L’Oréal Italia-UNESCO awards six female scientists – Among the winners is our astrophysicist Maria Cristina Baglio

2026, June 18 – Today, Maria Cristina Baglio, our colleague at the Observatory’s Merate headquarters, received the 24th L’Oreal UNESCO Prize for Women in Science.

From ANSACOM in collaboration with L’Oréal Italia:
From the limited female representation in STEM disciplines to the risk that artificial intelligence could perpetuate stereotypes and inequalities. These are some of the issues that emerged in Milan at the 24th Italian edition of the ‘L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science’ award, which honored six young researchers selected from over 400 applications from across Italy.”


Read the full story on ANSACOM: L’Oréal Italia-UNESCO awards six female scientists, focusing on the gender gap in STEM research.

Read the article on MediaInaf and watch the video on YouTube (in Italian):
L’Oréal-UNESCO Award to Maria Cristina Baglio
Maria Cristina Baglio on MediaInaf TV