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UniSR Communication Team

Thanks to the contribution of the various team members, the UniSR Marketing and Communications Service deals with the multiple communication areas of the University: news scouting, creation of news, audio and video, event organization, website management and institutional social media, drafting and publication of newsletters, support for institutional relations. The Service interacts with all the main stakeholders (students, teachers, technical and administrative staff, research community, territory) in order to support and potential communication (internal and external) of the initiatives related to teaching, research and public engagement.

LATEST ARTICLES

Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer: How to Communicate

Research & Innovation

Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer: How to Communicate

The psychological impact of breast cancer can emerge before a diagnosis. It makes itself felt when a woman is invited for a routine mammogram and fear of the result leads her to put the test off, and it can stay with her throughout treatment, down to the way she comes to recognise herself in the...

25 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Phenomenology of Pain: What It Is and How It Differs

Research & Innovation

Phenomenology of Pain: What It Is and How It Differs

The phenomenology of pain distinguishes localised pain from existential suffering, discusses lived time and empathy, and defines the difference between pain and suffering: what happens when we feel pain? We discuss it, on the occasion of Pain Awareness Month, with Professor Francesca De Vecchi,...

22 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Corporate Purpose: What Philosophy Teaches Business

Research & Innovation

Corporate Purpose: What Philosophy Teaches Business

From how organisations relate to other people to the search for a shared corporate purpose, philosophy helps organisations tell simple change apart from genuine progress. We discuss this with Prof. Roberto Mordacci, Vice-Rector for Human and Social Sciences, Full Professor of Moral Philosophy and...

22 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Serendipity in Science: The View of Telmo Pievani

Research & Innovation

Serendipity in Science: The View of Telmo Pievani

Behind the word serendipity lies the tale of a lost camel in a Persian fable. As the story goes, King Giaffar of Serendip once dispatched his three sons into the world to gain experience of life. Along their journey, the princes encountered a man who had lost his camel. Before he could utter a...

22 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
The Ethics of Predictive Testing: Autonomy and Uncertainty

Research & Innovation

The Ethics of Predictive Testing: Autonomy and Uncertainty

Predictive testing estimates the probability that a person will develop a given condition. For potential patients, that information can be valuable: knowing about a risk in advance can support prevention, guide lifestyle choices and allow earlier diagnosis, in some cases improving the outcome of...

17 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Biological Aging: What It Is and Why It Happens

Research & Innovation

Biological Aging: What It Is and Why It Happens

Biological aging explains why life expectancy in Italy has doubled in just a century, rising from 40 to over 80 years. A century ago, families rarely lived long enough to see their grandchildren grow up, and adults barely past forty already looked elderly. Today the picture has changed: couples...

14 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Allergy, Immunology and Immunodeficiency in One School

Programs & Careers

Allergy, Immunology and Immunodeficiency in One School

Most postgraduate schools in allergy and clinical immunology train residents in only one branch of the discipline: allergy and immunodeficiency, or clinical immunology. That's the assessment of Professor Lorenzo Dagna, who directs the school at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (UniSR). There,...

14 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis: What Blood Tests Change

Research & Innovation

Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis: What Blood Tests Change

In May 2026, early Alzheimer’s diagnosis took a concrete step forward: several blood tests received CE marking in Europe under the IVDR regulation. That approval allows them to run on automated platforms in clinical laboratories, at a scale that wasn’t possible before. As recently as 2024, blood...

2 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Nephrology Residency Programme at UniSR: How It Works

Programs & Careers

Nephrology Residency Programme at UniSR: How It Works

UniSR's nephrology residency programme trains specialists in one of the least familiar disciplines among medical students, and one of the least visible in the public imagination. Perhaps because the kidney is seen as a “silent” organ, and because, during medical school, the subject can feel dense...

2 Sep, 2026 0 Comments
Test Anxiety: Data and Strategies to Manage It

Student Life & Campus

Test Anxiety: Data and Strategies to Manage It

Test anxiety is not simple nervousness. It is a physiological and cognitive response that, according to the most recent surveys, affects a substantial proportion of Italian students, from secondary school through university. Sweaty palms before walking into the exam hall. A mind that goes blank at...

3 Aug, 2026 0 Comments
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