Zonta e-Club of Roma Parioli celebrates Rita Levi-Montalcini’s legacy

On 7 October, Palermo, Italy, dedicated an entire day to Rita Levi-Montalcini, the only woman to have won a Nobel Prize in Medicine. The event kicked off in the morning at a state comprehensive institute named after her. At the institute, her niece Piera Levi-Montalcini,  an electronics engineer and President of the Levi-Montalcini Association, told the students about the multifaceted figure of her aunt and her legacy. Then in the afternoon, at the Circolo Unificato, many high civil and military dignitaries attended the “A Life Not Only for Science” conference.

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