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With the STARDust (Scienza Teatro Arte Ricerca Donne) project, the University of Pisa is giving shape to a new narrative of scientific research— how it unfolds, the knowledge it produces, and the impact it has on our lives.
This creative challenge entrusts women in science with the task of guiding the stage narrative through their perspectives and voices, transforming them from protagonists of research into protagonists of theatrical storytelling: “ricercattrici” in every sense of the word. What unites them is creativity—the power to spark thought and emotion, to educate and transform—expressed through different forms to make knowledge more accessible.
To meet this challenge, STARDust steps out of labs and classrooms and enters the immersive world of theatre. But this is no ordinary performance: it is a unique theatrical production where the rigour of the scientific method blends with the emotional resonance and lightness of performance, and with the universal language and beauty of art. The interwoven voices of the “ricercattrici” will narrate their cutting-edge research at the University of Pisa, while actresses and musicians will give form and sound to their emotions.
Following the success of the first performance “The Mind: It’s Not What It Seems” which was performed to a full house at Pisa’s Teatro Verdi on 8 November 2024, work is now under way on the new edition for 2025. The upcoming show, in ideal continuity with the previous one, will focus on the theme of Artificial Intelligence and is scheduled for the evening of Saturday 18 October at the Teatro 4 Mori in Livorno.
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LIFE PolliNetwork has officially launched as Italy’s most ambitious project for the conservation of bees, butterflies, and hoverflies—the main pollinators. The initiative is coordinated by WWF and co-funded by the European Union, with additional financial support from the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) and the CARIPLO Foundation. The University of Pisa is a project partner.
Over 40% of invertebrate pollinators are at risk worldwide. In Europe, nearly half of all pollinator insect populations are declining, and one-third are already considered threatened. LIFE PolliNetwork aims to create a network of protected areas and ecological corridors. These corridors will transform infrastructures across Italy—roads, railways, and electrical stations—into what the project calls “Buzz Lines,” where pollinators can feed, reproduce, and safely move between habitats.
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Maestro Manfred Giampietro, conductor of the University of Pisa Orchestra, has received the Gold Prize at the Debussy International Music Competition in the Original Composition category for his piece “La Terza Italia”, an anthem to Giuseppe Mazzini set to a text by Giosuè Carducci.
In addition to conducting the orchestra, Manfred Giampietro is the organizational director of the “M. Antonella Galanti” Music Center at the Center for Innovation and the Dissemination of Culture (CIDIC), and teaches Music for Film in the Degree Program in Performing Arts and Communication Studies.