Prof. Teodolinda Barolini Elected to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Teodolinda Barolini, Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian, was elected as a Foreign Member of the prestigious Italian academy Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. This important international recognition of her scholarship reflects upon Columbia’s mission as a global institution. 

Please join us in in congratulating Prof. Barolini on this honor.

Further information regarding the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei:

"Founded in 1603, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is the oldest academy worldwide. The Academy promotes excellence through its Fellowship which included, among many other prestigious names, Galileo Galilei.   The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, placed within the sphere of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage is considered the highest Italian cultural institution. Since 1992, the Academy is the President of the Italian Republic’s scientific consultant and has recently been granted with his High Permanent Patronage. The Academy’s mission is to promote, coordinate, integrate and spread scientific knowledge in its highest expressions in the frame of cultural unity and universality” (http://www.lincei.it/).