*************************** StatMech Summer School 2026 - Random Interacting Systems   *************************** We are pleased to announce the StatMech Summer School 2026 to be held in Padova during the week of August 31 - September 4, 2026 https://sites.google.com/view/ris-school-26/home The theme of this school is Random Interacting Systems, which play a central role in modern probability and statistical mechanics and naturally arise in a wide range of applications at the interface of mathematics, physics, biology, and computer science. The school consists of two minicourses by Alessandra Faggionato (Sapienza University of Rome) Hubert Lacoin (IMPA) These will be complemented by selected lectures and by two sessions of short presentations by young participants, which are an important component of the school as they promote interaction among participants and provide a panorama of current research in probability.    Registration is free but mandatory through the following link  ("Register here!" button) https://sites.google.com/view/ris-school-26/home Some financial support to a limited number of young participants will be available. The deadline for requesting financial support is April 15th, 2026, and will be reviewed in May 2026. Contacts:   ris-school26@math.unipd.it The organizers, Alessandra Bianchi Alberto Chiarini Giambattista Giacomin Vanessa Jacquier