PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE

CYCLE OF VIDEO TALKS TO LEARN ABOUT WOMEN IN STEM

In December 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which falls on 11 February and is aimed at promoting the full and equal participation of women in scientific and technological progress. The purpose of this day is fully in line with Goal 5 -Gender Equality- one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda.

Past, present and future of women in science is an initiative of the Single Guarantee Committee and the University of Pavia Museum System, which brings together video interviews on past and present contributions of women who have made a difference.

On 11 February, starting at 11 a.m., the first three video interventions and a brief introduction by Annalisa Marzuoli will be presented.

Annalisa Malara, an anaesthetist-resuscitator, former Alumna of the University of Pavia and the Collegio Nuovo, will tell in first person how she managed to identify Patient 1, thus enabling the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy and Europe.

Manuela Blanca and Alessia Chiarenza will present the figure of Maria Theresa of Austria, the sovereign who in the eighteenth century led a season of reforms thanks to which the University of Pavia became a centre of scientific study famous throughout Europe, the scene of discoveries capable of changing the course of science.

Francesca Ermoli and Giulia Vitali will talk to us about Emmanuelle Carpentier and Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel laureates in Chemistry for genome editing, discussing the scenarios opened up by the CRISPR technique, the “cut and sew of the genome”.

The initiative aims to encourage young female students to embark on a path of study in science, a path that can be exciting, as it has been for other women scientists, today as in the past.

Starting on 17 February, every Wednesday at 11 a.m., a video will be broadcast that will accompany all viewers to discover the value of the contribution of women – particularly those whose history is linked to the collections of our University’s museums and to scientific progress – with an emphasis on ability, determination in pursuing their vocation and tenacity in facing difficulties.

• 17 February: 11 am – Kosmos: Museum of Natural History – Rina Monti. Chairs, Alpine lakes and a still unsurpassed science – Jessica Maffei
• 24 February: 11am – University History Museum – Lina Luzzani. Science, courage and social commitment – Maria Carla Garbarino
• 3 March: 11am – Museum of Electrical Technology – Hedy Lamarr. The Wireless Bombshell – Elisa Lipari and Carla Spiga
• 10 March: 11am – Botanical Garden – Eva Mameli. Eclectic and avant-garde botany – Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Ines Piccoli, Pierpaolo Massari, Francesca Mesiano
• 17 March: 11 am – Museum of Archaeology – Between Crete and the Etruscans. Luisa Banti, archaeologist from the University of Pavia – Maurizio Harari
• 24 March: 11am – Camillo Golgi Museum – Golgi, a “feminist” scientist? – Paolo Mazzarello
• 31 March: 11am – Anatomy Collection – Anna Morandi: a woman, the body and Anatomical Science – Gabriella Cusella, Alessia Latini, Francesca Cuzzocrea
• 7 April: 11am – Museum for the History of the University – In the name of the modest line-up of women… Rita Brunetti – Lidia Falomo
  The contents of the day of 11 February and those produced subsequently will be made accessible to the public through the social platforms of the CUG and the museums that are part of the SMA, in particular through Facebook and Youtube, on a weekly basis. The videos will then be collected in a playlist on the Youtube account of the University Museum System, at the address https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlgIfikBMHGmcnnj9DLAht5QNbvoIsqD6 ; in this way they will be easily available and accessible even after the event has ended.

What is the University Museum System of Pavia? The SMA was set up in 2005 with the aim of uniting all the university’s museum structures and coordinating their activities of conservation, research, dissemination of scientific culture, involvement of the public and interaction with the world of education. The museums have thus joined forces to try to contribute to the well-being of the community.

What is the Single Guarantee Committee of the University of Pavia?

The CUG is one of the governing bodies of the University of Pavia. It is available to all members of the academic community and deals with issues concerning all forms of discrimination, particularly gender discrimination. It works through the promotion of initiatives and positive actions, the collection of reports, the dialogue with the other governing bodies also on the subject of work well-being, the drafting and dissemination of periodic reports and the Gender Balance Sheet. The documentation is available at

http://wcm-3.unipv.it/site/home/ateneo/organi-di-governo/cug—comitato-unico-di-garanzia.html

For further information:

cug@unipv.it

museo.storico@unipv.it