta velocità di Afragola

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Earthquakes

First preventive seismic warning system on the Rome-Naples line

Using a network of accelerometer stations installed along the route, the system detects the first seismic waves (P waves) and estimates the intensity of an earthquake in real time

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Equal opportunities

Third Gender Balance @UNINA

The objective of the analysis is to present, from a gender perspective, the outcomes of the survey of students' opinions on educational activities

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Robotics

A lesson in advanced robotics

Springer Nature and Federica Web Learning project based on MOOC&BOOK, innovative teaching format that blends multimedia learning with in-depth study of the classic science textbook

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Health

Antioxidant-rich foods and mitigation of hepatic bioaccumulation

Study shows that Consumption of food products rich in antioxidants acts as a preventive measure to regulate levels of mycotoxins, a significant threat to human and animal health

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Awards

'Antonio Feltrinelli Giovani' award to Federiciana Maria Chiara Scappaticcio

Awarded for the ability to analyze social aspects of ancient literary works from various, sometimes unexplored perspectives.

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Higher education

Academy of the Frederick II: sixteen advanced training courses with leading international companies

Training paths of particular relevance to the productive fabric, through which to develop skills and soft skills

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To Andrea Ballabio the 'Beth Levine, M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research'

International award given every two years to scientists who have distinguished themselves in research in the field of autophagy

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Technology

Development of a new generation of quantum computers: the Italian Accord

Understanding between Planckian, an Italian quantum computing company and the first joint spin-off of the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore, and the QTLab Quantum Computation Center of the Federico II University of Technology, where Italy's most powerful 25-qubit (...).

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Medicine

AOU Federico II pediatric surgery honored in Kagoshima

Research focused on artificial intelligence and robotic surgery in the service of precision medicine

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Exhibitions

Exhibition 'Physica Illustrata. Journey through vintage books and instruments'

The exhibition, which can be visited at the physics museum until Oct. 30, features a fascinating dialogue between historical scientific apparatus and ancient books

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Oenology

Luigi Moio receives the 'Pino Khail' award for the enhancement of Italian wine

Award given for by the historic magazine 'Civilization of Drinking'

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Oenology

Inaugurated in Avellino the Oenological Pole of Excellence of Federico II

The facility represents a unique excellence in the university scene in southern Italy. The hub offers exclusive advantages for academic training

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Innovation

Kicking off Grow Forward. Call for Ideas growing innovation in Agritech.

Initiative aimed at startups, spin-offs, researchers, faculty, entrepreneurial teams and companies that want to develop innovative, sustainable and scalable projects in agriculture. Applications due by September 12, 2025

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A Federiciana, the only Italian in the SPES Commission.

Specialized committee of 18 distinguished scientists. SPES is responsible for evaluating applications for research funding in the field of subatomic physics

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Summer School

Exploitation of Biological Waste for Novel Added-Value Products

The Summer School, as part of the SULILEIA project, aims to present the latest advances and promote scientific collaboration in bio-based waste valorization

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Awards

'Valeria Solesin Award', ninth edition

The theme is "female talent as a determining factor in the development of economy, ethics and meritocracy in our country."

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Internal structure of the Phlegraean Fields at the origin of bradyseism revealed

The study is the result of a major international scientific collaboration involving Stanford University (USA), Université Grenoble Alpes (France) and the geophysical technology company ALomax Scientific

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Notices

Veronesi Foundation, calls for proposals 2026

Post-doctoral fellowship 2026 calls are open. Applications due by 5:59 p.m. July 18, 2025

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Competition

STEM Challenge 2025

Design competition in which students, organized into teams, will be asked to solve a real-world challenge on the topic of Digital Procurement

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Didactics

'Verso Sud Academy,' agreement signed for a Euro-Mediterranean Academy

Planned activities include the involvement of scientific and managerial excellence from partner universities to offer interdisciplinary and future-oriented programs

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Pharmaceutical

"Mid-season Sustainable Pharmaceutical Applications (MiSuSPharmA)"

May 5 and 6 at the Frederick II the first edition of the conference of international character

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Art

Competition Days of Canovian Studies 2025

Applications no later than 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025

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Innovation

vEIColo Call for Proposals - Second Edition

Opportunities for scientific research and technological innovation projects. Initiative promoted by Materias

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University

UPE, the Union of Emeritus Professors of Italian Universities, is born

Organizational tool to create sharing and synergies, fostering the dissemination of initiatives and the implementation of joint scientific-cultural activities on the national territory

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Environment

Plastics, Biology and the Environment: C.I.R.AM. alongside the new generations

Event aims to bring new generations closer to the world of research

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Computing

IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation.

More than 300 participants from academia and industry discussed software testing, verification and validation

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Robotics

Two valuable collections recently received as gifts are on display at DIETI

The collections, displayed in the library, are accessible to the entire community of Frederick faculty and students

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International ranking

QS World University Rankings by Subject: the Federico II among the best in the world

The University in 2025 improves its position in all macro areas of reference and ranks first among universities in the South

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Recognition

Mariafelicia De Laurentis named EHT project scientist.

Lecturer in astronomy and astrophysics at Federico II University and researcher at INFN

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FIS calls: projects of three Federican researchers funded

They are Concetta Di Natale, Martina Salzano de Luna, and Daniele Tammaro

Renewables

To Iwt the Lorenzo Cagnoni Award for the 'Wind' category.

Project carried out with the scientific support of the Federal Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DIETI)

Mental and physical health

'Wellness between art, sport and movement. ProBen-APP-wellbeing'

It is presented on Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. in the Aula Magna of Parthenope University

La sede in cui si svolge la Summer School

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Higher education

Capri Summer School on Qualitative Research Methods

Aimed at young researchers in economics, management and organizational studies. The edition will take place Sept. 8-12

La cupola del planetario in via di completamento

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Astronomy

Europe's largest planetarium is in Campania: partnership with Federico II University

Federican students, researchers and doctoral students will be able to carry out integrative teaching activities and internships

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Health
Sports

From laboratory to competition: the NutriSportHealthLab is born at CEINGE.

Innovative and customized training programs will be designed to improve health status and sports performance

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Periodic cooking of eggs

On Communications Engineering (Nature Publishing Group) the multidisciplinary research signed Federico II.

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City and surroundings
Progress advertising

Advertising Progress Foundation and CRUI: "Choose the University"

Campaign to promote college studies kicks off. Friday, Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. presentation of the commercial

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Studio
Breast carcinoma

The road of immunotherapy to fight breast cancer

The results of a study conducted by CNR-Ieos and Federico II published in Science Advances. New strategies for prognosis and treatment

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Opportunity
Radio
New technologies

The future of audio Broadcast through new processing technologies

A seminar on 'Innovation and Emotion' dedicated to Audio Broadcast and Multimedia, Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. at F2 Radio Lab in the Theater Room

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Nature

Immunoveg, a Frederick spin-off, selected for TerraNext business accelerator program

Aim: To produce bioingredients for the nutraceutical, cosmetic and novel-food sectors

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Biodiversity
Ecosystems

Biodiversity. Systematic Conservation Planning.

Study shows its importance for improving nature conservation and achieving the GBF's ambitious 2030 targets

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Training
African health care

In Kigali, Rwanda, the first pediatric surgery course

Inaugurated 'IRCAD Africa,' largest training center. Among the organizers is Frederican Ciro Esposito

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Honorary degree

Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences and Statistics to King Felipe VI

Ceremony on December 12 at the Teatro San Carlo in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella

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BioBoost+

The Federico II University partners with the BioBoost+ Project.

Monitoring marine biodiversity through innovative technologies

Sviluppato il più grande database di genomi microbici da alimenti

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Largest database of microbial genomes from food developed

With Agraria the European study to improve quality, safety and sustainability

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"Meet Federico". F2 Radio Lab's podcast to celebrate 800 years

Thirteen episodes to discover the places, characters and stories of a great Athenaeum

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Opportunity

SULIEIA, transnational project for higher education initiatives kicks off

22 new innovative teaching activities and language and intercultural pathways

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Awards

Clarivate 2024 report: three Federicians among world's most cited researchers

Danilo Ercolini, Angelo Antonio Izzo and Edoardo Pasolli

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Power supply

Courses in Dietetics and Human Nutrition Sciences kick off

Opening ceremony of the new academic year on Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. in Scampia

Il Presidente Mattarella si congratula con Manfredi per l'elezione

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City and surroundings
Manfredi

Gaetano Manfredi unanimously elected president of ANCI

Congratulations from the rector and the University on the extraordinary achievement

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Ranking

The Frederick II at the Top of the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.

Third in the world for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in GRAS ranking

Angela Zampella la nuova Prorettrice dell'Università Federico II

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Frederick II Bodies

Angela Zampella new vice chancellor of the Federico II. Rector's announcement

Full professor of organic chemistry and head of the Department of Pharmacy

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Veterinary

Aniello Anastasio confirmed as head of the Department of Veterinary Science

Full Professor of Food Hygiene and Technology was elected on the first ballot. Reappointed for three-year term 2025-2027

Ingresso Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli

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University

The Frederick II in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Stanford University's research again this year includes more than 300 researchers from the University of Frederick

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Power supply

Federiciana Giovanna Muscogiuri at the European Obesity Society

Will fill the role of directing and coordinating the position paper on medical nutrition therapy of patients with obesity and cancer

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Sports

Sailing Tomorrow 800anniversary

The races will be held on RS21 one-design boats provided by the Italian Sailing Federation's Committee V Zone, with support from CRV Italy.

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University

Statista Italy's Best Employers 2025. Federico II first among universities

The ranking, in its fifth edition, awards 450 employers in Italy, of which only eighteen universities

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Welfare PLUS, Trenitalia's offer for Fredericans.

All information is in the personal area

Sedi del Centro che saranno oggetto del progetto di rimozione delle barriere architettoniche

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Museum Center

Elimination of physical and cognitive barriers at the Museum Center

NRP funding for 'Removal of physical and cognitive barriers in museums, libraries, and archives'

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Awards

Angela Sara Cacciapuoti among 50 InspiringFifty award winners

The award recognizes female excellence to 50 women who, in various capacities, have distinguished themselves in the world of technology

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Awards

Starting grant ERC to Simona Colombelli, Luca Fortunato and Stefano Oscurato

The intervention supports cutting-edge research in a wide range of areas

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Ranking

Shanghai ARWU rankings: the Federico II among the best universities in the world

Third among Italians, 35th in Aerospace Engineering and 40th in Agricultural Sciences

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Awards

ABISSI podcast wins at Italian Podcast Awards 2024 - "Science" category

Recounts the descent into the depths of the Pacific Ocean aboard the Alvin, a U.S. Navy submarine

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Awards

Federiciana Maria Angela De Stefano is among the winners of the 2023 Fellowships

She submitted a study project in the area of Regenerative Medicine and stood out among 248 applications from 47 countries, receiving one of 6 scholarships worth 32 thousand euros

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Studio
Pompeii

Reconstruction of the collapse stages of the 'Black Hall' in Pompeii

The discovery sees the participation of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences Federico II

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Ranking

Federico II among the best universities in the world

The Athenaeum is ranked in 30 disciplines in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

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Search

"Presidential Award" to hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery at AOU Federico II

The Frederick study was conducted by Professor Roberto Montalti

Advanced ovarian carcinoma, innovative surgery at the Federico II University of Naples

Intelligenza Artificiale per la Predizione dei Terremoti Indotti

Artificial Intelligence for Induced Earthquake Prediction.

Study conducted by the MODAL research group coordinated by Francesco Piccialli

Il professore Malapelle al World Conference on Lung Cancer 2025

Professor Malapelle at the World Conference on Lung Cancer 2025

World's largest meeting dedicated to lung cancer

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Frederick II among the winners of the Fujitsu Quantum Challenge

Neapolitan researchers have succeeded in designing and implementing the first quantum algorithm capable of monitoring and controlling different aspects of a smart city

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Awards

Federican team wins T-TeC in 'Ideas' category

International contest organized by Telespazio and Leonardo

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Seminar

Frederick II meets... Massimo Recalcati

Meeting organized by F2 Cultura scheduled at Mercadante Theater as part of the 800th anniversary of the Athenaeum

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Astronomy

Planetary Entropy Production (PEP) from a Frederick study.

PEP could prove crucial in determining a planet's suitability for complex life

sezione della facciata dell'Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli

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University

Federico II's Departments of Excellence 2023 - 2027.

Among the fifteen departments on the MUR list, twelve were eligible for funding

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Awards

Valeria Solesin Award to Frederican Tonia Stiuso

Award named after Italian researcher victim of Nov. 13, 2015 attack at Bataclan Theater

cerimonia di conferimento laurea honoris causa ad Andrea Bocelli

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Honorary degree

Conferment of Honorary Degree on Andrea Bocelli

Ceremony on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Title in Management of Social Policy and Services. Laudatio by Paola De Vivo, coordinator of the Master's Degree Program.

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Awards

FIS call for proposals, Tigem faculty member from Frederick among winners

Antonella De Matteis among the 5 Telethon researchers whose project was selected under Life Sciences in the first call of the Italian Fund for Science

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Opportunity
Services to students

Psychological support, services for active and participatory inclusion

SinAPSI's work to support students on their college journey continues

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Awards

Frederick's Maurizio Bifulco among the winners of the XXV 'Capo d'Orlando Award'

She will receive the award in the 'Science and Food' category for her academic research work on the Mediterranean diet, its applications in the medical field, and the promotion of its health principles in the mass media

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree in Geology and Applied Geology to Alberto Angela

Ceremony on June 5, 2023. The laudation will be delivered by Pasquale Raia, professor of Paleontology and Paleoecology at the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences

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Awards

Minerva Prize to the Frederician Santa Parrello

Awarded to women who work in the fields of knowledge and symbolically represent role models for their professional skills and positive values

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Awards

European Research Council (ERC) honors Federicians Ballabio and Auricchio

ERC Advanced Grants are the largest funding awarded by the European Research Council

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Honorary degree

Massimo Troisi to receive honorary degree from Federico II

Honorary degree in Disciplines of Music and Performance. History and Theory. Rector Lorito will present the parchment to the family

Il rettore Matteo Lorito e Alessandro Profumo

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Honorary degree

To Alessandro Profumo honorary degree in materials engineering

Motivations include the continued promotion and support of research in the field of materials and related technologies

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Awards

National Innovation Award, Frederick Iriant team on the podium

This is the main Italian competition between innovative business plans

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Honorary degree

Congolese physician Denis Mukwege to receive honorary degree

Title in 'Management of Social Policies and Services'. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018.

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Athenaeum

Frederick II Athenaeum settles in Bacoli.

New Center for Higher Education on Digital Humanities opens at Villa Ferretti, a property confiscated from crime

veduta di Scampia con la sede del complesso universitario della Federico II

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Athenaeum

Scampia Complex, new home of the Frederick II, is inaugurated

It will host the Health Professions bachelor's and master's degree programs. Godmother Zeudi Di Palma, a Frederick student of social sciences and Miss Italy 2021

Ciro Esposito alla cerimonia di consegna della laurea honoris causa

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree from the University of Athens to professor Ciro Esposito

Recognition for boosting the development of pediatric laparoscopic and robotic surgery in Europe over the past 30 years

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Honorary degree

To Tim Cook Honorary Degree in Innovation and International Management

Ceremony broadcast live on Youtube. The laudation will be delivered by Luigi Cantone, professor of business economics and management at the University of Frederick

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Listening

Naples DiverCity project: LGBT listening and counseling desk

Based at the SInAPSi Center at the Frederick II University of Applied Sciences in Via Porta di Massa, 1

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Awards

"DSN Rising Star in Dependability Award," awarded to a Frederick researcher

For proposing creative ideas and innovative research in the field of secure and resilient computer networks and systems

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Astronomy

Here is the black hole at the center of our galaxy

The image provides important clues to understanding the behavior of these bodies that are believed to reside at the center of most galaxies

Stefano Marrone e Franca Rocco di Torrepadula

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Awards

Two Federicans Winners of ETIC 2022 Award.

The contest aims to enhance the issues of ethics applied to digital technologies

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Awards

ERC Consolidator Grant 2021 to Federican Carmine Settembre

Study may open future therapeutic prospects to combat human diseases associated with aging

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Awards

Morand Lambla Award, international recognition to a Frederick faculty member

The winner is Ernesto Di Maio, professor of Materials Science and Technology.

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By-products of agri-food supply chains and their reuse

Scientific work conducted by the Food Chemistry research group coordinated by Professor Ritieni

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Digital technologies

The Frederick II in the worldwide network of the Centre for Sociodigital Futures

Network of leading researchers with expertise spanning the social sciences, engineering and the arts.

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Inaf of Naples

Eso's picture of the week is the work of Inaf's Vst of Naples

Photograph captured two overlapping but not gravitationally interacting spiral galaxies

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Obesity

Metabolic health also requires good memory

Study published in Nature Communications

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree in aerospace engineering to Paul Pascale Langer

Managing director and CEO of Costruzioni Aeronautiche TECNAM. Title for his great contribution to Campania aeronautics, a sector of high importance to the area.

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Environment

BIOCHIP research project: first results published in prestigious journal

Research project of three Federico II departments published in international journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

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Honorary degree

Honorary Master's Degree in Mathematics to Jorge J. Moré

Morè is among the most influential figures in the field of numerical optimization, and his scientific output includes some of the cornerstones of the field

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Power supply

Healthy cookies from exhausted coffee

On Foods study on the many potentially health-promoting ingredients still present in the byproduct

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree in modern philology to writer Maurizio de Giovanni

Ceremony on September 13, 2021. The laudatio will be delivered by Pasquale Sabbatino, professor of Italian Literature at the University of Frederick

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Astronomy

HCG 86, the quartet of galaxies identified by a Frederick study

Study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, led by Ph.D. student Rossella Ragusa of the Department of Physics

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Water

New mechanism of breaking the water layer of air bubbles discovered

The paper detailing the discovery was published in the Proceedings of the American National Academy of Sciences.

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Awards

Luigi Barrea wins SIE 40 award

Award given to the best Italian researcher in Endocrinology, under 40 years of age

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Space

A look into the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy with EHT

International team pinpointed the location of the central supermassive black hole revealing the birth of a giant jet

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Scholarship

At Frederick II, the prestigious Kenneth Warren Fellowship.

Research project on innovative surgical therapies of primary hepatocellular carcinoma

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Muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy and side effects of treatment

Disease manifests in early childhood with problems in walking that progress to loss of independence

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Virtual reality

Intellectual disability: recovering executive skills with virtual reality

Study published in the international journal Brain Sciences. Involved 14 people with varying degrees of intellectual disability from birth

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Planets

Earth-like biospheres on other planets may be rare

Work published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Environment

The white olive, a misunderstood variety of olive tree from Campania, Italy.

Plant biodiversity also exposes planet to risk of biological cataclysms

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Awards

Eni Award honors Federican Francesca De Falco

Young Researcher of the Year Awarded.

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Awards

INSTM/Polymers Prize. First place winner a researcher from Frederick

Recognition awarded for study on polymeric materials for purification of polluted water

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis: transport channel discovered that blocks inflammation

Study published in the prestigious scientific journal Immunity (Cell Press).

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Science

Cybergenetics synchronizes cell clocks

It will be possible to study the biological mechanisms underlying the cell cycle, the regulation of which is the principle of many anticancer drugs.

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Awards

Quantum Experience Academic Research Program Award at the Federico II

Recognition allows access to an IBM quantum computer reserved for university researchers to conduct advanced research on quantum artificial intelligence.

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Genome structure

New technologies to determine genome structure and regulation

The discovery was published in the journal Nature Methods and taken up in the journal's News&Views

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Power supply

Gluten-free pasta: a possible risk for toddlers?

In Campania, disease incidence in minors is 27.4 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants

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Search

To the North Pole to study thawing permafrost

Federican research team participated in a scientific expedition to the Arctic

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Science

Possible clues to new physics in early Muon g-2 results

New and accurate measure of the magnetic properties of the muon, an elementary particle belonging to the lepton family, identified

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Health

The TOSCA Registry on heart failure, a Federiciana reality

Study by the team led by Antonio Cittadini, professor of internal medicine

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Awards

Podium for Frederick II at Imperial Barrel Award finals

Third place for students in the Master of Science degree in Geology and Applied Geology.

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Science

The first image of magnetic fields at the edge of a black hole

The result makes a key contribution to explaining how the M87 galaxy emits energetic jets of particles from its core

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Search

PRISMA laboratory and environmental sustainability with the PON PlaCE project

Project aims to test, for the first time nationwide, cutting-edge technologies and solutions for the environmentally sustainable reuse of offshore oil and gas platforms at the end of their production phase

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Power supply

Pizza is good and good for your health

The study evaluated the nutraceutical potential of 'Pizza napoletana marinara'

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Power supply

Breast milk protects babies from allergies

CEINGE-Advanced Biotechnology researchers analyzed a population of 100 mothers from Campania, Italy.

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Search

A new 3D cell printing technology to create pancreatic tissue

ENLIGHT project brings together researchers from leading academic centers and industries across Europe

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Search

New microbiome scientists at the Frederick II with 'CRESCENDO'

The project will benefit from the participation of 21 partner organizations

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Medicine

Groundbreaking study in the field of chemotherapy neuropathy

Work was published in the journal PNAS

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Search

Herpes Simplex virus for biological drugs against cancer

Study by researchers from CEINGE in Naples and the Department of Molecular Medicine of the Federico II University

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Medicine

Alzheimer's disease and gut microbiota: link confirmed

Study conducted by Italian research team, published in international journal JAD (Journal of Alzheimer's Disease)

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Volcanology

Rain and seismic tremor in the Phlegraean Fields.

Study on the influence of rain on the phenomenon of seismic swarms in the area

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Search

PRISMA Lab flies over power lines with AERIAL-CORE

Research project for the development of cognitive technologies to serve an integrated aerial robotic system for the maintenance of high-voltage power lines

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Honorary degree

Frederick II awards honorary degree in geology to Robert J. Bodnar

His research involves the properties and role of fluids in natural and synthetic materials. He is among the most highly cited researchers in the world in the field of Earth Sciences in terms of his publications

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Science

Neurons in the vitrified brain of an AD 79 eruption victim.

Italian discovery published by journal Plos One

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Economy

The Frederick II among the promoting partners of IBNO

IBNO aims to promote knowledge transfer in management and entrepreneurship

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Medicine

Alzheimer's: recovering executive skills by stimulating the spinal cord

The study involved 16 patients with moderate-severe symptoms and cognitive difficulties in executive skills

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Search

Synthesis and structural characterization of longer-chain glycan

Study published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications

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Search

Allergic diseases and the role of mast cells and follicular T helper cells

Research published in the prestigious journal Trends in Immunology

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Search

The Silver Combustion Medal 2020

it is the most coveted international award in the combustion industry

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Search

The mechanisms that regulate chromosome structure and activity

This organization plays a key role in the functional control of the genome

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Search

XENON1T: leading experiments in the direct search for dark matter

A group of Neapolitan physicists from the Department of Physics 'Ettore Pancini' is participating in the project under the responsibility of Michele Iacovacci

prodotti alimentari tipici della Dieta mediterranea

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Power supply

The gut microbiome and short-chain fatty acids

A diet inspired by the Mediterranean model improves glucose metabolism

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The Frederican Department of Chemical Sciences hosts 'Glytunes' project

Research in the area of carbohydrate chemistry studies covered by the SSCN group in the Department of Chemical Sciences

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Infant formula fermented with human origin probiotic

Natural childbirth and breast milk winning strategies for optimal immune system development in infants

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First destructive paleo-tsunami ever observed in Africa

Research funded by National Geographic and conducted by an international team of researchers

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How do ordinary people understand scientific information?

Analyzed psychosocial processes operating in the transformation of scientific information into common sense knowledge

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Mechanical fan born in Italy from international FDA-certified design

Innovative assisted breathing device

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Federico II and Bristol Universities research on new synthetic biological components

Study published in the prestigious international journal Nature Communications.

prodotti tipici della Dieta mediterranea

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Beneficial effects of the Mediterranean Diet in overweight and obese subjects

Research highlights direct relationship between diet, gut microbiome and human health

I ragazzi che compongono il team della Federico II

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Federico II team at CFA Research Challenge 2020

Finance competition organized by CFA Institute, in which the world's top universities participate each year

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Medicine

Frederick Pediatric Surgery in Paris at the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital

Professor Ciro Esposito invited to operate in France's most important pediatric center, the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris

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Awards

Antonio Sarno among winners of INFN Youth Grant

Project was among the best 6 scientific proposals submitted to the competition in 2019

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Volcanology

The eruption of the Campanian Ignimbrite. DISTAR study.

Study conducted by researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Frederick. Results published in Scientific Reports

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2020 Einstein Medal to Federiciana Mariafelicia De Laurentis

Recognition for image of supermassive black hole at center of distant Messier galaxy M87

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Causes of cancer also found in 'junk DNA'

A study by researchers at CEINGE-Advanced Biotechnology in Naples.

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Three Frederick laboratories in the new Italian Astrobiological Institute

The Institute aims to develop and coordinate collaboration between researchers from different disciplines

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Multidisciplinary team to recognize cancer cells in blood

MORFEO, funded by MIUR, among scientific research programs of significant national interest

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree to James P. Allison

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018. He will be awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine.

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Federican Luca Borrelli honored at 47th SIM Congress

Awarded at the 47th Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree to Antonio Loffredo Parish priest of Rione Sanità

Title in Architecture. His work expresses an innovative and fertile vision of the use of the commons and public space through sensitive, inclusive practices from below,

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Honoris causa

Stephen J. Galli awarded Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in.

He revolutionized some traditional aspects of Immunology. Of outstanding clinical importance is his discovery of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) for translational and therapeutic aspects of cancer

cerimonia di conferimento della laurea honoris causa alla professoressa Michelotti

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Honorary Degree in Dentistry to Professor Ambrosina Michelotti

Title conferred by the University of MalmÖ in Sweden. She is the author of more than 120 publications in the most prestigious journals

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Honorary Doctor of Medicine degree to Robert J. Lefkowitz

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2012 with the U.S. Brian Kobilka for studies on G-protein-coupled cell receptors.

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To Fabiola Gianotti, the Ph.D. in Physics H. C.

Distinguished for research and ability in leading large international collaborations in elementary particle physics experiments

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Master's degree honoris causa to Maestro Michele Campanella

Title conferred in Disciplines of Music and Performance. History and Theory, for cultural and artistic merit

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Honorary Master's Degree in Law to Gerhard Dilcher

He is Professor Emeritus of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, enumerated among Europe's most distinguished jurists

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Honorary Ph.D. in chemical sciences to Vincenzo Barone

He is one of the pioneers of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in Italy: In addition to his research interests, he has had an intense directive and organizational activity aimed at promoting the role of scientific disciplines in Italy

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Honorary degree

Honorary master's degree to Akihiro Nikkaku

Through his work, he has provided a decisive direction toward the development of new products that can improve the environment, health, safety and quality of life of the population

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Honorary master's degree to mathematician Tadeusz Iwaniec

He has been a foreign member of the Academy of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the National Society of Sciences Letters and Arts in Naples since 1998. In 2009 he received the Sierpinski Medal for his contribution to Hyperelasticity Theory

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Awards

A young Federican researcher in agricultural genetics receives the 2017 UNASA Award

To Giuseppe Andolfo award for the best scientific article of the year

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Master's degree honoris causa alla memoria to Antonio de Curtis, aka Totò

April 15, 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of the 'Prince of Laughter'. Awarded at the proposal of Renzo Arbore

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree to Takaaki Kajita

Laureate of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. The laudation will be delivered by Vittorio Palladino, professor of experimental physics at the Federico II

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree to Ignazio Visco in Statistical Decision Sciences

For expending considerable energy in building the Bank of Italy's econometric model and developing studies and research with high statistical and econometric impact

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Honorary degree

University of Dubna awarded honorary degree in Astrophysics to Massimo Capaccioli

The Federico II professor had already received an honorary degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2010.

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Third age

Anna Valanzuolo at 88 discusses her master's thesis

B.A. in Modern Philology with a thesis on 'Dante in the literary production and creative activity of Ugo Foscolo'

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Honorary degree

Honorary degree in educational sciences to Joseph Cacciatore

The Federico II professor is the author of an extensive bibliography on nineteenth- and twentieth-century historicism and neighboring currents of thought in the German, Italian, Iberian and Ibero-American areas.

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Reimund Neugebauer to receive honorary Ph.D. in Manufacturing Technology and Systemsa

Since 2012, he has been president of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the largest public applied research organization in Germany

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Director Paolo Sorrentino to receive honorary degree in modern philology

The ceremony at the 791th anniversary celebration of Frederick II. Then party in the square with Peppe Servillo and the Solis

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Peppe Barra to receive honorary master's degree in theater literature, writing and criticism

Title awarded for bringing the culture of local tradition to an international dimension

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Honorary degree to Israeli scientist Gedeon Dagan

Recognition in Forestry and Environmental Sciences to the scholar who has most contributed to and directed research on processes related to groundwater dynamics

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Frederick II awards honorary degree to Lilia Alberghina

Title conferred in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology. Contributed to the establishment of the University Milano Bicocca.

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Honorary degree in Romania to professor Alberto Ritieni

He has been carrying out research in the field of food safety, mycotoxins and quality of agri-food products for over twenty years

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Honorary degree in Medicine to Sister Julia Aguiar

Recognition honors the nun's extraordinary work over the past three decades in Bénin, West Africa

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Prague awards honorary degree to professor Alessandro Piccolo

Award given by the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague to seal pioneering research activity in the field of organic matter chemistry and dynamics

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To Ilan Chet, the father of the 'green revolution,' honorary degree from the Frederick II

It is unanimously considered the driving force behind a truly global movement aimed at improving the quality of food

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Mimmo Jodice to receive honorary degree in architecture

Among the great names in Italian photography. His artistic contribution translates different realities into images, bringing to light unprecedented representations of the urban landscape

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Honorary degree to Rolfs, father of nuclear astrophysics

He is credited with the study of nuclear reactions that play a fundamental role in understanding the mechanism of how stars work, from their birth to their death

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Honorary degree to Morris, father of mass spectrometry

Through his research he has made important contributions to the understanding of protein and carbohydrate chemistry

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On Autophagy research led by CNR-Ibbc that features the collaboration of Federiciano Maurizio Renna

Exploitation of Biological Waste for Novel Added-Value Products

The Summer School, as part of the SULILEIA project, aims to present the latest advances and promote scientific collaboration in bio-based waste valorization

FIS calls: projects of three Federican researchers funded

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STORY IN PROGRESS, the workshop to form new literary identities, gets underway

Federico II to host international conference 'REVELATIONS'

Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Water Management

Leopoldo Angrisani elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences

Nunzio Romano new member of Global Soil Partnership technical committee

First preventive seismic warning system on the Rome-Naples line

Third Gender Balance @UNINA

A lesson in advanced robotics

Antioxidant-rich foods and mitigation of hepatic bioaccumulation

'Antonio Feltrinelli Giovani' award to Federiciana Maria Chiara Scappaticcio

Academy of the Frederick II: sixteen advanced training courses with leading international companies

To Andrea Ballabio the 'Beth Levine, M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research'

Development of a new generation of quantum computers: the Italian Accord

AOU Federico II pediatric surgery honored in Kagoshima

Exhibition 'Physica Illustrata. Journey through vintage books and instruments'

Luigi Moio receives the 'Pino Khail' award for the enhancement of Italian wine

Inaugurated in Avellino the Oenological Pole of Excellence of Federico II

Kicking off Grow Forward. Call for Ideas growing innovation in Agritech.

A Federiciana, the only Italian in the SPES Commission.

Exploitation of Biological Waste for Novel Added-Value Products

'Valeria Solesin Award', ninth edition

Internal structure of the Phlegraean Fields at the origin of bradyseism revealed

Veronesi Foundation, calls for proposals 2026

STEM Challenge 2025

'Verso Sud Academy,' agreement signed for a Euro-Mediterranean Academy

"Mid-season Sustainable Pharmaceutical Applications (MiSuSPharmA)"

Competition Days of Canovian Studies 2025

vEIColo Call for Proposals - Second Edition

UPE, the Union of Emeritus Professors of Italian Universities, is born

Plastics, Biology and the Environment: C.I.R.AM. alongside the new generations

IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation.

Two valuable collections recently received as gifts are on display at DIETI

QS World University Rankings by Subject: the Federico II among the best in the world

Mariafelicia De Laurentis named EHT project scientist.

FIS calls: projects of three Federican researchers funded

To Iwt the Lorenzo Cagnoni Award for the 'Wind' category.

'Wellness between art, sport and movement. ProBen-APP-wellbeing'

Capri Summer School on Qualitative Research Methods

Europe's largest planetarium is in Campania: partnership with Federico II University

From laboratory to competition: the NutriSportHealthLab is born at CEINGE.

Periodic cooking of eggs

Advertising Progress Foundation and CRUI: "Choose the University"

The road of immunotherapy to fight breast cancer

The future of audio Broadcast through new processing technologies

Immunoveg, a Frederick spin-off, selected for TerraNext business accelerator program

Biodiversity. Systematic Conservation Planning.

In Kigali, Rwanda, the first pediatric surgery course

Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences and Statistics to King Felipe VI

The Federico II University partners with the BioBoost+ Project.

Largest database of microbial genomes from food developed

"Meet Federico". F2 Radio Lab's podcast to celebrate 800 years

SULIEIA, transnational project for higher education initiatives kicks off

Clarivate 2024 report: three Federicians among world's most cited researchers

Courses in Dietetics and Human Nutrition Sciences kick off

Gaetano Manfredi unanimously elected president of ANCI

The Frederick II at the Top of the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.

Angela Zampella new vice chancellor of the Federico II. Rector's announcement

Aniello Anastasio confirmed as head of the Department of Veterinary Science

The Frederick II in the World's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Federiciana Giovanna Muscogiuri at the European Obesity Society

Sailing Tomorrow 800anniversary

Statista Italy's Best Employers 2025. Federico II first among universities

Welfare PLUS, Trenitalia's offer for Fredericans.