page_title: University of Pavia
section_title: Medaglia teresiana
hierarchical_section_title: University of Pavia / Medaglia teresiana
caption_attribution_description: Il capitano dell’Aeronautica militare e astronauta ESA Samantha Cristoforetti ha ricevuto dall’Università di Pavia la laurea magistrale honoris causa in Bioingegneria. La cerimonia si è tenuta giovedì 9 novembre nell’Aula Magna dell’Ateneo pavese. «…La missione spaziale condotta dal Capitano Cristoforetti mostra come la bioingegneria sia una disciplina chiave per la definizione di metodologie e la realizzazione di tecnologie atte alla comprensione di fenomeni pato-fisiologici complessi, e alla valutazione degli effetti di nuove terapie farmacologiche. L’attività svolta in condizioni operative e ambientali fuori del comune dimostra in modo chiaro e circostanziato come le sue competenze tecnico/scientifiche siano di altissimo profilo…» Laureata a Monaco in ingegneria meccanica con una specializzazione in propulsione spaziale e strutture leggere, e con all’attivo numerosi altri studi, dall’aeronautica alla chimica, tra il novembre 2014 e il giugno 2015 ha trascorso 199 giorni sulla Stazione spaziale internazionale. A bordo della ISS, nell’ambito della missione ASI “Futura”, ha realizzato una serie di esperimenti scientifici tra cui il progetto “NATO” dell’Università di Pavia.
context_page_description: The University of Pavia is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. It was the sole university in Milan and the greater Lombardy region until the end of the 19th century.
  Currently, it has 18 departments and 9 faculties. It doesn't have a main campus, its buildings and facilities are scattered around the city, earning the city of Pavia its title "a city campus". The university caters to more than 20,000 students who come from Italy and all over the world.
  The university offers more than 80 undergraduate programs, over than 40 master programs and about 20 doctoral programs, including 8 English programs. About 1,500 students who enter the university every year are international students.
  The university operates multiple cultural and scientific museums, including the University History Museum, a botanical garden, research centers, university libraries and a university press. The university is also affiliated with Policlinico San Matteo, where every year, hundreds of medical students from the university perform clinical rotations during their clinical years.
context_section_description: The Medaglia teresiana is an academic recognition that establishes the entry of a professor in the University of Pavia. This award can also be conferred by the Rector of the University of Pavia to people who are particularly distinguished, traditionally hosted at the inauguration of the academic year or the day of the graduates:
  Massimo Inguscio, physicist
  Salomone Ovadia, actor
  Manuel Cardona, physicist
  Barbara Casadei, cardiologist
  Janusz Turkowski, engineer
  Martin M. Block, physicist
  Francesco Lissoni, economist
  Ben Feringa, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
  Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut
  Herbert Freeman, computer scientist
  Fabrizio Capobianco, entrepreneur 
  Paul Alivisatos, chemist
  Renato Balduzzi, politician
  Beppe Severgnini, journalist
  Eliot Forster, entrepreneur
  Andrea Cavalleri, physicist
  Elena Cattaneo, researcher
  Pietro Grasso, politician
  Jacques Le Goff, historian
  Gerardo Marotta, lawyer and philosopher
  Salvatore Ruggeri, politician
caption: Samantha Cristoforetti was presented with honorary doctorate
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