SISSA Information and Policies on Coronavirus
28 February 2020
The page on SISSA policy and procedures regarding COVID-19 to guarantee an efficient, transparent, punctual communication.
News & Events
Coronavirus: new ordinance from FVG Region
03 April 2020
According to a new ordinance signed on 3 April 2020 by the president of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the use of face masks or personal protective devices covering the nose and the mouth and single use plastic gloves is mandatory in markets...
Accademia dei Lincei: a report and a call for support for Covid-19
02 April 2020
In an open letter, Accademia dei Lincei urges other European Academies to act in the spirit of solidarity and argues for a european public investment policy to face the crisis
Coronavirus: limits and indications on the collection and use of data in the experience of an FVG expert group
01 April 2020
Number of tests, number of patients admitted, fraction of those tested positive in hospital: what are the data that give us a real picture of the situation of the epidemic? Can forecasts based simply on number of people testing positive really allow us to make adequate forecasts? Never before has data played such a central role in our lives as at this time: knowing how to read them properly and interpreting them correctly by identifying the parameters to be considered is fundamental.
Coronavirus quarantine and domestic violence
31 March 2020
In recent weeks, many women who have been subjected to domestic violence are being forced to remain in their families and thus to be in direct contact with their torturers, at great risk for their health and safety. Call number 1522, free and active 24 hours a day, to ask for help
Coronavirus: Sissa promotes an international initiative for easier access to data and research
26 March 2020
The need for information on coronavirus infection is growing. A new statement - promoted by the structures in charge of preserving knowledge, libraries, and addressed to Publishers - aims to sustain these fundamental process through an easier access to data, sources and research...
Coronavirus Update March 24: new mobility restrictions
24 March 2020
On Sunday 22 March, additional measures were introduced for thecontainment and management of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency, applicable throughout the national territory.
ESOF2020 Trieste postponed to 2 - 6 September 2020
23 March 2020
EuroScience and the Fondazione Internazionale Trieste announced that the 2020 edition of the EuroScience Open Forum will be rescheduled to take place from 2 to 6 September in Trieste ...
Supermassive black holes shortly after the Big Bang: how to seed them
23 March 2020
How is it possible that, as recently observed, supermassive black holes were already present when the Universe was “just” 800 million years old? Thanks to an original model theorized by SISSA's scientists, a new study proposes a very fast formation process...
Coronavirus update: new policies from FVG Region
20 March 2020
Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Regione of Friuli Venezia Giulia, has announced that new measures will be taken in order to limit the spreading of COVID 19 infection. The new strategies of containment include the closure of all shops and commercial activities on Sunday ...
SISSA Coronavirus Policy updates - 19 March
19 March 2020
The latest updates regarding the consequences on our community of the latest government measures regarding Coronavirus
Coronavirus emergency: new self-certification model in case of movements
18 March 2020
On March 17, the Ministry of the Interior published a new self-declaration model to be used in case of movements.
First online PhD defense at SISSA and in Italy
17 March 2020
Yesterday afternoon the candidate Chiara di Paolo has successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis in Astrophysics and Cosmology via a fully on-line session.
In particular, Chiara, her supervisor Prof. P. Salucci, the two external examiners Prof. F. Nesti and A. Burkert, the SISSA committee and the rest of the audience (including some other SISSA students) were all remotely connected via web from their own home using a communication software among those currently adopted by SISSA for ensuring the continuation of team research work.
SISSA Coronavirus Update - Access to SISSA
12 March 2020
Dear all, yesterday evening, in a sometimes dramatic speech, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced new and further measures to limit the spread of coronavirus infection in the Country...
SISSA Coronavirus Policy Update March 10th
09 March 2020
SISSA is an institution of scientific excellence and, at a time that we cannot hesitate to call serious, we can only reaffirm our total confidence in the science and community of epidemiologists, doctors and nurses at the forefront of coping with the virus in recent weeks and days. In regards to the new dispositions defined by the Governmental decree approved Monday 9, extending “reinforced containment” areas to all Italy, SISSA policies are as follows:
Aggiornamento Policy SISSA sul Coronavirus (2 Marzo)
02 March 2020
Following the approval of the new government decree and the ordinance of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region both promulgated on March 1, 2020, the updates of the Sissa policies aimed at preventing the risk of Coronavirus and protecting individual and community health are communicated below.
Starting from tomorrow, March 3, 2020:
Extension of didactic activities suspension also for tomorrow 2 March 2020
01 March 2020
Following the worsening of the health situation in the FVG Region, the national and regional authorities are about to take new measures that will also affect the university system and therefore SISSA. The new provisions will not be known until late in the evening.
In memoriam - Roberto Innocente
28 February 2020
Roberto Innocente, computer technician of ITCS (Information Technology and Computing Services) passed away on January 30th 2020 in Trieste.
Updates from SISSA's task-force on Coronavirus
26 February 2020
Latest updates from the task-force instituted by SISSA to face the COVID-19 emergency
URGENT message from the Director regarding Coronavirus procedures
24 February 2020
- All students and trainees are prohibited from accessing SISSA; PIs are requested to take action for any remote activities
- All seminars, events and other recreational activities are suspended
- It is compulsory for all coming from risk areas to abstain from service for 14 days
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