S for SCIENCE was the first of four webinars for teachers participating in the project called “Le 100 esperte STEM vanno a scuola” [Lessons from 100 women with STEM expertise].
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On 30 September, 50 young people drawn from the parish of the Church of Beata Vergine Addolorata in San Siro and from La Piccioletta Barca Cultural Centre took part in the latest stage of the “Italia Brilla-Constellation 2022” tour, which, with the backing of the Bracco Foundation, is being promoted by Il Cielo Itinerante an association for the encouragement of astronomy among young people.
Supported by Main Partner Fondazione Bracco, Domenico Cimarosa’s The Secret Marriage is being staged in a new Accademia Teatro alla Scala production.
Bracco Foundation is taking part in the global digital project A Brief History of Vaccination, promoted by Google Art and Culture for World Immunization Week 2022 (24 – 30 April 2022), which aims to build awareness of the role of vaccines in combatting potentially deadly diseases, of the importance of science and of the contribution of communities in overcoming pandemics.
Giving vulnerable communities access to science. This is the objective of the STEM project “Italia brilla – Costellazione 2022”, a countrywide itinerant science project touring places that science rarely reaches. Promoted by Associazione Il Cielo Itinerante, the project is enjoying its second year of support from the Bracco Foundation.
The scholarship award ceremony for the ten winners of the “Women in STEM” project took place on Tuesday 29 March 2022. Brainchild of Fondazione Giuseppina Mai of Confindustria and the Bracco Foundation, the scholarships receive support from the Government of Quebec, Assolombarda and the “STEAMiamoci” project.
Bracco Foundation in 2021 offered the entire Diventerò community, made up of winners chosen over time in the project opportunities offered by the Foundation, the chance to take part in the national Call “Beyond Borders: Knowing unites people”.
AIRI’s Industrial Innovation Day 2021 included the conferral of Renato Ugo prize scholarships to talented students of STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
The European Night of Researchers saw the final encounter of the Special Initiative on Women’s Empowerment (SIWE) promoted by the B20 and presided by Diana Bracco. Here was launched the Fondazione Bracco “Mind the STEM Gap” Manifesto, aimed at supporting female access to science, overcoming gender stereotypes.
The event “B20-G20 Dialogue on Women Empowerment”, organised by the B20 Special Initiative on Women Empowerment (SIWE), takes stock of existing gender inequalities to report on the actionable recommendations developed in the course of the B20 Cycle by the SIWE and present in the SIWE Policy Paper.