While even the most casual visitor will be familiar with the fact that Bologna is home to the oldest university in Europe, few are perhaps aware that the city also hosts another higher education institution that's a centre of excellence for graduate studies and a hotbed for future players in the world of global policies: The Johns Hopkins University School for...

A beautiful story is to be told about the University Sports Centre of Bologna, the Alma Mater Studiorum’s sports sector since 1946. It is a beautiful story, because in this area sports have always been undertaken at a high level with professionalism and enthusiasm, with plenty of scope for discovering and developing new talents. Many of these young men and women have become champions,...

The Archiginnasio (Greek for “first school”), the ancient seat of the University of Bologna, is quite extraordinary. I often catch a glimpse of people hesitating in front of the entrance before they venture in. Watching them during their visit, I notice their expressions of astonishment and wonder, regardless of their level of culture and knowledge. There is no doubt that the Archiginnasio is...

They were 470 Doctors of Research who were rewarded with a ceremony in Bologna's most important Piazza (Piazza Maggiore). There were many important people present for the ceremony, from the Dean of the University of Bologna Ivano Dionigi, the Mayor of Bologna Virginio Merola, the President of Unindustria of Bologna Alberto Vacchi and the Philosopher Umberto Eco; however the attention of the...