In October 2018, the Vaia storm struck the alpine forests of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in northeast Italy for hours. Winds that blew at the speed of a hurricane and in a few days, millions of trees were lost. Locals were faced with a challenge: what to do with the fallen trees so as not to waste them? Among the several projects, that of chef Stefano Ba...

Giulio Glorioso is one of the most famous Italian athletes of the 50s and 60s. He was an Italian baseball player born in Udine in the region Friuli Venezia Giulia in 1931 (he died in Rome in 2015), and became a baseball legend in Italy, where this sport so loved in the United States has never been as successful as football, volleyball and basketbal...

The world has seen a video in which for 8 minutes and 46 seconds a human being held his knee on the neck of another human being, and killed him, with the complicity of three other human beings. It wasn't a movie, it wasn't a TV show, it wasn't a play. It was unfortunately the truth, the reality, life and death that had been repeated for too long in...

Udine, the historical capital and second largest city in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, is an overlooked gem. With its Renaissance squares, Venetian villas and Tiepolo frescos, the city has an impressive artistic heritage, along with a vibrant contemporary edge thanks to its large student population and world class modern art museum.  Its dis...

The annual U.S.-Italy Sustainable Training Area Management workshop was held in Udine June 5-6, the fourth in a series that explores ways to find a balance between meeting military training and maintaining environment stewardship.  Program workshops are sponsored by U.S. Armed Forces Europe, and are designed to focus on best practices by bringing t...

London, Paris, Berlin and Udine. Yes, Udine. And let’s not forget about Grado, Salice and Trieste, most definitely Trieste. This is the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy, spread across the far northeastern corner of the nation. I first read about this stunning region of diverse landscapes, languages and cultures over 15 years ago and swore that...

Semplice, morbida, senza decorazioni e ispirata al romanticismo delle onde, uno dei trend forti di questo autunno/inverno in fatto di capelli assieme al ritorno del frisé. L’acconciatura da sera più bella del mondo l’ha realizzata una parrucchiera 23enne di Collalto di Tarcento, in provincia di Udine. Si chiama Arianna Petrocchi, lavora nel negozio...

Google has charged the University of Udine to carry out a scientific study on the consumption reduction in its data centers worldwide. The goal is to raise the efficiency from 5 to 6% and to save around 3 million euro per server. The Google Data Centers all over the world perform Internet researches on the Mountain View search engine. The study tha...

Si terrà il 24 maggio prossimo, alle 16.30, presso l'Auditorium comunale di Precenicco (Ud), un incontro aperto al pubblico con il prof. Mauro Ferrari, che interverrà sul tema "Orizzonti in Nanomedicina – Oncologia specializzata".   L'evento, presentato da Ivana Battaglia, responsabile Sistema bibliotecario Bassa friulana centrale, si aprirà...

L'Università di Udine diventa partner della Commissione Fulbright, il più importante programma di scambi culturali tra gli Stati Uniti e 155 Paesi di tutto il mondo.   Un accordo biennale (anni accademici 2014-2015 e 2015-2016) rinnovabile, prevede che l'Ateneo ospiti per 5 mesi l'anno un docente proveniente da università o enti di ricerca s...