VIU Newsletter 07.01
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| Message from Dean Micelli | |||||
| 2007 promises to be an exciting year for VIU. We have ambitious plans for a new mobility program for young researchers and for a virtual VIU community. There are also some important dates in the calendar of VIULECTURES. These initiatives will strengthen the ties among scholars, researchers, professors and students and the local community, stimulating intellectual growth and opportunity. Read Message from the Dean: http://www.univiu.org/newsfolder/deanmicelli |
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| School of Humanities and Social Sciences | |||||
| The Joint Undergraduate Program has been developed into the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The activities of the School include Semester Programs, Intensive Seminars, Summer Programs and an extra-curricular program. Today's globalized world needs flexible minds, able to move across disciplines, capable of tackling contemporary challenges with innovative humanistic approaches, respecting diversity, understanding, communicating and working with people from other cultures. More: http://www.univiu.org/undergraduate/news/schoolofhumanitiesandsocialsciences |
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| Italy Through the Lens of Mobile Technologies - Only Planet Nokia workshop Art and creativity are cornerstones of Italian culture. This is seen in Italy’s rich cultural heritage and also in the business sector where Italian companies are leaders in design and fashion. The aim of this important workshop developed with Nokia is to find new ways of narrating Italian Creativity and Contemporary Culture through photo and video capture using mobile technologies. More: http://www.univiu.org/undergraduate/viulife/onlyplanet |
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| Research | |||||
| TeDIS Center Research on Nanotechnologies TeDIS is participating in a research project on the diffusion on a global scale of nanosciences, nanotechnologies and their application in various industrial sectors. The project will conduct comparative studies on the research and development of nanotechnologies, and also the application of these innovative discoveries downstream in traditional industrial sectors. The project is led by University of California Santa Barbara (Center for Nanotechnology in Society) in collaboration with Duke University’s Global Value Chains initiative and North Carolina in the Global Economy Project. |
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| News from TEN Center The continuing success of the Advanced Training Program has brought two new partners to the project: Municipality of Tianjin and University of Siena. They will develop courses on Sustainable Urban Development in Coastal Areas and on Environmental Policy and Law. TEN Center is also developing a distance-learning pilot project together with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Italian lecturers will teach in Milan to classrooms in Beijing, Changsha and Xining. More: http://www.univiu.org/research/ten/Events/tenewsmarch07 |
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| Spotlight | |||||
| Summer Institute in the Humanities: Venice and the Veneto between the XIX and the XX century Applications are now open for this seminar, which will examine the singular history of Venice, and the role of the visitor’s “gaze” in shaping the economic base, social structures, art, literature, and music of Venice in the twentieth century. The seminar is open to 20 American and European scholars. Classes will be held at VIU from June 11 to June 16 2007. More: http://www.univiu.org/continuingeducation/summerschools/ newsandevents/summerinstitute |
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