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The murder of a 22-year-old woman in Italy and the arrest of her ex-boyfriend have sparked a series of protests across Italy, including at the university she was attending. Students organised one minute of noise to pay tribute to Giulia at the University of Padua on 20 November. Daniela Mapelli, president of the university, has reached out to the parents to grant the 22-year-old an honorary degree, as she was supposed to be graduating in Engineering a few days after her disappearance.

The murder of a 22-year-old woman in Italy and the arrest of her ex-boyfriend have sparked a series of protests across Italy, including at the university she was attending. Students organised one minute of noise to pay tribute to Giulia at the University of Padua on 20 November. Daniela Mapelli, president of the university, has reached out to the parents to grant the 22-year-old an honorary degree, as she was supposed to be graduating in Engineering a few days after her disappearance.

Giulia Cecchettin, the slain 22-year-old biomedical engineering student who had been due to graduate last Thursday, will be awarded her degree, the rector of the University of Padua said on Monday. © ANSA

ROME -- Prato della Valle is the largest public square in Italy, with a canal lined with statues surrounding an artificial island where locals love to stroll or take in the sun on warmer days.

ROME -- Prato della Valle is the largest public square in Italy, with a canal lined with statues surrounding an artificial island where locals love to stroll or take in the sun on warmer days.

Put a female statue on a vacant pedestal? An Italian city says not so fast