On 17 July 2007, the first degree of the Laurea Magistralis in Fisica was awarded at the University of Trieste. Benjamin Obi Tayo from Cameroon defended his thesis on “One-Dimensional Electronic Systems by Jastrow Correlated Wavefunction.” His supervisors were Sandro Sorella from SISSA and Gaetano Senatore from Trieste University’s Department of Theoretical Physics. The Vice-Rector of the University of Trieste Fabio Ruzzier, ICTP Director K.R. Sreenivasan, were in attendance, as well as Giuseppe Furlan, the in-charge at ICTP of the joint programme with the University of Trieste.