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53-586: The institute was founded in 2002 as a merge of two previous CNR institutes: Istituto CNUCE and Istituto di Elaborazione dell’Informazione (IEI). The institute is named in honor of Alessandro Faedo , former President of CNR and former rector of the University of Pisa , for his important contributions to the development of Computer Science in Italy. The mission of the institute is producing scientific excellence and playing an active role in technology transfer in

106-1207: A duality law between estimates], Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni , V Serie (in Italian), 16 : 515–532, doi : 10.1007/978-3-642-10918-8_4 , MR   0096959 , Zbl   0105.29902 , reprinted also in the following book: Fichera, G. ; Magenes, E. , eds. (2011), Integrali singolari e questioni connesse [ Singular integrals and related questions ], Lecture Notes in Mathematics , C.I.M.E. Summer Schools (CIME, volume 13) (in Italian), pp. 109–123, doi : 10.1007/978-3-642-10918-8_4 , ISBN   978-3-642-10916-4 . Historical, commemorative and survey works [ edit ] Faedo, Sandro (1986), "Leonida Tonelli e la scuola matematica pisana", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L. ; Acquaro, G.; Baiada, E.; et al. (eds.), Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985) , Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian), vol. 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei , pp. 89–109, archived from

159-412: A language centre, where they can attend courses in foreign languages, a sports centre ( Cus Pisa ) that arranges for many sports intramural leagues and allows sports practice in almost all the disciplines available in Italy, and six university refectories ( Mense universitarie ). The University of Pisa is not organized in the form of one unique campus, but rather its many buildings are scattered throughout

212-687: A paper describing the historical development of the scientific faculties at the University of Pisa. Scientific references [ edit ] Benzi, Michele; Toscano, Elena (May 2014), "Mauro Picone, Sandro Faedo, and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Italy (1928–1953)", Numerical Algorithms , 66 (1): 105–145, CiteSeerX   10.1.1.379.2151 , doi : 10.1007/s11075-013-9727-6 , MR   3197360 , S2CID   6082 , Zbl   1291.01022 , previously published as Mauro Picone, Sandro Faedo, and

265-732: A period of protests, the “Tesi della Sapienza”, one of the milestones of the 1968 student movement in Italy, were compiled in Pisa. This phase of the unrest was particularly animated in the city with some dramatic moments. From the end of the 1970s, the University's Natural History Museum moved to the enchanting 14th century Charterhouse of Calci , a building of priceless historic and architectural worth. The museum houses numerous rooms dedicated to zoology, mineralogy and palaeontology as well as Italy's largest freshwater aquarium and Whale gallery with more than thirty whale skeletons exhibited in an ancient portico. The Ruberti reform of 1989, which envisaged

318-456: A research organizer and as a teacher. Rossi, Paolo (2012), "Le quattro stagioni degli scienziati pisani" (PDF) , L'organizzazione dei saperi all'Università di Pisa. Dalle Facoltà ai nuovi dipartimenti [ The organization of knowledge at the University of Pisa. From faculties to the new departments ] (in Italian), Pisa: Pisa University Press , pp. 1–24, ISBN   9788867410767 . " The four seasons of Pisan scientists "

371-613: A second founding. With the 1545 Statute, Cosimo managed to raise the quality of the teaching, making the University of Pisa one of the most important in Europe for both teaching and research. The Duke established the Chair of Simples (Semplici in Botany) and appointed Luca Ghini : between 1543 and 1544 the Garden of Simples was founded. This was the first botanical garden in the world annexed to

424-420: A slightly higher number of administrative personnel, technicians, foreign language assistants and librarians. There are around 50,000 students enrolled, and in a city with a population of approximately 90,000 inhabitants, this makes Pisa a true city campus. The students come mainly from Tuscany and Liguria , with a significant intake from many other regions, above all from the south of Italy. A sizeable number of

477-433: A university Studium. A few decades later, the garden was moved to its present position a few dozen metres from Piazza dei Miracoli , covering an area of around three hectares with 6,000 cultivated plants and seeds exchanged with other 400 structures in the world. Ghini was succeeded by the philosopher and scientist Andrea Cesalpino , who created the first scientific method for the classification of plants and can be considered

530-593: Is a public research university in Pisa , Italy . Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe . Together with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies , it is part of the Pisa University System . The University of Pisa was officially founded in 1343, although various scholars place its origins in the 11th century. It is certain, however, that from

583-474: Is a brief biographical chapter on Alessandro Faedo published in the book celebrating the first 90th years of the CNR . Letta, Giorgio (August–September 2001), "Scomparsa di Alessandro Faedo" [The passing of Alessandro Faedo], Unione Matematica Italiana , archived from the original on 2002-01-10 , retrieved 9 February 2014 . A short commemoration of Alessandro Faedo written by Giorgio Letta for

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636-443: Is to advance science in the domain of computing and related technologies. ISTI collaborates with many universities and research institutions at both national and international levels. Collaborations are often related to specific research projects and consortiums. The Institute also has a very solid expertise and reputation in the design and deployment of CS infrastructures and in technology transfer activities oriented towards industry or

689-751: The Notiziario UMI and published online on the old web site of the Unione Matematica Italiana, preserved in its original form by the Internet Archive , but also available here from the University Library Service of the University of Pisa. Miranda, Mario (5 June 2005), La riforma universitaria e gli studi scientifici. La matematica e la fisica nel biennio propedeutico [ University reform and scientific studies. Mathematics and physics in

742-810: The "Architetture Pisane" journal (2006 , p. 13). In the obituary appeared on the 2nd issue of volume 6 (2001 , p.17) of the bulletin of the " Scuola Normale Superiore " Students' association, the date reported is 15 June 2001. References [ edit ] Biographical and general references [ edit ] Bottazzini, Umberto (2010), "La Scuola matematica pisana (1860–1960)" [The Pisan mathematica school (1860-1960)], Annali di Storia delle Università Italiane (in Italian), 14 . Festinese, Giuseppe; Paoloni, Giovanni, eds. (2013), "I presidenti: Alessandro Faedo" , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. L'impresa scientifica 1923–2013 (PDF) , Roma: CNR Edizioni , p. 192 . The presidents: Alessandro Faedo (English translation of title)

795-550: The Florentines to conquer the city, was so socially and economically damaging that it made preserving even the most essential academic activity impossible. During the first few days of November 1473, the Studium in Pisa began to develop systematically at the request of Lorenzo dei Medici . In 1486, the construction of a building specifically for lessons was commissioned: the building, the future Palazzo della Sapienza , still

848-548: The Napoleonic Empire at the beginning of the 19th century brought about the transformation of the Studium into an imperial Academy: the university became a subsidiary of the University of Paris , even though it managed to retain a certain degree of autonomy. At that time, five faculties (Theology, Law, Medicine, Science and Arts), exams, different academic qualifications (bachelor, master and doctoral degrees) and degree theses came into being. The Scuola Normale Superiore

901-1955: The Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Italy (1928–1953) (PDF) , Math/CS Technical Report, vol. TR-2013-003, March 2013, p. 33 . Orlando, Lucia (March 2004), "The SIRIO satellite, 1968–1977: Between scientific engagement and managerial inexperience", Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences , 34 (2): 371–398, doi : 10.1525/hsps.2004.34.2.371 , JSTOR   10.1525/hsps.2004.34.2.371 . Publications and conferences and dedicated to Alessandro Faedo [ edit ] AA. VV. (January–March 1985), "Issue dedicated to Sandro Faedo on his 70th birthday" , Calcolo (in English, French, and Italian), 61 (2): 1–228, ISSN   0008-0624 , MR   3343052 , Zbl   1314.01024 (e– ISSN   1126-5434 ). External links [ edit ] O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (May 2013), "Alessandro Faedo" , MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive , University of St Andrews Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI 2 VIAF 2 WorldCat National Germany Italy Spain Netherlands Vatican Academics Mathematics Genealogy Project zbMATH MathSciNet Other IdRef Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro_Faedo&oldid=1222489448 " Categories : 1913 births 2001 deaths People from Vicenza 20th-century Italian mathematicians Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians University of Pisa alumni Academic staff of

954-776: The Scuola Normale Superiore];, Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze , Serie 4 (in Italian), 11 (3–4): 433–434, MR   1655526 , Zbl   1001.01502 , is a brief commemorative historical paper describing the events which led Ennio De Giorgi to hold a chair at the Scuola Normale Superiore. See also [ edit ] Calculus of variation Fichera's existence principle Variational method Ritz method Notes [ edit ] ^ According to Letta (2001) , Miranda (2005 , p. 3) and as reported by The editorial board of

1007-470: The Studium in Pisa the title of Studium Generale with various exclusive privileges, making it universally recognised. In medieval times, the Studium Generale was a higher institute of education founded or confirmed by a universal authority, namely the papacy or the empire. Pisa was among the first European cities to vaunt a papal attestation, followed by Prague in 1347 and Heidelberg in 1386. At

1060-530: The University of Pisa Numerical analysts Italian mathematical analysts Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2022 All articles lacking in-text citations Articles with hCards CS1 Italian-language sources (it) CS1: long volume value CS1 French-language sources (fr) Universit%C3%A0 di Pisa The University of Pisa ( Italian : Università di Pisa , UniPi )

1113-616: The University of Pisa and, in more recent times, the Order of the Cherub is awarded to members of the university teaching staff who have contributed to enhancing its prestige. In 1497, the Pisan institute suffered a new period of decline and was moved to Florence for nine years. The rise to the throne of Duke Cosimo I dei Medici marked the beginning of a new era. The formal reopening of the university on 1 November 1543 was, in fact, considered to be

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1166-1176: The University of Pisa include Anatomists Lorenzo Bellini and Marcello Malpighi , Chemist Robert Schiff , Computer scientist Egon Börger , Engineer Corradino D'Ascanio , Mathematicians Eugenio Beltrami , Enrico Bombieri , Giovanni Alfonso Borelli , Sergio Campanato , Benedetto Castelli , Corrado De Concini , Ennio De Giorgi , Luigi Guido Grandi , Alessandro Marchetti , Claudio Procesi , Leonida Tonelli , Pathologist Angelo Maffucci , Physicians Pietro Grocco and Paolo Mascagni , Physicists Bernard H. Lavenda , Carlo Matteucci , Roy McWeeny , Giulio Racah , Gian-Carlo Wick , Zoologist Enrica Calabresi , Economist Giuseppe Toniolo , Egalitarian Philippe Buonarroti , Historians Jože Pirjevec and Pasquale Villari , Journalist Luciano Bianciardi , Jurists Francesco Accarigi , Carlo Costamagna , Bartolus de Saxoferrato , Baldus de Ubaldis , Linguist Mauro Cristofani , Philosophers Armando Carlini , Arnold Davidson , Dominic of Flanders , Lorenzo Magalotti , Ugo Spirito , Poets David Levi , Valerio Magrelli , Giovanni Pascoli , 16th-century scholar Girolamo Maggi , and Writer Bernard Comment . The University of Pisa

1219-410: The University of Pisa. This was a first in Europe and the world in general, leading to the renowned French-Tuscan expedition to Egypt between 1828 and 1829. In 1839, Pisa hosted the first congress of Italian scientists , which saw the participation of over 400 scholars and 300 experts in the various branches of knowledge from different states of the peninsula. It was during this period that the university

1272-3386: The Younger , Pietro Accolti , Francesco Barberini , Cesare Borgia , Giovanni Antonio Guadagni , Francisco de Remolins , Francesco Martelli , Bandino Panciatici , Raffaele Riario , Giovanni Battista Tolomei , and Popes Clement IX , Clement XII , Leo X , Paul III , Urban VIII , Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff , and Minister Angus Morrison . In sciences, notable alumni include Astrophysicists Paolo Farinella , Franco Pacini , Viviana Acquaviva , Biophysicist Clara Franzini-Armstrong , Botanist Giovanni Arcangeli , Geneticist Guido Pontecorvo , and Mathematicians Aldo Andreotti , Enrico Betti , Vincenzo Brunacci , Cesare Burali-Forti , Bonaventura Cavalieri , Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja , Giovanni Ceva , Luigi Fantappiè , Alessio Figalli , Guido Fubini , Christopher Hacon , Giuseppe Lauricella , Salvatore Pincherle , Ferdinando Pio Rosellini , Giovanni Salvemini , Carlo Somigliana , Vito Volterra , Guido Zappa , Neuroscientist Emilio Bizzi , Physicians Vincenzo Chiarugi , Paolo Macchiarini , Francesco Redi , and François Carlo Antommarchi , Physicists Adolfo Bartoli , Temistocle Calzecchi-Onesti , Ennio Candotti , Nello Carrara , Enrico Fermi , Galileo Galilei , Luca Gammaitoni , Antonio Pacinotti , Eligio Perucca , Luigi Puccianti , Franco Rasetti , Vasco Ronchi , and Carlo Rubbia . In other fields, notable alumni include Egyptologists Sergio Donadoni , Edda Bresciani , Gianluca Miniaci and Ippolito Rosellini , Fashion model Tania Bambaci , Film directors Mario Monicelli , Paolo Virzì and Simone Rapisarda Casanova , Historians Carlo Ginzburg , Camillo Porzio , and Mario Rosa , Librettist Giacinto Andrea Cicognini , Philologist Gian Biagio Conte , Philosophers Francesco Cattani da Diacceto , Aldo Gargani , Giovanni Gentile , Anna Camaiti Hostert , Eufrosin Poteca , and Jiyuan Yu , Physiologist Hugo Kronecker , Tenors Andrea Bocelli and Francesco Rasi , Agronomist Nazareno Strampelli , Anatomist Atto Tigri , Art historian and curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev , Civil engineer Henry Willey Reveley , Civil servant Bruno Ferrante , Computer scientists Elisa Bertino , Luca Cardelli , and Roberto Di Cosmo , Diplomat Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo , Economists Luigi Bodio and Paolo Malanima , Engineer Giacinto Morera , Intellectual Adriano Sofri , International civil servant Francesco Cappè , Journalists Lando Ferretti and Tiziano Terzani , Jurists Giuseppe Averani , Piero Calamandrei , Francesco Carrara , Antonio Cassese , Giovanni Lami , Remus Opreanu , Italian Constitutional Court Judge Sabino Cassese , Linguists Stefano Arduini and Luigi Rizzi , Nobel Laureate in Literature Giosuè Carducci , Managers Pier Francesco Guarguaglini , Luca Desiata , Naturalist Gaetano Savi , Poets Vincenzo da Filicaja , Giovanni Battista Guarini , and Mauro Nervi , Psychiatrist Silvano Arieti , Racing car and engine designer Carlo Chiti , Surgeon Andrea Vaccá Berlinghieri , Writers Pietro Citati , Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi , Margaret King , Antonio Tabucchi , and Zoologist Enrico Hillyer Giglioli . Prominent scholars who have taught at

1325-517: The centre of the present-day University, was placed in the 13th century Piazza del Grano, which could be reached through the gateway dell’Abbondanza. The image of the Cherub was placed above this gateway. In the Christian tradition, the Cherub represents an angelic being with a clearer vision of God, who in turn represents absolute knowledge. Since then, the Cherub has become the iconographic symbol of

1378-766: The departments. The lectures are mostly given in Italian, except for a number of courses at the faculty of foreign languages and literature, some scientific programmes, such as the international MSc in aerospace engineering ( EuMAS ), Master in Business Informatics, the Master of Science in Space Engineering and the Master in Computer Science and Networking, jointly offered with Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna . Students also have at their disposal

1431-1026: The development of the university. Selected publications [ edit ] Scientific works [ edit ] Faedo, Sandro (1949), "Un nuovo metodo per l'analisi esistenziale e quantitativa dei problemi di propagazione" [A new method for the existential and quantitative analysis of propagation problems], Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze , Serie 3 (in Italian), 1 (1–4): 1–41, MR   0032904 , Zbl   0033.27502 . Faedo, Sandro (1957), "Su un principio di esistenza nell'analisi lineare" [On an existence principle in linear analysis], Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze , Serie 3 (in Italian), 11 (1–2): 1–8, MR   0096957 , Zbl   0087.32304 . Faedo, Sandro (1958), "Applicazione ai problemi di derivata obliqua di un principio esistenziale e di una legge di dualità fra le formule di maggiorazione" [Application to oblique derivative problems of an existence principle and

1484-506: The field of Computer Science. In 2022 the research staff of the institute counts more than 120 researchers and a total staff (including PhD students and fellows) of around 230. Since 1 April 2019 the ISTI director is Roberto Scopigno. ISTI is affiliated to the CNR Dept. of Engineering, Information, Communication, Energy and Transportation Technologies (DIITET). The main aim of ISTI-CNR

1537-531: The fore and these reached their peak when teachers and students formed a university battalion and joined the battle of Curtatone and Montanara in 1848. This was one of the most significant battles in the Italian Risorgimento . A memorial plaque in Palazzo della Sapienza commemorates the volunteers who “died fighting for the rebirth of Italy”, while the Italian flag used by the university battalion

1590-479: The forerunner of the discovery of the cardiovascular system.   Cosimo I was still ruling when Galileo Galilei was born on 15 February 1564 in Pisa. Galileo Galilei is universally thought of as the founder of modern science and the modern experimental method. He was initially a student and then a teacher of Mathematics at the University of Pisa before moving to Padova. It was in the city in Tuscany that he began

1643-1022: The 💕 Italian mathematician and politician [REDACTED] This article includes a list of references , related reading , or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( June 2022 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Alessandro Faedo [REDACTED] Born ( 1913-11-18 ) 18 November 1913 Chiampo , Vicenza Died 16 June 2001 (2001-06-16) (aged 87) Pisa Nationality Italian Alma mater Università di Pisa Known for Faedo–Galerkin method Scientific career Fields Numerical analysis Mathematical analysis Institutions Università di Pisa Doctoral advisor Leonida Tonelli Alessandro Faedo (18 November 1913 – 15 June 2001) (also known as Alessandro Carlo Faedo or Sandro Faedo )

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1696-518: The middle of the 12th century Pisa had a “Universitas” in the original sense of the word, that is, a group of students who gathered around masters. It was during this period that Leonardo Fibonacci was born and worked. He was one of the greatest mathematicians in history who, through his work, synthesized the spirit and processes of Greek geometry and the tools of Arabic mathematics for the first time in Europe. The papal seal “In Supremae dignitatis”, issued by Pope Clement VI on 3 September 1343, granted

1749-567: The minister Giovanni Gentile in 1923, further confirmed the university's prominent position at national level when it was placed among the ten universities totally funded by the state. Notwithstanding the aim to make Pisa a great “centre of university fascist culture” antifascist unrest was still alive, both in the academic community and among students. The application of racial laws , the first of which were signed by King Vittorio Emanuele III in 1938 at San Rossore , near Pisa, affected foreign and Italian students and university teachers severely, as

1802-459: The open source molecular visualization software QuteMol , the 3D mesh processing system MeshLab , the gCube system for developing Data infrastructures . It is leading the development and operation of Data infrastructures including D4Science and OpenAIRE . It supports and promotes the principles of Open Access and is making available its scientific production by its own Institutional Repository. Alessandro Faedo From Misplaced Pages,

1855-568: The original (PDF) on 2014-02-22 is a short obituary notice published few months after the death of Alessandro Faedo. The Editorial Board (2006), "Alessandro Faedo. Un grande matematico e innovatore dell'Università italiana" (PDF) , Residenze universitarie: il collegio "Alessandro Faedo" nell'area ex Forest , Architetture Pisane (in Italian), vol. speciale 3, Pisa : Edizioni ETS , pp. 12–13, ISBN   978-88-467-1566-1 . " Alessandro Faedo. A leading mathematician and innovator of Italian University " (English translation of

1908-646: The original on 2011-02-23 , retrieved 2014-02-09 . " Leonida Tonelli and the Pisa mathematical school " (English translation of the title) is a survey of the work of Tonelli in Pisa and his influence on the development of the school, presented at the International congress in occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on 6–9 May 1985). Faedo, Sandro (1997), "Come Ennio De Giorgi giunse alla Scuola Normale Superiore" [How Ennio De Giorgi came to

1961-483: The outset in Pisa, lessons in Theology, Civil Law, Canon Law and Medicine were established. The first years of the new Studium were particularly difficult, although there is documentary evidence that shows persistent academic activity with a slow recovery starting in 1355. The end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century saw Pisa and its Studium heading towards a slow death. The war, which had allowed

2014-710: The preparatory biennium ], Discorsi in occasione delle Adunanze Solenni dell'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian), Venezia : Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti , pp. 1–3, archived from the original on 9 June 2011 , retrieved 9 February 2014 . The inaugural address given by Mario Miranda during the official 2005 meeting of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. The Editorial Board (October 2001), "La scomparsa di Alessandro Faedo" [The passing of Alessandro Faedo] (PDF) , Normale. Bollettino dell'Associazione Normalisti (in Italian), IV (2): 17, archived from

2067-490: The public administration. In addition, ISTI is strongly involved in didactics, at bachelor, masters and PhD levels. Many ISTI researchers hold courses or seminars in national universities or abroad. The institute is organized in six major research themes and the subsequent 13 research laboratories: ISTI is intensively contributing to Open Source and Open Science policies, with the design and implementation of more than thirty software packages and tools, like, for example,

2120-492: The start of the sixties, the University of Pisa established the first Italian Chair of Film History and Criticism. In 1969, the degree course in Computer Science ( Informatics ) was set up. It was the first in Italy and followed the creation of the Pisan Electronic Calculator (CEP), designed in the mid-1950s and sponsored by Nobel Prize winner and graduate of the University of Pisa, Enrico Fermi , which

2173-628: The statutory autonomy of universities, forced the university to approve a new Statute, whose overall structure was only called into question with the so-called “ Gelmini reform ” in 2010. This led to the adoption of the 2012 Statute and the organizational layout which excluded the 11 Faculties in favour of 20 Departments. At present, the university is divided into 20 Departments, with around 150 first and second level degree courses, and single cycle degree courses, more than 20 doctoral courses, 50 schools of specialisation and more than 60 postgraduate courses. There are more than 1,500 members of teaching staff and

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2226-715: The students are also foreign. Among the many graduates of the University of Pisa are Nobel laureates Giosuè Carducci , Enrico Fermi , and Carlo Rubbia , Fields Medal recipients Enrico Bombieri and Alessio Figalli , Presidents of the Republic Giovanni Gronchi and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , film directors Mario Monicelli , Paolo Taviani , and Vittorio Taviani , writers Tiziano Terzani and Antonio Tabucchi , and tenor Andrea Bocelli . The University of Pisa consists of 20 departments. These departments offer several courses in their related field of study: PhD studies are usually offered and arranged by

2279-589: The studies and experiments which were the basis of his revolutionary theories. The decline of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Medici), in the middle of the 18th century, saw the downfall of the Studium in Pisa, which only picked up again with the Lorraine dynasty. It was thanks to these enlightened innovators and reformers that numerous works and the establishment of the new Chairs of Experimental Physics and Chemistry were created.   The annexation of Tuscany to

2332-643: The title) is a short commemoration of Alessandro Faedo, cured by the editorial board of the " Architetture Pisane " architecture journal. It was published in a special issue on the Collegio Faedo , the university college named after him in Pisa, and reissued in book form. Magenes, Enrico (June 2003), "Sandro Faedo matematico" [Sandro Faedo mathematician], Normale. Bollettino dell'Associazione Normalisti (in Italian), VI (1): 2–5 . A commemorative paper focusing mainly on Faedo's results in mathematics, while sketching only briefly his work as

2385-606: The university, above all in the years straddling the 1800s and the 1900s , had a direct impact on the urban fabric development of the city even though the number of students increased only moderately (891 in 1912). The university gradually welcomed female students and in 1877, Ernestina Paper graduated in Medicine. She was the first woman to graduate from an Italian university and was followed by Cornelia Fabri in Mathematics and Erminia Pittaluga in Arts. The reform called for by

2438-929: The whole Pisa area, especially in the city centre. In politics and government, notable people who have attended the University of Pisa include Italian political leaders such as Giacomo Acerbo , Giuliano Amato , Sandro Bondi , Maria Chiara Carrozza , Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Massimo D'Alema , Giovanni Gronchi , Guido Buffarini Guidi , Enrico Letta , Antonio Maccanico , Fabio Mussi , Alessandro Natta , Marcello Pera , Enrico Rossi , Carlo Sforza , Sidney Sonnino , and Paolo Emilio Taviani , Foreign political leaders such as Deputy Prime Minister of Albania Spiro Koleka , Ambassador Marcello Spatafora , Prime Ministers of Greece Ioannis Kolettis and Diomidis Kyriakos , Haitian President René Préval , Nicaraguan President Adan Cardenas , and Prime Minister of Somalia Ali Mohammed Ghedi . In theology, notable alumni include Archbishop Giovanni Battista Rinuccini , Cardinals Benedetto Accolti

2491-483: Was able to lead the field in many areas of knowledge, adapting to the new demands of social, civil and economic life. The faculties of Economics and Business Studies (1948), and later Foreign Languages and Literature (1969) and Political Science (1970) joined the faculties present before the conflict – Engineering and Pharmacy –  and accompanied the arrival of the university for the masses (between 1961 and 1972 student numbers in Pisa went from around 9,000 to 27,000). At

2544-524: Was an Italian mathematician and politician , born in Chiampo . He is known for his work in numerical analysis , leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method : he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa , becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on

2597-402: Was at the centre of the reform called for by Provveditore Gaetano Giorgini , which saw the faculties increase in number to six (Theology, Law, Arts, Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences) and for the first time in the world, the Chair of Agriculture and sheep-farming was created and entrusted to Cosimo Ridolfi . In the university and in the city, liberal and patriotic ideals were coming to

2650-680: Was established between 1810 and 1813. It started out as a subsidiary of the École Normale in Paris and closed immediately to be reopened in 1846 with the inauguration of its present seat at Palazzo della Carovana in Piazza dei Cavalieri . The period of the Restoration led to a reconsideration of the organisation within the Studium, but not to the complete revocation of the Napoleonic experience. In 1826, lessons on Egyptology were introduced at

2703-596: Was honoured with the gold military medal by the Italian Republic in 1948. With the creation of the Kingdom of Italy , the University of Pisa, which now counted around 560 matriculated students, re-emerged with all the faculties then present in the regulations and was acknowledged through the university reform of 1862, as one of the six principal national universities together with Turin , Pavia , Bologna , Naples and Palermo . The consolidation and expansion of

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2756-525: Was the basis for other firsts in Italy in its field. In 1986, for example, the first Italian link to the Internet originated in Pisa.   In 1967, the merger of the pre-existing colleges led to the creation of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and the Scuola Normale Superiore, forming a system of further education which is of the highest prestige at international level. Also in 1967, during

2809-494: Was the case throughout Italy. It was not until 2018, in Pisa, 80 years after the signature, that there was an official and public admission of responsibility on behalf of the Italian universities (on the University of Pisa's own initiative). The physical and moral destruction caused by the Second World War was soon overcome and the University of Pisa, whose matriculated students passed from 768 in 1945 to 1,292 in 1950,

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