The “Woman of Science 2023” Special Award announced by the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association, organizer of the Cagliari FestivalScienza, goes to the scientific journalist Silvia Rosa Brusin. Rosa Brusin, historic presenter of “TG Leonardo”, the RAI 3 scientific information program founded in 1992, will formally receive the award during a ceremony to be held in November on the occasion of the XVI edition of the Cagliari FestivalScienza. The Special Prize had been awarded only once before, in the 2021 edition, to Professor Maria Del Zompo for the tireless and innovative activity carried out for the University, for research, for the diffusion of scientific culture, for gender equality .
Silvia Rosa Brusin has a special relationship with Sardinia and with the Cagliari FestivalScienza which she has told in more than one episode. She was also one of the first supporters of the Donna di Scienza Award and was part of the Award jury from 2019 to 2022.
On the same occasion, the Donna di Scienza Award, now in its fifth edition, will also be awarded. The award is organized in collaboration with the Universities of Cagliari and Sassari, INAF and the Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari, the Cagliari section of INFN, the Cagliari branch of the CNR Institute of Neuroscience, the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari and GIULIA Sardinia.
As part of the Award, the Equal Opportunities Department of the Municipality of Cagliari offers the Young Donna di Scienza Award aimed at Cagliari candidates participating in the Award.
Applications are open until September 20th, 2023 and must be sent to the address premiodonnascienza@scienzasocietascienza.it
Silvia Rosa Brusin, professional journalist, until 2022 editor-in-chief of TG Leonardo, the first science news program in Europe, which she has followed since its first steps (1992), becoming a point of reference for enthusiasts and colleagues. She received appreciation from the scientific community who found in her a valid collaborator to whom they could entrust the task of acting as an intermediary with the public. For its numerous reports on the space exploits of the last thirty years, with special broadcasts and live connections from Cape Canaveral, the International Astronomical Union has named the asteroid 7396 Brusin after her. She participates as a scientific expert and moderator in television programs and scientific-themed conferences both in Italy and abroad. She received the “Natta and Copernicus” Special Prize for scientific dissemination for her work as a scientific popularizer of pure and applied sciences and innovative technologies.
The National Research Council, represented by its eight institutes in southern Sardinia, will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of its foundation (1923-2023), opening its doors to the public on 6 October at the Passeggiata Coperta del Bastione in Cagliari.
The ScienzaSocietàScienza Association will also be present this year with the “Salt and Science” workshop-exhibition at the Salt Harvesting Festival organized by the FAI from 09 to 17 September 2023 – Saline Conti Vecchi
We thank Emilio Molinari for the attention shown over the years for the Cagliari FestivalScienza and the Woman of Science Award, at the same time we wish the new Director Federica Govoni a good job.
The Science on Stage Italy Festival will take place on 22, 23 and 24 September 2023 in Città della Scienza.
Among the numerous sketches received for the graphic representation of the theme of the XVI Edition of the Cagliari FestivalScienza, “Science in Movement”, the work by Daniel Fulghesu, student of the 5S of the “Domenico Alberto Azuni” Institute of Higher Education in Cagliari, was selected , forwarded by Prof. Stefania Grilli.
The Passione Scienza Day, now in its second edition, took place on Thursday 20 July, organized by the ScienzaSocietàScienza Association in collaboration with the Science is Cool Association and the Orto Botanico of Cagliari.
Ihithe, 1940 – Nairobi, 2011
Kenyan environmentalist and activist. In 2004 she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was a Kenyan parliamentarian and Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki, between January 2003 and November 2005.
Wangari Muta Maathai was presented by students Elena Cabras and Bianca Nioteni from the Pacinotti Scientific High School, Cagliari.
