Profumo named Italy’s new research minister
NOV 17, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025711
Science : Francesco Profumo has been named Italy’s new Minister for Education, Universities, and Research, writes Marta Paterlini for Science. Profumo, who is provost of the Polytechnic University of Turin, was also recently named president of the country’s National Research Council (CNR). “He has a deep knowledge of university, research, and industry. I am sure he has the right skills to try, at least, to reform a system that is craving a fair evaluation and recruitment based on merit,” said Adriano De Maio, president of the European Centre for Nanomedicine in Milan. A press release stated that Profumo is “honored” by the new assignment, which he will “embrace with humility and a spirit of service.”
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