The backing of one’s own professor and help from a thick web of friends in the United States is fundamental, for a university career. An inevitable conduct according to Kristopher Gutierrez, Post-Doc at the SISSA of Trieste. Much distant though from the “degenerations” found in the Italian academic world.

To stir things up has been the project christened “Ateneo pulito” (www.ateneopulito.it) brought-upon by Lucia Lazzerini, full-tenured professor of Philology of Romance at the University of Florence. In Padua has been reintroduced by the prefect Antonio Padoin on his web site ‘www.rinnovareleistituzioni.it’. Riding the tide has arrievd the stance taken by the businessmen headed by Jacopo Silva, president of the Young members of Confindustria of Padua.

From the Cuban beaches to the islands of Venice, the trace left by Hemingway is indelible. A human and literary journey which has become a myth.

To rediscover the gusto of spreading science seating at a pub’s table. It happens in the USA, where a new way of holding classes is spreading in university campuses and provinces. It is the fashion of the ‘Science Café’.

The features of the future Alfa Romeo’s models can be already perceived in the styling of the “8C Competizione”, whose sinuous curves bring to mind the glorious past of the Italian car builder.

New York elates for the Giants’ victory at the Super Bowl. The hopes of the New England Patriots crash against all the odds, thanks to a touch-down scored by the Giants at 30 seconds from the end of the game.