hyphen  /ˈhʌɪf(ə)n/  is the sign  -, used to join two words together indicating a new combined meaning, or inserted between the syllables of a word when it is divided at the end of a line.  

If on one hand the hyphen provides a connection, on the other side it sets up a distinction: this ambivalence properly describes the revolution which has molded the routine of academic research in distancing times. PhD students and post-docs are taking charge of this perturbation, both experiencing its derangement and promptly reacting to it, thus becoming the even-though-often-underestimated protagonists of the academic resistance against the pandemic. We dedicate to them this photo exhibition, realized by ADI Padova.