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IUSS Pavia joins "Università Svelate": discover the School on 20 March
On the occasion of the National University Day — Università Svelate 2026, IUSS Pavia opens its doors to the public. A unique opportunity to discover from the inside what it means to study at a Graduate School of Excellence: the spaces, the faculty, the students, the research. Free admission, subject to availability.
On the occasion of the Festival di Sanremo 2026, Professor Valentina Bambini — faculty member at the Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia and Director of the NEPlab at IUSS — led a special science outreach initiative dedicated to the language of the competing songs.Through the campaign #TrovaLaMetafora (“Find the Metaphor”), the NEPlab research team invited students, enthusiasts, and social media audiences to analyze the metaphors embedded in Sanremo’s lyrics, highlighting how figurative language activates complex cognitive processes and plays a central role in communicating emotions.A project at the intersection of neuroscience, linguistics, and pop culture — turning the Festival into an opportunity to closely observe how our brain interprets words and constructs meaning.
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