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When the son of the rector Salerno won without having published anything

Source the 'Corriere della sera' of 20.11. '08
The report: "Although the candidate has no advertising, the research activity has been quite strong ... The feedback is positive "

The rector of Salerno Raimondo Pasquino (photo from the university website)

MILAN - Some people may accuse us of fury on the University of Messina. And then before we talk about Salerno. And go back in time. We are in 2004. End of August. Is assigned a position as a research university at the Faculty of Engineering. The commission appointed by the rector Raimondo Pasquino is made by prof. Marco Cantamessa
(Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Torino), Eng. Gillo Giuliano

(researcher at the University of Cassino) and prof. Vincent Sergi

(just ordinary Salerno) to judge, among the six candidates, such Nicola Pasquino, 34 years (at the time 30). Rector of the same name? No, is the son of the rector. In those presenting themselves to the written test? Only Nicola Pasquino. And the other five? Well, maybe it was a beautiful day. So who's the winner? Nicola Pasquino. The strange thing is that the guy can boast ZERO publications. He writes in the minutes of the Board examination: Findings of prof. Cantamessa: "The candidate has no advertising, but documenting a research interest SSD in the contest.