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“Tradition as innovation”: Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Canadian poet and essayist awarded “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. The comment of Filomena Mitrano, Professor of Anglo-American Literature at the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies

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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for unravelling the mystery of ‘mirror-image’ molecules

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai ‘for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis’. The comment of Alessandro Scarso, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Ca’ Foscari’s Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems

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From Galileo’s telescope to the ice of the South Pole: the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics explained to us by Ca’ Foscari

The 2026 Nobel Prize for Physics was awared to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison). We asked Alessandro Codello, physicist and researcher at Ca’ Foscari’s Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, to tell us about this research

University

Arab Mediterranean Campus concludes at Ca' Foscari: studying the environment strengthens a shared Mediterranean identity

Ca' Foscari University of Venice welcomed 27 students from countries across the Middle East and North Africa for an intensive academic programme as part of the Arab Mediterranean Campus (CAM)

Research

“Am I Building Their Future or Losing Them?”: 'Marie Curie' Fellow Syed Imran Haider Explores the Hidden Emotional World of Migrant Fathers

What does it mean to be a father when your parenting is confined to a smartphone screen? Hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, the research project "TFNMPC - Transnational Fatherhood, Negotiating Masculinity and Parental Care in the Digital Communication Era" delves into the lived experiences of Pakistani migrant men in Italy.

People

Ca' Foscari Announces Department Directors for the 2026-2029 Term

The recent round of elections has concluded with the appointment of the new Directors of Ca' Foscari's Departments, who will serve from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029.

Youcafoscari, the protagonists speak

Interviews and events with international guests, professors and students. The best of Ca' Foscari's YouTube channel.