14 November 2026 – Saturday
14 November 2026 – Saturday

The Biggest Mistake People Make in a Crisis

From Matisse to Rothko, the Use of Color to Share Emotions 

Midterms Are Beautiful

Monday Briefing 09/11/2026

The Perfect Level

The Wrong Frame: When Protests Become Riots

Interviews

  • Reading Time: 6 minutes

Conversation with Sofia Fiorini, Bocconi’s Own European Champion in Race Walking

On the 15th of August 2026, at the European Athletics Championships, our fellow Bocconi student Sofia Fiorini won the Gold Medal for the Marathon in race walking, setting the world record in the meantime. Since Tra i Leoni managed to reach out and contact our champion, I had the pleasure to interview her as soon as the semester started again.
On the 15th of August 2026, at the European Athletics Championships, our fellow Bocconi student Sofia Fiorini won the Gold Medal for the Marathon in race walking, setting the world record in the meantime. Since Tra i Leoni managed…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Il nuovo ciclo del real estate tra capitali, tecnologia e demografia

Il real estate cambia pelle. Dopo la stagione dei grandi uffici e dei centri commerciali, il nuovo ciclo è guidato da capitali globali, rivoluzione tecnologica e trasformazioni demografiche. Logistica, student housing e data center diventano protagonisti, mentre sostenibilità ed efficienza energetica determinano valore, accesso al credito e rendimenti.
Il real estate cambia pelle. Dopo la stagione dei grandi uffici e dei centri commerciali, il nuovo ciclo è guidato da capitali globali, rivoluzione tecnologica e trasformazioni demografiche. Logistica, student housing e data center diventano protagonisti, mentre sostenibilità ed…
  • Reading Time: 9 minutes

Building for Where Finance Is Going: A conversation with Csanád Váradi.

Will AI replace financial analysts? What should universities do to prepare students for a changing job market?This interview with Csanád Váradi, founder of Aevorex, explores how AI is reshaping financial research, education, and the skills that will matter in the years ahead.
Will AI replace financial analysts? What should universities do to prepare students for a changing job market?In this interview with Csanád Váradi, founder of Aevorex, we explore how AI is reshaping financial research, education, and the skills that will…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Intervista a Fabius De Vivo

Fabius De Vivo, una delle giovani promesse del cinema italiano, si racconta a Tra i Leoni. Una carriera già densa di successi, con tanti progetti in arrivo. E cinema ovunque. È un giovane attore con radici francesi e origini…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Uccio, the stellar fighter

On the rainy morning of May 5th, in the extremely professional recording studios of Radio Bocconi, I had the opportunity to have a small conversation with the three candidates running for the CNSU in next week elections. In this…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Alessandro, the tenacious rebuilder

On the rainy morning of May 5th, in the extremely professional recording studios of Radio Bocconi, I had the opportunity to have a small conversation with the three candidates running for the CNSU in next week elections. In this…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Giovanni, the new face in town

On the rainy morning of May 5th, in the extremely professional recording studios of Radio Bocconi, I had the opportunity to have a small conversation with the three candidates running for the CNSU in next week elections. In this…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Giulia Gambardella, a representative for everyone

I had never met Giulia Gambardella, the CDA candidate for Blab Bocconi, before this Monday. I had the pleasure of participating in the live interview by Radio Bocconi, where both candidates competing in the upcoming students’ elections presented themselves,…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Camilla Raspino, the Stars smiling

I had never met Camilla Raspino, the CDA candidate for Astra Bocconi, before this Monday. I had the pleasure of participating in the live interview by Radio Bocconi, where both candidates competing in the upcoming students’ elections presented themselves,…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Fondare un giornale da studenti: una chiacchiera con Michela Miglio

Come si lancia un progetto ambizioso da studenti universitari? @michela_miglio, co-founder di @praesidium_gaas, racconta la nascita e le sfide di un giornale che vuole cambiare il dibattito sulla sicurezza e la geopolitica. Praesidium è una rivista quadrimestrale online fondata…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Emanuele Veratti: AI, Innovazione e Strategia 

Emanuele Veratti è un esperto di strategia e trasformazione digitale con una solida carriera in Bain & Company, dove ricopre il ruolo di Partner nella sede di Milano. Specializzato nei settori dell’industria manifatturiera avanzata, dei trasporti e della logistica,…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Nicolò Andreula: carriera e felicità

Ho avuto il piacere di intervistare Nicolò Andreula, esplorando i meccanismi psicologici che scattano nei passaggi chiave di una carriera internazionale e di prestigio come la sua. In particolare, abbiamo affrontato il tema delle decisioni cruciali nell’individuare e perseguire…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Definition: a Rigid Impression. Can You Guess the Word?

The Ministry of Education guarantees the right to education across the whole national territory” (‘Il Ministero dell’Istruzione garantisce il diritto allo studio su tutto il territorio nazionale’). The website of the Italian Ministry of Education reads this statement while…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Bocconi’s new guests

The new academic year has started, and with it, new faces have appeared on campus. Exchange students from universities all over the world have chosen Milan, and more specifically Bocconi, as their new home for the next few months. To…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Interview with Professor Guido Tabellini

Guido Tabellini is Full Professor in Economics and holds the Intesa Sanpaolo Chair in Political Economics. He has been Rector of Bocconi University from 2008 to 2012. Professor Tabellini began his studies at the University of Turin, and later…
  • Reading Time: 6 minutes

Intervista ad Armando Milani: L’impegno sociale e politico di un graphic designer

Grazie ad un corso opzionale offerto dall’Università, ho avuto modo di conoscere il sensazionale lavoro di Armando Milani, uno tra i più noti graphic designer italiani. Dagli inizi degli anni 2000, Milani si dedica alla realizzazione di manifesti a…
  • Reading Time: 6 minutes

Referendum Cannabis e Eutanasia: Intervista a Damiano Canale

Quasi tre mesi fa, la Corte costituzionale ha giudicato non ammissibili i referendum su cannabis ed eutanasia. Abbiamo parlato con Damiano Canale, professore ordinario di filosofia del diritto, delle motivazioni di questa decisione, del ruolo della Corte e di…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Interviste agli studenti in Exchange

Racconti di un’esperienza di formazione e di crescita personale Vuoi andare in Exchange? Come scegliere la città in cui andare, l’università e l’opportunità giusta per te? Ecco qualche testimonianza diretta di studenti che hanno deciso di condividere con noi…
Donne x strada
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

DONNEXSTRADA, interview to the sociologist and cofounder of the project Marta Maria Nicolazzi

Have you ever felt unsafe walking down a street alone, just because you are a girl? DONNEXSTRADA is a project made by women to make other women feel safe while walking down the streets of their cities. We interviewed…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Behind the scenes of our latest event: Intervista a Luisa Ausenda

Da studentessa del CLEACC a manager per una galleria a L’Avana. Luisa Ausenda si racconta a Tra i Leoni in un’intervista. Si definisce “proud alumna” Bocconi. Ex cleacchina, è International Sales Manager e Project Manager di Galleria Continua, la…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Intervista all’On. Barbara Pollastrini

Negli scorsi giorni abbiamo avuto la fortuna di intervistare l’On. Barbara Pollastrini, già Ministra per i diritti e le Pari Opportunità del secondo governo Prodi e attualmente deputata alla Camera. Ci ha raccontato degli anni passati in Bocconi a fine anni Sessanta, di come il periodo storico ha influenzato…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Back to business: interview with Professor Valentina Bosetti

Valentina Bosetti wears many hats: she is a professor of Climate Change Economics at Bocconi University, a senior scientist at the European Institute on Economics and the Environment, and has been a lead author on the last two editions…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Activism & Change: Interview with Alessandro Montesi, Head of Activism at Amnesty International

Alessandro Montesi is Head of Activism at Amnesty International and a Bocconi graduate of the Master in Science Degree in Economics and Social Sciences. During his study years he began to get involved in different activism projects and, since…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Interview with Silvia Candiani, president of the Bocconi Alumni Community and CEO of Microsoft Italy

As of October 2020, Silvia Candiani, CEO of Microsoft for Italy, is president of the Bocconi Alumni Community. We at Tra i Leoni asked her a few questions about her new role and her experience at Bocconi as a…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

“We All Bleed the Same Colour”: DoctorsinItaly’s #GiveBackToMilan

A talk with Nadia Neytcheva (CEO and co-founder of DoctorsinItaly) and Federico Poggio (event manager) led us to discover what this startup is about and why their event #GiveBackToMilan is an opportunity to think about our health, our luck…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Covid, vaccinato studente in scambio negli USA: “Ero già guarito dal Coronavirus”

Uno studente della Bocconi*, partito in scambio a gennaio in un’università di uno stato del Sud degli Stati Uniti, è riuscito a ottenere il vaccino Pfizer, nonostante avesse già avuto il Covid in precedenza e non sia cittadino americano….
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Italian politics: students take over the mic

The only way to understand something is to ask about people’s opinions on it, this article will help shape your view on Italian politics from the perspective of students. In an era where political instability, wars, and economic crisis…
  • Reading Time: 10 minutes

The GameStop Incident: Interview with Massimo Guidolin

Our writers Cansu and Emma conducted an interview with Bocconi Finance professor Massimo Guidolin about the recent GameStop fever. Here is a quick and simple recap of the events for those who couldn’t follow the news or those who…
  • Reading Time: 7 minutes

Gender issues: the voice of students

Who is your female role model? Did you ever suffer discrimination based on gender, or do you know someone who did? What do you think about gender quotas? International Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide on March 8th. To raise…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Interview with Catherine De Vries, Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

“Female and foreign Professor: I am an example of Bocconi’s efforts to be inclusive.” Diversity and inclusiveness are top priorities for our University. For this reason, Rector Gianmario Verona appointed Catherine De Vries, full professor at the Department of…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

For the Love of Bread: Milan’s GustaMi

Explore a brief look into the everyday workings and economics of a local panetteria. With a straightforward business philosophy, Milano’s GustaMi is the producer of great bread, pastries, and pizzas. With the pandemic, however, new uncertainties amass on the…
US election
  • Reading Time: 9 minutes

On the US Election

An American’s first time voting for a president is a special moment in their civic life. To view this from afar has been a strange experience for Americans abroad. We Americans at Tra i Leoni would like to share…
Blended format
  • Reading Time: 11 minutes

So What about the Blended Format?

The Dossier So, What about the Blended Format? Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Share on email This semester marked a new phase for our university: after months spent online students were given the…
Marta Cartabia e Francesca Sofia Cocco
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Intervista alla professoressa Marta Cartabia

A partire da questo anno accademico, Marta Cartabia, Presidente emerita della Corte costituzionale, svolge il ruolo di full professor presso il Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici della nostra università, dove insegna i corsi di Giustizia costituzionale e Diritto costituzionale italiano…
Castiglioni Interview Riccardo Taranto
  • Reading Time: 7 minutes

Covid-19 Outbreak at Castiglioni Residence: Interview with Managing Director Riccardo Taranto

Bocconi University is currently under the spotlight for the management of the Covid-19 outbreak. Some cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the Castiglioni Residence since Sunday the 4th of October and the students living there are now subject…
Ronald Burt
  • Reading Time: 9 minutes

Bocconi Hires Influential Sociologist Ronald Burt: A Welcome Interview

This semester, the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi are delighted to welcome American sociologist, Prof. Ronald Stuart Burt to their faculty. Prof. Ronald Burt is a highly influential academic in the field of social networks and he focuses on…
Phase 3
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

Phase 3 – Interview with the Rector

We want you back! On 18 June Bocconi announced that it will enter Phase 3 starting in September 2020 and that teaching activities will resume both in-person and in-distance. We are certain that our readers are very curious to find…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

How to make it out alive: an interview with Prof. Tabellini

In the wake of the economic and financial turmoil ensuing from the coronavirus epidemics, influential economists have suggested different measures to foster stability and alleviate the toll that lockdowns and quarantines are exerting on production. The shock we are…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

The Hungarian Situation Explained by Prof. Vonyó

In order to have a better understanding of the recent events which took place in Hungary, Tra I Leoni interviewed Tamás Vonyó, Associate Professor at Bocconi’s Department of Social and Political Sciences. After graduating at Budapest Business School, Prof….
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Professoressa Bosco: “Lagarde inopportuna o in malafede”

In merito alla conferenza stampa tenuta da Christine Lagarde a margine della riunione del board della BCE nella giornata di giovedì, e al conseguente crollo dei mercati azionari, abbiamo raggiunto la Prof.ssa Maria Giovanna Bosco, docente di Macroeconomia presso…
Gianmario Verona, the Rector of Bocconi University
  • Reading Time: 6 minutes

Artificial intelligence at Bocconi: an interview with Rector Verona

by Matteo Cremonesi These are exciting times to be a student at Bocconi. This year alone has seen the opening of a stunning new campus for Bocconi’s business school, SDA Bocconi School of Management, notable improvements in the university’s…
  • Reading Time: 4 minutes

(Ri)scoprire l’identità di una generazione già ferita: intervista a Marco Missiroli

di Marta Mancini Ringraziamo Bocconi d’Inchiostro per l’opportunità di intervistare Marco Missiroli, a margine dell’evento da loro organizzato “Marco Missiroli incontra Bocconi d’Inchiostro”. Trentotto anni, origini riminesi, ma cuore (ormai) milanese: Marco Missiroli è conosciuto da pubblico e critica…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Intervista a Massimiliano Costa, autore di “Me non più”

di Carolina Giannessi Abbiamo avuto l’occasione lunedì 3 giugno di partecipare alla presentazione del romanzo d’esordio di Massimiliano Costa, intitolato “Me non più”, un libro il cui protagonista, Jaco, giovane consulente aziendale, è ispirato dall’esperienza diretta dell’autore. Massimiliano Costa…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

I dettagli di cui non ti accorgi: intervista a Francesco Piccolo

di Marta Mancini Sorpassi il frontespizio, apri alla prima pagina, e già promette bene: “Non sopporto più le persone che mi annoiano anche pochissimo e mi fanno perdere anche un solo secondo di vita”. Da questa citazione di Goffredo…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

#eleBocconi2019: i candidati al CNSU

Intervista di Francesca Sofia Cocco In vista delle prossime elezioni bocconiane il 14 e 15 maggio, abbiamo posto qualche domanda ai candidati al CNSU, il Consiglio Nazionale degli Studenti Universitari. Innanzitutto presentati… Matteo Giugovaz (Unilab): Sono Matteo Giugovaz, detto…
  • Reading Time: 7 minutes

Andrea Venzon, un Bocconiano per cambiare l’Europa

di Paolo Barone Laureatosi in Economia nel nostro ateneo, Andrea Venzon è tra i fondatori del movimento Volt Europa ed è stato inserito dalla rivista Forbes tra i 100 italiani under 30 destinati a guidare il futuro. Volt si…
  • Reading Time: 2 minutes

Il tempo di un caffè: intervista a Paolo Giordano

di Marta Mancini Nella calura di una primavera arrivata con troppo anticipo, mi accolgono i suoi occhi azzurri. Poi un sorriso, una mano tesa, e un amichevole “diamoci del tu”. Paolo Giordano lo descriverei come un uomo che della…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Il demone materno – intervista a Donatella Di Pietrantonio

di Marco Visentin Come tutti gli scrittori degni di nota, Donatella Di Pietrantonio è dotata di una sensibilità particolare, che emerge discreta da testi come L’Arminuta e Bella mia. Nella nostra intervista, realizzata al termine dell’evento organizzato da Bocconi…
  • Reading Time: 5 minutes

Interview with Andrea Zannetti, from Bocconi to Los Angeles

di Carolina Giannessi We have had the pleasure to interview Andrea Zannetti, a former Bocconi student who now works in Los Angeles, in the movie industry, and is a perfect example of a successful career both in university and…
  • Reading Time: 3 minutes

Economic growth and inequalities: an interview with Michael Spence

di Andrea Pradelli e Francesca Sofia Cocco On November 19th we attended the event “Economic Growth and Inequalities: any place for ethics in a multi-speed world?” organized by the Bocconi association Res Ethica. Guests of the conference were Guido…
Load More