…R tests to be used by their family members. The reduction amounts to PLN 89, and the cost of the test for a family member is PLN 350. Family members (max. 4) can use the discount by booking a test at: https://badamygeny.pl/zamow .   How to get a discount code for family members? The discount code will be sent by Warsaw Genomics by e-mail, confirming registration for the free RT-PCR test for active SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection.  …

…illion years ago. While both corals and crinoids are known from younger rocks, such associations are unknown neither from Meso- and Cenozoic strata nor contemporary seas.   In a research article, Prof. Mikołaj Zapalski from the UW Faculty of Geology with collaborators from Japan and Poland described an ecological “living fossil” unseen for 273 million years; non-skeletal corals growing on crinoid stalks. The investigated animals were coll…

…proved a climactic change that written sources only hinted at. In the sixth century, at least part of Italy really did become a land of torrential rains and floods,” adds Giovanni Zanchetta, professor of geology from the University of Pisa and the first author of the paper.   Changing climate, changing culture Above all, the presence of unusual hydrological and climatic events in the writings of sixth-century Italy indicates the role these…

…ucting classes, meet the conditions (set out in point 3), and want to receive a vaccine, download the application form from https://bsp.adm.uw.edu.pl/bsp-druki-i-formularze/ (“INNA OSOBA PROWADZĄCA ZAJĘCIA”, in, “Szczepienie przeciw COVID-19”, and fill in: 1) the form “ Zgłoszenie na szczepienie przeciw COVID-19_Inna osoba prowadząca zajęcia ” 2) Consent to the processing of personal data by the Minister of Education and Science, along with the I…

…later than 31st December 2003; – Not yet registered for vaccination by another university. Registration link for academic teachers who want to get vaccinated against COVID-19: https://covid.uw.edu.pl/szczepienia-zapisy/.   Registration link for doctoral candidates and others conducting classes who want to get vaccinated against COVID-19: https://covid.uw.edu.pl/szczepienia-doktoranci-zapisy/ The University of Warsaw accepted the a…

…of the members of UW rector’s team During the auction, one can win the book entitled “Ars et educatio. Artistic culture at the University of Warsaw” (“Ars et educatio. Kultura artystyczna Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego”) – the result of work of over twenty researchers: historians, art historians, archaeologists, edited by Prof. Jerzy Miziołek. The book is the study of the history of University collections and their impact on the culture of Warsaw. It…

…d Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Chairman of the Israeli Committee for High Energy Physics, Member of CERN Council (ex officio) Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska, Executive Director of the World Bank Group, former Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance and former Member of Management Board at the National Bank of Poland, UW Faculty of Economic Sciences graduate, Kamil…

…to mood and psychotic disorders”; 26th February, 12:00 – Dr. Piotr Setny, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Structural determinants of influenza virus fusion peptide activity”; 12 March, 12:00 – Dr. Marcin Kałek, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Synthetic and mechanistic studies on reactions involving hypervalent iodine compounds”; 26th March, 12:00 – Prof. Krzysztof Woźniak, Dr. Tomasz Góral, Cen…

…onagraben” (corona divide), Austria: “Babyelefant” (baby elephant)….

…drzej Tarlecki. On 17th June, the UW Electoral College elected Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak who became the 45th Rector of the University of Warsaw. On 1st September, he took office together with four Vice-Rectors: Prof. Sambor Grucza (Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources), Prof. Ewa Krogulec (Vice-Rector for Development), Prof. Zygmunt Lalak (Vice-Rector for Research) and Prof. Sławomir Żółtek (Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Tea…