The new 102 graduates of USI Faculty of Communication Sciences

The graduation ceremony of USI Faculty of Communication Sciences was held on Monday in the Lugano campus Aula magna. Conferred, 47 Bachelor’s, 52 two-year Master’s and 3 PhD. Awards for the best grade point average were also assigned to the students during the ceremony.

The event opened with a welcome address by USI Rector Prof. Boas Erez and carried on with a speech by the Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences Prof. Andrea Rocci. The graduates - of 13 different nationalities - were awarded a total of 102 diplomas in Communication Sciences and Interfaculty, which is obtained through joint study paths with the Faculty of Economics.

The ceremony also included two presentations by USI alumni: Isabelle Dublin (Master in Corporate Communication, 2015), now Corporate Communication Officer at Pictet Group, Zurich; and Riccardo Latini (Master in Marketing, 2014), now Head of Caslano Shoe Factory at Bally, Caslano.

The awards for the best graduates of the Bachelor's and Master's degree were awarded as follows:

ABB Prize for the best Bachelor

• Beatrice Fasulo (grade point avarage: 9.41)
  ex aequo with
  Michela Gerosa (grade point avarage: 9.41)

ABB Prize for the best Master

• Deborah Barcella (grade point avarage: 9.68)

Alma Bacciarini Prize for the best Master in in Italian language, literature and civilisation

• Rita Colombo (grade point avarage: 9.90)

The following is a list of graduates with their nationality and their diplomas. 

BACHELOR

Bachelor in Italian language, literature and civilisation - www.usi.ch/bllci

1. Tiziana Antonini, Switzerland
2. Laura Babu, Switzerland
3. Valentina Bernasconi, Switzerland
4. Carlotta Lo Porto, Switzerland
5. Costanza Lucchini, Italy
6. Andrea Mazzoni, Switzerland
7. Tessa Roggiani, Switzerland
8. Laura Troilo, Italy
9. Gabriele Vannini, Switzerland

Bachelor in Scienze della comunicazione - www.usi.ch/bcom

1. Francesco Balestra, Switzerland
2. Ginevra Benzi, Switzerland
3. Rachele Alice Bonalanza, Italy
4. Laura Bordoli, Italy
5. Silvia Broggini, Italy
6. Silvia Calgaro, Italy
7. Giacomo Castelli, Italy
8. Alessio Castorino, Italy
9. Beatrice Catalani, Switzerland
10. Anna Crignola, Switzerland
11. Althea Lucia Crincoli, Switzerland
12. Margaux Cucciati, Switzerland
13. Andrea Del Bufalo, Switzerland
14. Alice Della Bruna, Switzerland
15. Giulia Facchini, Switzerland
16. Beatrice Fasulo, Italy
17. Marco Fossati, Italy
18. Giulia Galetti, Italy
19. Amedeo Gasparini, Switzerland
20. Michela Gerosa, Italy
21. Nadine Iadonisi, Switzerland
22. Grigor Krstevski, Switzerland
23. Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland
24. Sofia Luraschi, Switzerland
25. Erika Magliocco, Switzerland
26. Ariele Mombelli, Switzerland
27. Giulia Munnia, Switzerland
28. Phuc Nicky Ngo, Switzerland
29. Simone Pellegrino, Switzerland
30. Simona Piccinali, Switzerland
31. Mjriam Prudente, Switzerland
32. Nicolò Radaelli, Switzerland
33. Matteo Soldati, Switzerland
34. Chiara Stefanoni, Italy
35. Paola Sula, Albania
36. Sarah Vaccaro, Italy
37. Sophie Waschuth, Germany
38. Sarah Ziegler, Switzerland

MASTER - www.com.usi.ch/it/studiare-scienze-della-comunicazione/master-lauree-magistrali-scienze-della-comunicazione

Master of Arts
Master in Italian language, literature and civilisation

1. Marco Calogero Battaglia, Italy
2. Rita Colombo, Italy
3. Alice Driutti, Switzerland
4. Yaliang Fu, China
5. Alessandro Mariani, Switzerland, Italy
6. Gaia Nannini, Switzerland
7. Anna Polatti, Italy
8. Natalia Elena Sofia Realini, Switzerland
9. Francesca Rossetti, Italy

Master in Philosophy

1. David Giuseppe Arie Anzalone, Belgium
2. Gaetano Masciullo, Italy
3. Alberto Tassoni, Italy

Master in Communication Sciences
Master in Communication Management and Health

1. Anaid Zulima Barreto Solano, Spain
2. Melissa Biolchi, Italy
3. Rillion Cadlini, Switzerland, Brasil
4. Giovanni Franscella, Switzerland
5. Elisa Anneve Marti, Switzerland
6. Francesca Panico, Italy
7. Federica Pedalino, Italy
8. Alexandre Szczypkowski, Switzerland, Italy

Master in Media Management

1. Sara Bellicini, Switzerland
2. Fabio Dotti, Switzerland
3. Ely Lüthi, Switzerland
4. Antonio Nucci, Italy
5. Giosia Perretta, Italy
6. Margherita Pizio, Italy

Master in Communication Sciences and Economics
Master in Corporate Communication

1. Yvonne Burger, Switzerland
2. Alexandra Clements, United States
3. Leonora Gashi, Switzerland
4. Dominika Karausova, Czech Republic
5. Alina Meletta, Switzerland
6. Janine Videva, Bulgaria
7. Manuela Walzthöny, Switzerland

Master in Marketing

1. Iride Virginia Baranella, Italy
2. Deborah Barcella, Italy
3. Joël Breguet, Switzerland
4. Federico Camera, Italy
5. Lucrezia Camponovo, Switzerland
6. Loan Anh Duong, Switzerland
7. Yana Dzhikova, Bulgaria
8. Simone Ferloni, Italy
9. Grazia Iannitti, Italy
10. Ruth Kappler, Svizzera
11. Luz Del Carmen Lopez Laguna, Mexico
12. Niccolò Gerardo Manzi, Italy
13. Elena Merati, Italy
14. Stefany Moccetti, Switzerland
15. Abhishek Nair, India
16. Hana Eloisa Pinsker, Switzerland
17. Federica Riva, Italy
18. Diandra Sacco, Italy
19. Maximilian Witz, Switzerland

PhD - www.com.usi.ch/it/studiare-scienze-della-comunicazione/dottorato

Doctor of Philosophy in Italian language, literature and civilisation

1. Pellizzato Giulia, Italy

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences

1. Amati Rebecca, Italy
2. De Molli Federica, Italy