“This book can open our eyes to a world unknown to most people. It makes readers aware why even a bark beetle, mosquito, or other – as we like to say – pests are essential elements of the ecosystem,” says Zuzanna Sendor from the University of Warsaw Library about “ T he Hidden Life of Trees ”. In the “Read with UW” series, we present a book for holidays. Zuzanna Sendor works at the Information Desk in the University of Warsaw Library. She provid…

…infection. Testing takes place on-site (on the campus in Ochota) following the registration.   SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR detects viral RNA. Diagnostic tests use a mucus sample from the nose or throat. Medical personnel take a swab which will get analysed by Warsaw Genomics. Before getting tested: At least half an hour before taking a swab for SARS-CoV-2 virus, one should not: drink, eat, smoke cigarettes, take medications, brush their teeth, rinse…

On 22nd June, the results of Perspektywy Ranking 2021 were out. The 23 study programmes run by UW were recognised as best in Poland. UW came second in the ranking of the best universities in the country, following the Jagiellonian University. Since the beginning of the ranking, the University of Warsaw and the Jagiellonian University (JU) have taken the first two places: UW occupied the first place ten times, and JU nine times. In 2015 and…

…entific 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…

…ieval Poland. The protection of university students and employees was one of his main tasks while holding various academic posts. In 1989, he participated in Poland’s Round Table Talks. A few months later, Prof. Samsonowicz became minister of education in Tadeusz Mazowiecki’s cabinet – the first government led by a non-communist since World War II.     Henryk Samsonowicz began studying history in 1947. He had an opportunity…

…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…

…linowski (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…

…t”, 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…

…for 273 million years. Their article appeared in “Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology”. Palaeozoic seafloors were inhabited by numerous organisms interacting with each other. One of these associations was corals growing on sea lilies (crinoids). As corals grew on crinoids, they were lifted above the seafloor, thus profiting from stronger feeding currents. Fossils of crinoid-coral associations are known from Palaeozoic rocks, and th…

…ts 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 Yerofeyev is a fascinating journey into the depths of not only the “Russian soul” but also into the Soviet Union – to all the absurdities and paradoxes of life…