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With its 4,000 inhabitants, Bormio is preparing to host the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics: a challenge that will turn a mountain village into an international stage. With infrastructure to complete, stakeholders to coordinate and a territory to promote, Mayor Silvia Cavazzi, a Bocconi alumna, talks about how to deal with the honors and burdens of an event that will mark the history of Valtellina and her personal journey, from cross-country skier to elected official of an Olympic community.

A member of the Italian national para ice hockey team, he works for Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 and studies at SDA Bocconi. Dreaming of a medal

Giuseppe Sala, mayor of Milan and an alumnus of Bocconi University, reflects on the legacy of Expo 2015 and the significance of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a decisive test for the city's international reputation, amid ambition, responsibility, and continuing challenges.

Anush Arakelyan, Iacopo Mazzetti and Flaminia Tamburi: the alumni behind the scenes of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Balancing his career ambitions with his passion for lacrosse, MBA student James Silva is leading Bocconi’s lacrosse team as a player-coach, inspiring new athletes to fall in love with the sport

Daniele Sesoldi, a student in the EMBA program, is in the rosters of the Serie B basketball league. The team is Empoli, which he has never left and is also his hometown. You don’t need to go far away to find your own NBA