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IBSA Foundation engages in a range of scientific and cultural outreach activities to make science more accessible to all.
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The first Museum Tour in Spain

The museum tour is going international: for the first time school classes from Spain are taking part in a museum tour in Barcelona.
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Quantum intelligence: IBSA Foundation and LAC explore the relationship between human and artificial

Quantum intelligence: IBSA Foundation–LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura explore artificial intelligence, quantum physics and new questions about our idea of humanity.
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IBSA Foundation HappyLabs at the Venice Biennale Kids’ Carnival

IBSA Foundation brought its HappyLab workshops to Venice, involving young people in an activity dedicated to digital technology, and well-being.
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InnovaComiX 2026: Cygne d’Argent finalists Bressanini and Tota in conversation

Dario Bressanini and Alessandro Tota discuss science, comics, and popular science. Moderated by Pietro Scarnera, Silvia Misiti of the IBSA Foundation will also ...
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IBSA Foundation at InnovaComiX 2026, with public HappyLabs

IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research brings two experiential workshops on digital wellbeing to the InnovaComiX Festival.
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IBSA Foundation partners with InnovaComiX 2026

InnovaComiX 2026 Festival in Lugano: comics, science and young people in the spotlight with the new Cygne d'Argent award, supported by IBSA Foundation.
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IBSA Foundation and USI Scholarships 2025

Also in 2025, IBSA Foundation continues to promote the scholarship project in collaboration with USI, to promote studies in Medicine.
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Museum Tour

An innovative Scientific Museum Tour project, granting secondary school classes the opportunity to take part in museum workshops for free.
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Science and art: sparking creativity through discovery

The third edition of Let’s Science! at the Cartoonmuseum explored blood, where Basel students combined science and art in an engaging workshop.
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2024 Fellowship Winners

The six winners of IBSA Foundation’s 12th Fellowship edition have been announced. The new call is open, featuring the €5,000 Equity Prize.
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Conversation with Chus Martínez

Curator Chus Martínez to be guest of honour at the first SciArt SwitzerlAnd 2025 event dedicated to the relationship between artistic practices and scientific ...
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Arturo Licenziati appointed new Honorary Member of USI

Arturo Licenziati awarded the title of honorary member of USI on 10 May 2025 on the occasion of the 29th Dies Academicus. Read the whole news!
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Museum Tour: Dance as a form of communication

Discover how the IBSA Foundation's Museum Tour project helps students explore dance as a form of communication at the Museum of Communication in Bern.
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Drawing music: A creative lab blending physics, arts and comics

Two high school classes from Basel and Lucerne participated in the Labs organised by IBSA Foundation and the Cartoonmuseum on the theme of sound waves.
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Stefano Mancuso - Plant beings in the perspective of global sustainability

The meeting with Stefano Mancuso is part of SciArt SwitzerlAnd, a project of IBSA Foundation carried out in collaboration with LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura.
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Guido Tonelli - Art and Science: a history of surprising connections

Lectio magistralis by Guido Tonelli. The meeting is part of SciArt SwitzerlAnd, a project of IBSA Foundation carried out in collaboration with LAC Lugano Arte ...
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The book: “Fertile Words. A Journey in Search of a Child”

The book: “Fertile Words. A Journey in Search of a Child”. The volume includes 50 stories donated to the community, by 50 different authors.
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The revival of Carlo Cattaneo House

Discover the revival of Carlo Cattaneo House in Lugano: a respectful regeneration project celebrating history and innovation.
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