The Order of the Cherub is an academic honour awarded by the Rector of the University of Pisa, upon the resolution of the Academic Senate, to full professors of the University of Pisa with at least ten years’ seniority, who have enhanced the prestige of the University through notable scientific merits and who have made a substantial contribution to the life and functioning of the University by holding important institutional and organisational positions within it.
The conferral is accompanied by the presentation of a diploma and an insignia depicting the head of a six-winged cherub.
On 27 March 2024, the Order of the Cherub was awarded to:
- Mario Salvetti, Department of Mathematics
- Marco Beghini, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
- Roberto Bizzocchi, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge
- Francesco Camillo, Department of Veterinary Science
- Massimo Pappalardo, Department of Computer Science
- Liliana Dell’Osso, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
- Vincenzo Ambriola, Department of Computer Science
- Lucia Migliore, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery
- Giovanni Alberti, Department of Mathematics
- Saulle Panizza, Department of Political Science
- Dianora Poletti, Department of Law
- Paolo Maria Mancarella, Department of Computer Science
- Gianluca Brunori, Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences
- Andrea Bonaccorsi, Department of Energy, Systems, Land and Construction Engineering
- Rolando Ferri, Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics
- Raffaele De Caterina, Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area Pathology
- Giuseppe Anastasi, Department of Information Engineering
- Benedetta Mennucci, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
- Monica Pratesi, Department of Economics and Management
The recipients of the Order of the Cherub year by year.
List of lecturers who have been awarded the honour since 1960
