The award ceremony for the 54 students who won the 4th edition of Art&Science Across Italy concluded on Friday, May 3rd at the Acacia Theater in Naples, where they received scholarships to participate in a master's program at the National Laboratories of Gran Sasso of INFN (June 23-26, 2024) or at CERN in Geneva (September 1-5, 2024).
It was a highly competitive challenge, as over 7100 students from 194 schools across Italy participated in the 2022-2024 edition of Art&Science Across Italy. Students created over 1300 artistic works inspired by science, which were exhibited in 19 shows held between November 2023 and May 2024 in various cities across Italy, including Bari, Biella, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Ferrara, Frascati, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Naples, Padua, Perugia, Pisa, Potenza, Rome, Teramo, Turin, and Trieste.
The Milan stage was organized by the INFN Milan Section and Milano Bicocca in collaboration with the Physics Departments of the University of Milan and Milan-Bicocca, with the support of Fondazione Cariplo. Twelve Lombard schools participated, showcasing their works at the Civic Aquarium of Milan from November 23 to December 3, 2023.
The national first prize was awarded to the piece "Violazione," which also won the first prize at the Milan stage. It depicts the breaking of symmetries in nature, and was created by three students from Liceo Salesiani Don Bosco (Treviglio).
Another piece from the Milan stage, titled "NIARB GNIVLOVE" and inspired by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, also received recognition. It was created by three students from the scientific high school Antonietti di Iseo (Brescia).
All winning pieces were exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) until May 13, 2024.
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