June 2024
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June 20, World Refugee Day
As of this academic year, the three refugees Leah, Elizabeth and Benitha are studying in Milan, like Hafsa, Dikonzo and Lea before them, thanks to Bocconi's participation in UNHCR's UNICORE project and can pursue their dreams
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Elizabeth Nyajang Kuon
1st year MSc in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations
Since the age of 10, she lived in a refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing with her family from the civil war in South Sudan.
"This is a great opportunity, a path to a better future. In the future, I would like to be able to extend my hand to others like me, in the same way as it has been extended to me"
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Leah Denyse Nyiramigisha
1st year MSc in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations
She moved as an infant from the Democratic Republic of Congo to a refugee camp in Uganda.
"I really appreciate the opportunity UNICORE has given us and the warm welcome and support we have received here at Bocconi. The knowledge and skills I will assimilate I then hope to put to use to help others, for example in an NGO that promotes schooling opportunities, especially for girls."
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Benitha Nzayanga Mugisha
1st year MSc in Marketing Management
She had to flee with her family when she was 14 years old from Burundi to Kenya.
"I lost everything I had but as it was said, ‘education is something no one can take away from you’ and for that, and being here at Bocconi today, I am very grateful. In the future I would like to work on promoting projects to spread education among the poor and refugees. And one day to be a donor to the UNICORE project myself."
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Dikonzo Akili
2nd year MSc in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations
Congolese, he lived for 12 years in a refugee camp in Malawi with his family.
"Nelson Mandela once said, ‘I dream of a place where all people of all races work together in harmony’ - I am living and experiencing that very place here at Bocconi. And the investment in my education is not only about me, but also about my family, my community and my country."
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Hafsa Nagawa
2nd year MSc in Marketing Management
Her parents fled their countries (her mother is Rwandan, her father from Burundi) to Tanzania, where Hafsa was born, and then to a refugee camp in Mozambique, where Hafsa graduated by studying at night and working during the day to help her family.
“I am really grateful to Bocconi and those who are helping to fund my studies: you are helping me realize my dream.”
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Lea Christine Itumu Kikora
2nd year MSc in Economics and Management of Government and International Organizations
Congolese who lived as a refugee in Cameroon all her life.
"My dream is to become an entrepreneur and engage in humanitarian activities - not only because I know how it feels to be vulnerable, but also because of the pleasure it gives when you help someone. The fact that someone has decided to support our studies here at Bocconi means bringing light and hope to many families."
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Luca, a beautiful mind
Some shots from the lectio inauguralis of the Romeo and Enrica Invernizzi Foundation Chair in Computer Science last 6th September. On that occasion, Luca Trevisan, who passed away today, explained that the security and confidentiality of our data and the security of cryptographic applications are not guaranteed by the power of algorithms, but by their inability to solve certain mathematical problems
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May 2024
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A community impacting Europe
A photoshoot to represent the 27 countries of the European Union through students, professors and staff born in each of them. (may 2024)
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Portugal,
Maria Couto Alves
Student
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Spain
Alfredo Llovet
Staff
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Germany,
Sarah Eichmeyer
faculty
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Lithuania,
Aldona Kapacinskaite
faculty
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Malta,
Christiaan Kotze
Student
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Belgium,
Laurent Poirrier
Faculty
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France,
Hugo Lavenant
faculty
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Greece,
Myrto Christodoulou
Student
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Ireland,
Dearbhla Cullinane
Student
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Poland, Adam Polak
Faculty
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Slovakia,
Ivica Vrabelova
Staff
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Italia, Matilde Jorio
Student
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Sweden
Lova Angelhov Karlsson
Student
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Luxembourg,
Balthazar Munro
Student
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Austria,
Dominik Zhang
Student
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Republic of Cyprus,
Eva Michael
Student
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Czech Republic,
Michael Susak
Student
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Finland,
Nikita Matveev
Student
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Bulgaria,
Stefka Rakova
Staff
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Hungary,
Greta Juhasz
Staff
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Romania,
Fernanda Panzar
Student
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Denmark,
Jakob Sorensen
Faculty
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Slovenia,
Nenad Kos
Faculty
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Netherlands,
Iris Steenkamp
Faculty
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Latvia,
Katrina Ivanova
Student
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Estonia,
Kaspar Sõukand
Student
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Croatia,
Mislav Radic
Faculty
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Changed by Women on the road
The project lands in America with three events in Washington DC, San Francisco and New York City (April and May 2024)
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Changed by Women on the road
Chiara Scotti, Silvia Paruzzolo e Francesca Daverio were the three Changed by women ambassadors at the event in Washington DC, hosted at Villa Firenze by Mariangela Zappia, Italian Ambassador to the United States
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Changed by Women on the road
Silvia Console Battilana was interviewed in San Francisco by Diego Piacentini
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Changed by Women on the road
Diego Piacentini and Silvia Console Battilana at the Italian Innovation and Culture Hub in San Francisco
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Changed by Women on the road
With Maria Francesca Carli and Elena Pirondini in New York City
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Changed by Women on the road
Bocconi rector Francesco Billari with Maria Francesca Carli and Elena Pirondini in New York City
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax (may 2024)
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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Life in the Campus
When lessons are over, the park and the Bocconi Sport Center offer many possibilities to hang around with friends, play or just relax
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The Musical
Welcome to the Moulin Rouge (may 2024)
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