During the inauguration ceremony for the 102nd academic year at UniTS, prizes were awarded to the most deserving students.

University of Trieste Foundation (FUST) Awards

The Foundation manages the legacies of UniTS benefactors, in particular those from the Aldo Duca (Medical Area), Guido Morpurgo Tagliabue (Philosophy Area) and Marcello Urban and Maria Ehrl (Engineering Area) Foundations.

The FUST awards prizes averaging € 2,500 to particularly deserving students enrolled in UniTS bachelor's and master's degree courses.

This year, a total of three grants were awarded in the field of engineering (with a special mention for excellence in studies), three in the field of medicine, two in the field of philosophy and one grant each in the fields of economics, law and life sciences.

The following students received the award from the Rector, Prof. Donata Vianelli, and Prof. Paolo Rosato, President and Vice-President of FUST, respectively:

Giorgio Cutrera, Jacopo Mosetti

Department of Engineering and Architecture, Master's degrees in Engineering

Alessandro Giampaoli

Department of Engineering and Architecture, Master's Degree in Naval Engineering

Giovanna Maria Galuppo, Carmelo Occhipinti

Department of Engineering and Architecture

honourable mention – without award – for commendable academic achievement and excellent exam results

Rossella Albani

Department of Economics, Business, Mathematics and Statistics ‘Bruno De Finetti’, Master's degrees in Economics, Environment and Development, and Statistics and Actuarial Sciences

Diana Di Pietro

Department of Legal, Language, Interpreting and Translation Studies, Integrated Master's Degree in Law

Giada Martin, Michelle Domenighini

Department of Humanities, Master's Degree in Philosophy

Alice Mastrangelo

Department of Life Sciences, Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience

Jerome Jerusalem Daysa

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Francesca Cherubini

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Professions

Francesca Paro

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery

Award for deserving 2024-2025 first-year students – Fondazione CRTrieste

The € 1,550 grant, supported by Fondazione CRTrieste to reward merit, encourage excellence and promote an academic environment that stimulates commitment and personal growth, was presented by the Rector and Prof. Francesco Peroni, Vice-President of Fondazione CRTrieste’s Board of Directors, to:

Francesco Bertolini

Department of Life Sciences

Alessandro Deganutti

Department of Physics

Sabrina De Pra

Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Annachiara Franchi

Department of Humanities

Leonardo Mattiuzzo

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences

Gaia Millo

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Elisa Rossi

Department of Engineering and Architecture

Gabriele Tancik

Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Geosciences

Chiara Zorn

Department of Legal, Language, Interpreting and Translation Studies