Rector Valentina Garavaglia Tedofora on February 1 and IULM video for Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games
On the occasion of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, IULM University celebrates two important reasons for pride that tell, from different but complementary perspectives, the educational and cultural value of sport
Rector Valentina Garavaglia has been chosen as Torchbearer as part of the Journey of the Olympic Flame, specifically for the 56th stage and in the stretch between Valtellina and Lake Como. A symbolic assignment, dedicated to Iulm and to the entire University of the country. As the Rector recounted in her letter to Elisabetta Soglio published in Corriere della Sera, sport becomes in this context a metaphor for the university path: commitment, discipline, confrontation and growth, individual and collective. Carrying the torch means "carrying the fire" of knowledge and curiosity.
This message also finds a concrete representation in the IULM video made for Fondazione Milano Cortina by the university's video team. The film interprets Olympic values through the languages of contemporary communication and narrates sport as a space for growth, experience, inclusion, dialogue and citizenship.
You can see the video here:
Kudos to Emanuele Prestileo, Anna Claudia Bassani (Direction and Editing), Benedetta Visentin, Matteo Virgili, Vittoria Mortarini, Stefano Casubolo (Production), Francesco Angotta, Marco Bottini, Stefano Petruzzelli, Matilde Vignati, Johan Spirolazzi, Giulia Salutari, Iolanda Mascetti (second unit director), Matteo Denami, Giulia di Nuzzo, Giulia Accardo, Chiara Budani, Simone Longo, Luca Stradella, Ilaria Carlotta Crippa, Attilio Casiraghi, Luigia Mandelli, Rocco D'Aversa, Viola Mosna Malgieri (actors).