From February 4 to 11, 2026, the National Week of STEM Disciplines, established by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), takes place across Italy. The initiative concludes on February 11 with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, proclaimed by the United Nations in 2015 to promote the participation of women and girls in science.
On this occasion, INFN organizes several activities throughout Italy.
NAPLES
February 6
INFN Project: IPPOG Masterclass
ROME
February 6 – Aula Magna, Sapienza University of Rome
Seminar: “A Life in STEM”
Connected with Sapienza University of Rome, with Emanuele Angelino, researcher at LNGS, and Dounia Helis, researcher at GSSI.
ROME, COSENZA, SALERNO, PAVIA, CAGLIARI
February 11
INFN Project: IPPOG Masterclass
FRASCATI (ROME)
February 2–6 – INFN National Laboratories of Frascati
PID training course for teachers
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February 11, 9:35 AM – INFN National Laboratories of Frascati
Conference: “Who Wants to Be STEM? From Gender Stereotypes to the Passion that Sparks Ideas in Science”
Organized by INFN-CUG, in collaboration with ASI, ENEA, CREA, INAF, INAPP, ISS, ISTAT, and Sapienza University of Rome.
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FERRARA
Alongside the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the National Week of STEM Disciplines, the seminar series Fridays of the Universe continues in Ferrara.
February 13, 9:00 PM – Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara
Public lecture: Tiny Neutral Particles. A Century of Neutrinos in Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
with Marco Pallavicini, professor of Physics of Fundamental Interactions at the University of Genoa, researcher at the INFN, and member of the INFN Executive Board.
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February 27, 9:00 PM – Sala Estense, Piazza del Municipio, Ferrara
Public lecture: “The Invention of Writing and the Decipherment of Ancient Scripts”
With Silvia Ferrara, Full Professor at the University of Bologna and classical philologist.
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