…helps readers find books. In her off-hours, she often reads detective stories, choosing mainly Polish and Scandinavian ones. Among Polish authors, she appreciates the prose of Wojciech Chmielarz and Jakub Żulczyk. Annually, she reads about 40-50 books, most of them, of course, during the summer holidays.   In the “Read with UW” series (#CzytajzUW), she chose a book that she had read herself while on holiday. She recommends “The Hidden Life o…

…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.  …

…t. The 23 study programmes were considered as best in Poland: Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology (UW and JU equally), Economics, Education, Journalism and Communication, Polish Studies, Physics, Geography (UW and Adam Mickiewicz University equally), Geology, History, Internal Security, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Mathematics, Environmental Protection (UW and Adam Mickiewicz University equally), Political Science, Law (UW and JU equally),…

…ific policy. It is also an opportunity to exchange international experiences related to Open Access to scientific publications. We have invited the representatives of European and national institutions responsible for the development of science and implementation of Open Access, as well as the representatives of other regional publication platforms,” informs Dr. Krzysztof Siewicz, coordinator of the Polish Scientific Publications Platform p…

…ourgeoisie in Poland, the history of the Hanseatic League, the history of the Teutonic Order, the periods of birth of Polish statehood, the end of the Middle Ages, and the role of the myth in history. Samsonowicz published 20 books and handbooks.   The recognition of academia for the achievements of Henryk Samsonowicz was manifested in entrusting him with numerous functions. He chaired the Polish Historical Society and the Faculty of Social…

…of Dr. Margot Jacquet as the lead author (Solar Fuels Lab, CeNT UW), and involved several groups from the Faculty of Chemistry/CNBCh UW, CeNT UW, Institute of Organic Chemistry PAS, and Institute of Electronic Materials Technology / Łukasiewicz Research Network. Publication details: Jacquet M, Izzo M, Osella S, Kozdra S, Michałowski PP, Gołowicz D, Kazimierczuk K, Gorzkowski MT, Lewera, A, Teodorczyk, M, Trzaskowski B, Jurczakowski R, Gryko DT, K…

…nowski (University of Oxford). The team is trained by three staff members of the UW Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM): Maciej Szpindler, Marcin Semeniuk, Michał Hermanowicz, and Łukasz Kondraciuk from the UW Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics.   The 2020-2021 ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge (ASC20-21) finals took place on 8th-12th May 2021. Out of 350 universities (8 500+ s…

…, project coordinator: Prof. August Grabski, Faculty of History, (Flagship2), “Visual Literacy: Understanding Images across Europe – Past and Present”, project coordinator: Dr. Karolina Mroziewicz, Faculty of Culture and Arts, (Flagship 2), “4EU+ Flagship 3 Summer School 2021 ‘Modern Probability theory and its application’”, project coordinator: Prof. Błażej Miasojedow, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, (Flagship 3), “ABC i…

…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…

…he social, cultural, and political aspects of modern football. He visits the University of Warsaw Library regularly. Dr. Dmowski is a fan of prose, which he treats as a change from everyday chores. In the series #CzytajzUW, he presented his favourite book “Moscow-Petushki” that was written between 1969 and 1970.   Olga Laska: Why “Moscow-Petushki”? I thought we were going to talk about sports. Seweryn Dmowski: “Moscow-Petushki” by Vieniedikt…