On Monday, June 29, 2026, at Stazione Rogers in Trieste, a presentation was held for Intelligenze Future, a special issue of the magazine Il Ponte rosso, dedicated to artificial intelligence and produced by alumni of the School of Cultural Journalism. The initiative, part of ARTIFICIAL HUB—a project promoted and carried out by the Stazione Rogers - ETS association in partnership with the University—provided an important opportunity to discuss the changes that AI-based technologies are bringing about in contemporary society, while also highlighting the University of Trieste’s role in cultural education and the critical analysis of the major transformations of our time.

The event was introduced by Paolo Quazzolo, professor of Theater History at the University of Trieste. Speakers included Paolo Gallina, professor of Robotics and Human-Machine Interaction at the University of Trieste; Walter Chiereghin, editor-in-chief of the journal; and Francesco Carbone, coordinator of the new editorial team, in conversation with Marina Blagojevic, Tajana Petrov, Michele Ramunno, Emanuele Sichenze, and Giulia Scigliuzzo—members of the editorial team that edited the special issue.

The editorial project was launched as part of the Ponte Rosso School of Cultural Journalism, established thanks to the support of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and an internship agreement with the Department of Humanities at the University of Trieste.The University’s involvement has helped create a space for education and experimentation that fosters dialogue between university research, cultural production, and the younger generations.

The issue Intelligenze Future, now available in print and digital formats, addresses highly topical issues, ranging from the consequences of artificial intelligence on emotional relationships to new balances in power dynamics, and the impact on creative and knowledge-based professions, including animation, writing, graphic design, and scientific research. Contributors to the volume include Gaia Bigollo, Marina Blagojevic, Greta Candotto, Michele Ramunno, Giulia Scigliuzzo, Emanuele Sichenze, and Barbara Zippo.

The School of Cultural Journalism, open to everyone free of charge, concluded its first year of activity in 2025, involving 21 participants selected from over sixty applicants. This experience gave rise to a new editorial team, composed largely of young people, college students, and recent graduates, which joined the long-standing editorial staff of the monthly magazine Il Ponte rosso, founded in 2015 and now in its 127th issue.

The experience has also paved the way for a journey that continues beyond the course’s conclusion: alumni have chosen to continue collaborating, building on an experience of cultural and professional growth.

The initiative underscored the University of Trieste’s contribution to promoting interdisciplinary educational programs and opportunities for reflection on emerging contemporary issues, fostering the convergence of humanities, technological innovation, and cultural engagement in the local community.

On Saturday, March 29, 2025, in the Aula Magna of the Section of Studies in Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators at the University of Trieste, SISMA, an innovative show that blends science popularization and theatrical performance to explore the phenomenon of earthquakes, was staged. Conceived by Daniele Tenze and Alberto Rizzo, it was produced by CEA Mulino Cocconi ODV, the managing body of the Gemona Water Ecomuseum, thanks to a grant from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region as part of its projects for scientific popularization.
SISMA is a stand-up show that brings science to the stage through accessible and engaging language. Scientific theories, seismological data and collective memory intertwine in an immersive experience enriched by a unique sound environment: thanks to a laser projection, seismograms take visual and sound form, offering the audience a new way to perceive the Earth's movements.
The show addresses geosciences with a multidisciplinary approach that mixes geology, acoustics and seismology with the physical and emotional impact of earthquakes. Thanks to the collaboration with University of Trieste professors Stefano Parolai and Fabio Romanelli, the scientific material collected for the show helped update the activities of the Earthquake Lab, the science outreach center of the Ecomuseo delle Acque active in Gemona del Friuli since 2016.
SISMA is an integral part of the “Noi e il Terremoto” project in which the University of Trieste, the CSS Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia and the municipalities of Buja and Gemona del Friuli are partners. The play's authors, in its initial draft, also benefited from personal collaborations developed within the artistic residency offered by the Ars-Arti Relazioni Scienza project, which allowed for a synergistic optimization of existing knowledge on the topic in the region. In this context, the first rehearsal of the play was hosted at the “Invisible Cities” festival, organized by the City of Gradisca d'Isonzo and Quarantasettezeroquattro with the collaboration of various organizations including the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics - OGS and Kaleidoscienza.

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The first event of the educational project Mare Sopra, which took place at the Teatro Miela on May 9th, garnered significant interest from the audience. The initiative, conceived by Stefano Furlani, associate professor of geomorphology at the University of Trieste, aims to raise awareness about the issue of rising sea levels caused by climate change.

The day began with the screening of the documentary 2100. There’s no time to waste, which, through the contributions of scientists and experts, examines the effects of climate change on environments and natural resources in 26 emerged and submerged sites along the Sicilian coast, attempting to imagine the situation in 2100, the year that science uses to simulate future environmental scenarios based on the data collected so far. The film, already awarded at various festivals, was produced in 2021 by Fabrizio Antonioli, associated with the Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering of the CNR (CNR-IGAG), and Thalassia Giaccone, from the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station.

Following the screening was a roundtable discussion on the theme Impact of Rising Sea Levels on the Coasts of Friuli Venezia Giulia, moderated by Franco Foresta Martin, former scientific and environmental editor of Corriere della Sera and Rai consultant (Quark and Geo&Geo). The discussion involved some of the leading experts in climate change and marine biology: Fabrizio Antonioli, coastal geomorphologist from CNR-IGAG, specialized in the study of sea level variations; glaciologist Renato R. Colucci from CNR-ISP; physicist Fabio Raicich from CNR-ISMAR; marine microbiologist Francesca Malfatti (UniTS); climate physicist and Nobel Prize winner Filippo Giorgi (ICTP); Giorgio Fontolan, lecturer in Sedimentology and Coastal Dynamics at UniTS; and paleontology lecturer Carlo Corradini (UniTS).

Mare Sopra is a project coordinated by the University of Trieste, funded by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and developed in collaboration with the Miramare Marine Protected Area, the Municipality of Muggia, the Marevivo Association - FVG Delegation, the Marco Polo Comprehensive Institute of Grado, and the Galileo Galilei Scientific High School of Trieste.

The University of Trieste in 2024 has started to organise a series of in-depth meetings on Public and Social Engagement - Third Mission aimed at teaching and research staff, technical-administrative staff, PhD and PhD students, students of the University of Trieste, as well as external researchers and other organisations that have collaborated with the University of Trieste in the same field over time. 

Below are the programmes, recordings, images and slides of all the events already held and archived on OpenstarTs, the University of Trieste's open access digital archive.

A path-narrative between languages and places, between two cities and multiple cultures, between East and West. This is how Velonotte ai confini was described, a cultural bike ride between Gorizia and Nova Gorica led by Sergey Nikitin-Rimsky, art historian and urban educator, inventor and founder of the International Velonotte Project. The initiative took place on May 11th 2024 and was organized by the T.E.T.R.I.S.S. Cultural Square Project, a project of the Department of Legal, Language, Interpretation and Translation Sciences IUSLIT of the University of Trieste, under the scientific responsibility of Professor Margherita De Michiel.
The velotour started from the central station of Gorizia, where e-bikes from the cross-border circuit between the two cities were distributed, continuing on a route through some of the most significant places in the city of Gorizia. The journey ended with a guided tour by historian Blaž Kosovel at the Town Hall of Nova Gorica and its Green Hall (Zelena Dvorana), where the spectacular frescoes by painter Slavko Pengov are located, depicting some of the most important events in the history of the Slovenian Littoral. The velotour concluded in front of the "ruski bloki", condominiums and examples of brutalist architecture found in all former socialist countries.
Velonotte ai confini included various moments of sharing and dissemination of gadgets and cultural products designed by the TETRISS Cultural Square, in a bilingual Italian and Slovenian format. Among these was a limited edition of the "Cultural @Cards dedicated to the Cosmos", created in collaboration with the renowned company Modiano.