From Thursday 2 October 2025, the Department of Geosciences presents a new series of seminars for the first semester of the a.y. 2025/2026.

The events, proposed by members of the Department and held by speakers from Italian and international universities and research centers will be open to anyone interested.

• Thursday 2 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Garnet: not quite as cubic as one might think  - speaker: Prof. Bernardo Cesare - Department of Geosciences - University of Padova  (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 9 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres: regulations, methods and analytical techniques - speaker: Dr. Michele Rocchetto - White Lab Srl (click here for abstract and details) - Seminar will be held in italian language
• Thursday 16 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: From foreshock to mainshock: transient sliding velocity sets nucleation timestyle, - speaker: François Passelègue – Géoazur, CNRS, Nice (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 23 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Drilling Down the Data: A Deep Learning Dive into IODP Cores, speaker Prof. Cédric John - QMUL - United Kingdom (click here for abstract and details)
• Tuesday 28 October 2025, 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Cyclone-Driven Sediment Pulses and River Morphodynamic Response in Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa New Zealand, speaker: Prof. Jon Tunnicliffe - University of Auckland, New Zealand (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 30 October 2025, 3,30-4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: Data to Diapers via Remote Arctic Expeditions, Climate Science, and Bedtime Stories, Speaker: Prof.ssa Gina Moseley. Department of Geology, Universiy of Innsbruck, Osterreich (click here for abstract and details). The seminar will be followed at 4:30 p.m. by a round table discussion entitled "Challenges and barriers to diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in field research” with the aim of initiating a departmental discussion on experiences and critical issues to be addressed in geological fieldwork.

The calendar of further scheduled seminars will follow soon