(6 March 2017) Sicily and Argentina are in close collaboration for research and international collaborations in the academic field. The Inter-university of Palermo was the star of the 2017 “Giornate argentine” (Argentina Days) of the Italian Universitary Consortium for Argentina (CUIA). After a local and nationwide selection, 3 workshops financed by CUIA were selected involving students from UNIPA and three of their Argentinian partners. Next April 3 teams of students from Palermo will conduct the workshops to create or implement international networks for collaborations between Italy and Argentina with a budget co-financed by CUIA for transportation costs. According to Professor Caradonna it is “a great success for our university and a sign of great cultural interest that many of our students have shown for international collaborations with Argentina in particular”. Professor Caradonna is also the delegate for relations between the University of Palermo and CUIA. 28 universities fall under CUIA which also includes a network of Argentinian students of a variety of disciplines. It represents an organised platform in both Italy and Argentina with institutions filled with qualified faculty members that are capable of supporting the development of scientific and educational collaborations.

THE WORSKHOPS

The first workshop will be conducted by Professor Antonello Miranda from the Department of Political Science and International relations (DEMS) and is titled “The limitations of the law and the future of compliance: Alternative interpretation of civil rights between convenience and observance, legality and reason”. The second workshop is titled “Boron Neuron Capture Therapy: Neurons for health” proposed by the University of Pavia and Palermo and Professor Maurizio Marrale from the Physics and Chemistry Department. Finally, the third interdisciplinary workshop that embraces the humanities and biology with Professor Fabio Caradonna from the Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies Department (STEBICEF) in collaboration with the University of Cassino. The workshop is titled: “Antarctica: A crossway of disciplines to interpret global change”.