<p>On August 30<sup>th</sup>, 2013, Nobel Laureate and IASS Scientific Director Prof. Carlo Rubbia was appointed Senator for life by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.senato.it/3801">Italian Senate</a> consists of 315 elected members, plus the <em>ex officio</em> life senators (the former Presidents of the Republic) and a number of life senators appointed by the President for their “outstanding achievements in the social, scientific, artistic and literary fields".</p>