ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The National Week of Scientific, Technological, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines (STEM), promoted by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR), with initiatives throughout Italy from today to 11 February to bring students to the study of scientific disciplines and enhance the role of research.
The 2026 edition is dedicated to Italian researchers and researchers engaged in research in the Arctic, one of the most strategic and sensitive areas of the Planet for the study of climate change and global environmental transformations.
The STEM Week has reached its third edition and has been set up under Law 187 of 2023. At the end of the initiatives, on 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science will be celebrated.
The dedication to artic research enhances the scientific contribution of Italy in the polar regions, internationally recognized. A commitment that will see our country protagonist on March 3 and 4 next, when Italy will host the Arctic Circle Polar Summit, an international event dedicated to the Arctic and its main scientific, environmental and geopolitical challenges.
“Studenting the STEM – explains the Minister of the University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini – means opening up to extraordinary professional experiences: work in international contexts, measure with real challenges, contribute to projects affecting the future of the planet. This is what our researchers and researchers are doing every day in the Arctic, and it is the value we want to convey to the new generations. Dedicating them the Week means recognizing a high-level scientific community, protagonist in the main international networks and capable of generating knowledge, data and decisive solutions for the future of the planet. Investing in STEM means investing in the future not only of Italy but of the Planet”.
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