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Volunteering Opportunity: English Teaching Assistant in Elementary Schools

ECCo offers students the opportunity to engage with the local community through a volunteer program at three elementary schools: Scuola Primaria Zamboni, Scuola Primaria Don Bosco, and Scuola Primaria Mattiuzzi-Casali. Participants work alongside English teachers to prepare and lead laboratory-style classes for children ages 5 to 10. This is a volunteer opportunity, not a formal internship, and does not carry academic credit.

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Visual History of Science in Early Modern Italy [History of Science]

Noemi Di Tommaso

Between 1500 and 1800, Italy – and Bologna in particular – witnessed a progressive convergence of scientific inquiry and visual culture that led to the production and circulation of images increasingly regarded as reliable forms of evidence. Drawings, illustrations, and other visual media became essential tools for observing, interpreting, and communicating knowledge about the natural world. This course traces the evolution of these visual languages across three centuries, examining both the introduction of new optical instruments, such as the microscope and the telescope, and the growing involvement of women in intellectual, artistic, and natural-historical activities. By exploring the relationship between empirical observation, representation, and knowledge-making, the course investigates how images contributed to shaping scientific authority and credibility in early modern Italy. Continue reading Visual History of Science in Early Modern Italy [History of Science]