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Testing for COVID-19: Extended deadline

Employees and doctoral candidates of the University of Warsaw can book free of charge COVID-19 RT-PCR tests until the end of July.

2020 at a glance

It has been a calendar year that will long be remembered by everyone. 2020 at the University of Warsaw saw, e.g. different rules for university operations during a COVID-19 pandemic, change of the UW authorities, ground-breaking research projects, national and international successes of UW employees and students. We present selected facts of the last year.

EIT Label Certificate awarded to EIT Food education programmes

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) awarded two EIT Food education programmes: Master in Food Systems and Global Food Venture, with the EIT Label Certificate. The University of Warsaw is involved in both of them.

Together against COVID-19

Prof. Ewa Szczurek from the UW Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics is one of the European scientists who initiated a pan-European call for a rapid reduction of COVID-19 case numbers. The call has been published recently in the journal “The Lancet”.

Christmas wishes

Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the University of Warsaw Rector, together with the Vice-Rectors: Prof. Ewa Krogulec, Prof. Zygmunt Lalak and Prof. Sławomir Żółtek wished the entire academic community a healthy, safe and joyful holiday season.

ICM works together with SBI to implement Garuda

The UW Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computer Modelling (ICM) and the Systems Biology Institute (SBI) signed an agreement regarding the use of Scientific Software Platforms, including Garuda.

Second ERC grant awarded to Professor Justyna Olko

The European Research Council has announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition. Among them is Professor Justyna Olko from the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” of the University of Warsaw who has received funding for implementing the MULTILING-HIST project. The project addresses the complex, multi-level dimensions of historical and contemporary multilingualism.

BUW celebrates its 21st birthday

BUW is the main library of the University of Warsaw. On 15th December 1999, the library was opened to readers in its new premises in Powiśle, at Dobra 56/66 street. In the beginning, BUW granted 42 temporary entrance cards. Today it has more than 100 000 registered users.

1st place in moot court competition

A student team from the University of Warsaw won this year’s All-European International Humanitarian and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition, held online. It is the first time when a Polish team won this international competition.

UW team among the winners of the first 4EU+ UHCC

A student team representing the University of Warsaw won the second price in the 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge. UHCC was organised to address the many urban changes concerning health and demographic transformation in our growing urban environments. Due to the pandemic, the event took place online.

Mission: Christmas Card

Just as every year, the Volunteer Centre of UW organises a special mission before Christmas. The UW community members can get involved and send online Christmas wishes which will be forwarded to ca. 90 seniors, staying in the Nursing Home of the Society of St. Francis de Sales in Warsaw.

Workshops on career planning

On 16th-17th December, UW long-term international students can join new online workshops regarding career planning. The closing date for applying is 7th December.

Fighting obesity

Obesity is a risk factor for diseases such as type II diabetes, heart disease and fatty liver disease. An international research team, to which researchers from the UW Faculty of Chemistry belong, identified a new factor that offers a potential new therapeutic strategy for obesity. Their study has now been published in the prestigious journal “Nature Metabolism”.

Managing emotions

The COVID-19 pandemic may be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in us. Dr Dorota Kobylińska from the UW Faculty of Psychology will lead workshops for long-term international students entitled “Emotions management in an epidemic and post-epidemic world”. The event will take place on 10th-11th December, in an online format. Application deadline: 26th November.

Lecture on legal personhood and animal rights

On 8th December, Dr. Visa A.J. Kurki from the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki will be speaking about legal personhood and animal rights.

UW scientist won the 2020 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award

Dr. Piotr Skowron from the UW Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics is the winner of the 2020 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award. The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) recognised his contributions to computational social choice and the theory of committee elections.

Coronavirus testing

UW employees and doctoral candidates can undergo free of charge COVID-19 RT-PCR tests. Taking swabs will begin on 26th October and last until 25th November.

Urban Health Case Challenge 2020

From 23rd-27th November 2020, the 4EU+ University Alliance is hosting the first ever 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge. In 2020, the challenge is about community resilience in times of COVID-19 and the external case provider is Gehl. On 27th November, everyone can join the 14 student teams from eight European cities when they present their solutions to the challenge.

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