Uniss Veterinary Medicine: Professor Vincenzo Carcangiu elected Director of the Department 10 July 2026 The Council of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Sassari has elected the Professor Vincenzo Carcangiu Director of the Department for the three-year period 2026-2029. The election took place during the first vote on 7 July 2026; the new Director will officially take office on 1 November 2026. Full professor of Veterinary Physiology, former Deputy Director of the Department and for years involved in research, teaching and international scientific cooperation, Carcangiu will lead the Department in a phase that aims to consolidate its scientific and educational role and strengthen its link with the territory. The mandate program is based on participatory governance, capable of enhancing the skills present in the Department through a work team and operational delegations, with the aim of jointly addressing the main challenges of the coming years. These include the maintenance and strengthening of the standards required by the European EAEVE accreditation, the relaunch of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the strengthening of competitive planning, the growth of research. Great attention will also be dedicated to the relationship with Sardinia, with the aim of restoring the Department of Veterinary Medicine to being a stable and authoritative interlocutor for the Region, the institutions, the breeding system, the professional orders, the production world and the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sardinia. The vision proposed by the new Director is that of an open Department, capable of transforming scientific research into innovation, services and development opportunities for the territory, according to the principles of the One Health approach, which integrates animal health, human health and environmental protection. « Our goal – states Professor Vincenzo Carcangiu – is to build an increasingly stronger, participatory and future-oriented Department. We want to enhance existing skills, strengthen teamwork and re-establish an even closer relationship with the territory, so that the Department can contribute in a concrete way to the development of Sardinia through training, research and knowledge transfer. Achieving EAEVE 2030 accreditation will represent the underlying theme of this growth path » The new mandate therefore aims to start a phase of consolidation and relaunch, in which the Department of Veterinary Medicine intends to strengthen its role as a center of excellence for the training of future veterinary doctors, for scientific research and for the support of production chains and veterinary public health, contributing to the sustainable development of the regional territory.