Publishing date: 15 July 2026 Immagine notizia Immagine Paragrafo The academic procession through the streets of the city centre, the applause from family and friends, the presentation of the diplomas and, finally, the traditional tossing of the graduation caps in front of the fountain in the Giardini Estensi. Yesterday, the University of Insubria celebrated its Graduates’ Day, dedicated to the approximately 300 graduates who obtained their degrees between July 2022 and March 2026, on the day marking the twenty-eighth anniversary of the University’s foundation.Led by the Rector, Maria Pierro, and the Deputy Rector, Umberto Piarulli, the procession made its way through the city centre, passing through Piazza della Repubblica and Piazza Monte Grappa before reaching the Giardini Estensi, where the ceremony took place in the presence of academic, civil and military authorities, lecturers and the graduates’ families. In attendance were the Mayor of Varese, Davide Galimberti; the Prefect, Salvatore Rosario Pasquariello; the President of the Province of Varese, Marco Magrini; the Chief of Police, Paolo Iodice; and the Councillor for the Municipality of Busto Arsizio, Rosa Giorgia Colombo, representing the Mayor. Also taking part in the ceremony were Giovanni Cassataro, Davide Arancio, Giovanna Beretta, Roberto Banfi, Novellina Iovino, Adele Patrini, Emanuela Crivellaro, Luca Guido Molinari, Ivan Zingaro, Ivana Casella, Filippo Pozzoli and Mario Zeni, representing professional bodies, local associations and voluntary organisations.The ceremony opened with a speech by the Rector, Maria Pierro: “Celebrating the twenty-eighth anniversary of the University of Insubria together with our graduates means celebrating the most important achievement of our academic community’s work. Insubria thrives through the people it educates, and today entrusts each of them with the responsibility to contribute, with expertise and a sense of civic duty, to the growth of society. The degree we are celebrating today is not a point of arrival, but the start of a journey on which they will carry with them the values and sense of responsibility they have developed during their university years.” Next came the talk by Francesco Bucceri, who graduated with honours in Economics and Business from the University of Insubria in 2003 and is now Deputy Head of the ‘Revenue Policy and Management’ Unit within the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Budget. Reflecting on his own career path, from the Guardia di Finanza to the European institutions, Bucceri urged the new graduates to look beyond their academic qualifications, noting that ‘university does not merely provide us with knowledge: it provides us with a method. It teaches us to tackle complexity, not to give up in the face of difficulties, and to build the future with commitment and perseverance. From tomorrow, your degree will speak of what you have done, but it will be your choices that reveal who you will become. The world needs excellent professionals, but even more so it needs people who are trustworthy, honest and capable of putting their skills at the service of others.”The heads of department then presented the diplomas to the graduates of their respective degree programmes: Paola Biavaschi, Giulio Carcano, Alberto Coen Porisini, Giuseppe Colangelo, Luigina Guasti, Flavia Marinelli, Michela Prest and Andrea Uselli, alongside the Dean of the School of Medicine, Francesca Rovera.The evening concluded with the most eagerly awaited and symbolic moment of the ceremony: the tossing of the graduation caps in front of the fountain in the Giardini Estensi, a traditional academic gesture that celebrates the milestone achieved and marks the start of a new personal and professional journey for the graduates of the University of Insubria.All the photos are available at the link www.uninsubria.it/graduation-party-2026-photos