The Aula Magna of Palazzo Bo hosts the official handover ceremony of the rectorate office from outgoing Rector Rosario Rizzuto to Rector-elect Daniela Mapelli on Friday, October 1 at 10 am.

The event includes institutional greetings by Vice-President of the Veneto Region Elisa De Berti, Mayor of Padua Sergio Giordani, and the Prefect of Padua Raffaele Grassi, followed by the speech by the outgoing rector, speeches by guest rectors and the first speech by the new rector.

As the Official Start of the University’s 800th Anniversary, the entire ceremony will be streamed live on the University’s social media channels.

Daniela Mapelli will be the first woman to become a rector in the history of the University of Padua, the same university where in 1678 Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia – receiving a degree in philosophy – became the first woman graduate in modern history.