…us’ medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Medals of the Polish Academy of Sciences are awarded to scientists for their outstanding scientific achievements who contribute to the scientific community in Poland and are not national members of the Polish Academy of Sciences.   The interdisciplinary COVID-19 Advisory Team was established by the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Its members received Nicolaus Copernicus’ medal. &nb…

…sts of 14 classes that will be held online. They will be devoted to the various aspects of Open Science, e.g.: What is Open Science?; Cycle of scientific publication: an overview; Strategies for publishing in Open Access journals; Data Management Plans – one tool with many applications; Research Impact & Bibliometrics: open science, society, innovation. The workshops will be conducted in English by experts from all six member universities of…

…will be held on 15th October. Welcome Point of the University of Warsaw is organising “Cultural Orientation Workshops” for international students (long-term students only).   The event is organised to help international students at UW earn more about Poland, the city of Warsaw, culture shock experience, communication in a multicultural environment, and more.   The workshop (in English) will take place on 15th October between 10:00 am a…

…ne group characteristic of the Devonian that colonized diverse habitats including those in deep waters – the enigmatic and outre Heterocorallia.   The skeleton of heterocorals is branched and has a narrow central canal internally divided by “septa”, and published reconstructions to date have interpreted these corals as having a single polyp at the tip of each branch and the “septa” as being homologous with septa in other corals. One of the m…

…ations From an archaeological perspective, the almost-five-millennia of uninterrupted occupation make Tyre both a fascinating object of study and a difficult one. “The superimposed architectural remains, along with natural catastrophes, the rise of the sea level and the dynamic land development and public works in the recent decades efficiently obscured the character of ancient architecture,” admits Dr. Francisco J. Núñez.   Although Leban…

…s and machine learning, delivered the first academic lecture entitled “Unordered thoughts of machines”. The recorded inauguration is available on the UW website. There was the following order of the ceremony: Singing the national anthem and “Ode to Joy”; Prof. Alojzy Nowak, the University of Warsaw Rector, addressed our academic community with a speech opening the new academic year; Matriculation of first-year students of 1st and 2nd cycle studie…

…e and time.   Step 3: Undergo a test Taking a swab will take place on the campus in Ochota, in the building of the Sports and Recreation Centre, in a separate room with a separate entrance. Tests are organised and coordinated by the University of Warsaw. Swabs will be collected by medical professionals.   Warsaw Genomics team will offer tests from Monday to Friday: 8 am – 6 pm. Please note: A person should come to the swab collection f…

…ka, UW staff representative, Director of the UW Open University; Anita Gardias, UW doctoral candidate; Kamil Bonas, UW student, President of the UW Students Council; Gelila Shumi Tolla, UW international student from Ethiopia.   What are the reasons to get vaccinated? Our representatives enumerate: “ I care about others”, “I believe in science”, “I want to travel around the world”, “I want to study normally”, “I want to live a normal life”, a…

…ate studies; The Head of doctoral studies: it refers to classes conducted as part of doctoral study programmes; The Director of doctoral school: it refers to classes conducted in doctoral schools; The Head of an organisational unit or another designated person: it refers to courses and training. Classes in remote mode cannot be held only asynchronously. PERIODIC CLASSES IN REMOTE MODE: Classes, which were supposed to be held on-site, can be…

…hout losses, so it can be used instead of electrons to streamline logical operations,” says Dr. Jan Suffczyński from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, co-author of an article published in the prestigious journal Nanophotonics. The presented results are essential for optical quantum computing and can contribute to creating ultrafast processors used in next-generation computers. Scientists from the Laboratory of Ultrafast Ma…