Global Graduates in Gastronomy

September 17, 2007(Pollenzo, Italy) — The first seven graduates of the University of Gastronomic Sciences’ undergraduate program received their Bachelor Degrees on September 17th, 2007, at the university campus in Pollenzo, Italy.The seven, including one Mexican, one Hungarian, one Canadian, and four Italians, began their course of study in the 2004-05 academic year, and conclude their three-year experience with broad-ranging thesis presentations.

Karina Astrid Morales Torres, 23, from Mexico City, wrote her thesis, The Market City of Tlaxiaco, under anthropology professor Piercarlo Grimaldi. Hungarian-American Petra Tanos, 27, presented Fair Trade Chocolate: A Qualitative Assessment, and was supervised by sensory analysis professor Sebastiano Porretta. West-Coast Canadian Daniele Mereu, a 39-year-old originally from Italy, prepared Current Trends and Developments in the Creative Cuisine of Piedmont for history professor Alberto Capatti, the dean of UNISG.

Of the Italians, Federica Frigerio, 27, from Prascorsano, worked under professor Porretta and received cum laude recognition for her thesis, The Commercialization of a Food Product (paste di meliga) Using Sensory- and Consumer-Science Techniques. Twenty-four-year-old Annamaria Colombo of Cantù presented Food and the Underworld, supervised by Piercarlo Grimaldi. Valeria Giudici, 22, from Bergamo, also worked with professor Grimaldi for her thesis, The Taste of Sin and the Pleasures of Truffles. Paola Milan, 25, from Dalmine, wrote The Governance of Limits, under economics and statistics professor Daniele Tirelli.

The graduation ceremony took place on Monday, September 17th in the Aula Magna of UNISG’s Cascina Albertina building at 8 via Amedeo di Savoia in Pollenzo, Bra (CN). Subsequent ceremonies will be held for graduates of this class as they present their individual theses to the university’s examination panel.