4月14日，米兰比可卡大学校长Giovanna Iannantuoni就目前的新冠肺炎疫情向比可卡全体师生发出了一封信。

信中指出，米兰比可卡大学目前正在以在线网课的形式教学，考试也将采用在线笔试的形式进行。学校官网的“新冠肺炎疫情”板块也在持续更新，相关信息可访问学校官网查看：

 

Dear all,

 

I'm writing to you with my regular weekly update on the activities and initiatives the university is undertaking during the coronavirus emergency.

 

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced us to implement social distancing in order to safeguard the most vulnerable and tackle the crisis. It is a situation that requires us to act with a sense of ethics, responsibility and solidarity.

 

Being a community is about working together for a common objective. Yet it is also about putting people first and staying at home, without interrupting our work, teaching activities, research projects and community services.

 

As you know, as soon as the emergency began we encouraged remote working as a priority. We currently have 92% of university staff working from home, in accordance with the Prime Ministerial Decree and the Lombardy Regional Decree of 22 March. Teaching activities are continuing via e-learning

 (https://www.unimib.it/servizi/service-desk/e-learning-e-assessment/e-learning-statistiche-accesso) and we are finalising procedures for written exams to be taken online.

 

Some events and initiatives are resuming, where these can be run virtually. Indeed, during such a difficult period for our society, the university has opened its doors – albeit only in the virtual sense – to the general public with the "Bicocca Citizenship" initiative [Bicocca per la cittadinanza, available in Italian: https://www.unimib.it/coronavirus-informazioni-e-servizi/bicocca-cittadinanza], which offers services, opportunities, meetings and opportunities for dialogue designed to draw on our varied body of expertise to support members of the public.

 

Our support for the San Gerardo Hospital in Monza continues through the "STOP CORONAVIRUS (https://www.retedeldono.it/it/universit%C3%A0-bicocca/coronavirus): help us stop it!" fundraiser, while we're also very active through our research activities, which – at this time of crisis – are making a key scientific contribution to improving our understanding of the phenomenon and helping us tackle the spread of the virus in the most suitable and effective manner.

When the emergency began, we set up a crisis unit which continues to work in close collaboration with other institutions to ensure coordination where necessary and to implement operational instructions.

 

The section of the website dedicated to coronavirus is constantly being updated based on the most recent measures taken at national, regional and university level. It also sets out the activities the Bicocca community is implementing to help handle the crisis. Please take the time to read it (https://www.unimib.it/coronavirus-informazioni-e-servizi).

 

Let's stay together by staying at home.

 

Kind regards,

The Rector, 

Giovanna Iannantuoni