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The UW Rector’s Annual Report 2024

On 25th June, the UW Senate adopted “The University of Warsaw Rector’s Annual Report 2024”. The document is a comprehensive source of information about each group of the academic community, educational offer, research activities, relations with the socio-economic environment, finances and investments. It also contains the calendar of the most important events in the past year.

Two ERC grants at the UW

Prof. Dominika Zgid and Prof. Joanna Mizielińska have been awarded prestigious Advanced European Research Council (ERC) grants. The projects they will carry out at the University of Warsaw concern the modelling of disorder in crystalline materials and LGBTIQ* families in Central and Eastern Europe.

Safety at the UW

The University of Warsaw has launched a new website where you can learn how to act in an emergency situation: fire, accident, contamination or finding a suspicious object. The university also has an emergency telephone number: (22 55) 22 112.

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Welcome Point UW Project with NAWA Funding

Welcome Point – Expanding Horizons (WP-EHo) is a project that received funding in the NAWA "Welcome to Poland 2024" initiative. The project will include training for employees in serving international students and activities supporting international students.

University of Warsaw Office for Security Affairs

On 1st July, the University of Warsaw launched its Office for Security Affairs – a specialised unit responsible for coordinating all activities related to the protection of people and property on university area.

New photonic platform developed by Polish research team

A team of researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, the Military University of Technology, and the Institut Pascal at Université Clermont Auvergne has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The results of the research have been published in the renowned journal “Laser & Photonics Reviews”.

University of Warsaw in QS World University Rankings

University of Warsaw is among the top 3% of universities worldwide. In the latest QS World University Rankings, it achieved the highest position among Polish higher education institutions.

Presentation of the Reimar Lüst Award

On 26th June in Berlin, Prof. Aleksander Bursche from the UW’s Faculty of Archaeology received the Reimar Lüst Research Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from Germany. The UW researcher is the first Polish scientist to be honoured by the foundation.

Information website for repository users

The UW Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling Open Science Platform has launched an informational website for users of the University of Warsaw's research data repository. The website was created for researchers seeking practical information on using the repository and research data management principles.

4EU+ shared courses initiative: Call for proposals

UW academic teachers can once again submit courses that are fully delivered (including assessment) in an online or hybrid mode to be made available to students and doctoral candidates from 4EU+ Alliance member universities. The courses will be made available as part of the 4EU+ shared courses initiative. Proposals must be submitted by 8th September.

Third edition of the SEED4EU+ initiative

SEED is the 4EU+ Alliance initiative, which allows inter-university teams to receive funding for their educational or research projects. Applications are open until 3rd October.

Project Management at 4EU+

"Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Project Management" is a postgraduate program offered by the 4EU+ Alliance. Enrollment is open until 31st July.

Mental health support tool

MHealth4All is a digital platform to support migrants and refugees with their mental health. It is available in 15 languages. The Polish version was developed by researchers from the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the UW.

Poland’s contribution to the quantum future

Scientists from the University of Warsaw and the University of British Columbia have described how the "lone spinon" phenomenon can arise in magnetic models. This discovery represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the nature of magnetism and could have implications for the development of future technologies such as quantum computers and new magnetic materials.

Meeting with the Ambassador of Portugal

On 7th July, Professor Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, met with the Ambassador of Portugal to Poland. Discussions with Mário M. Duarte focused on the possibility of expanding academic cooperation with Portuguese institutions.

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