…literary fiction over? Do we now demand the truth and nothing but the truth? What do readers expect who ask me at author meetings: ‘is everything you describe true?’? What should I tell them? That it is a truth that never happened?” Olga Tokarczuk said, adding: “I consider distinguishing me with an honorary doctorate as a symbolic and political recognition by the Academy of our Land of Metaxas, from which we all, after all, came and in which we me…

…estimates for two common tit species: the great tit (Parus major) and the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Each year, researchers monitored the birds for several weeks in early spring. Many PhD students contributed to the fieldwork, with the paper’s first author being Dr. Michela Corsini, a former PhD student of Prof. Szulkin. Key Findings The loss of vegetation and natural nesting sites in highly urbanized areas is an increasing challenge for urba…

…Rector of the University of Warsaw, Prof. Sambor Grucza, the UW Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, Prof. Ewa Krogulec, the UW Vice-Rector for Development, Prof. Zygmunt Lalak, the UW Vice-Rector for Research, Prof. Adam Niewiadomski, the UW Vice-Rector for Doctoral and Legal Affairs, Prof. Maciej Raś, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching, Robert Grey, the UW Chancellor, Jacek Wiśnicki, the Deputy Mayor of th…

…tween representatives of the University of Warsaw, including Prof. Sambor Grucza, Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, and the delegation from Armenia took place in the Golden Hall of the Kazimierzowski Palace at the University’s campus on Krakowskie Przedmieście.   The Armenian side was represented by delegates of Yerevan State University: Mikayel Hovhannisyan, Vice-Rector for Development and Innovation, and Alexander Arzoumanian, Amb…

…From the University of Warsaw, the meeting was attended by Prof. Sambor Grucza, the UW Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, Prof. Maciej Raś, the UW Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education Quality, and Robert Grey, the UW Chancellor.   The Slovak side was represented, by Róbert Zsembera, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic, and Martin Cimerman, Deputy Head of Missio…

…and discussion with eminent expert Jonas Andrulis of Aleph Alpha on the state of the art and possibilities of using LLMs for text generation and natural language processing tasks. The discussion was based not only on theoretical assumptions, but also on the use of practical elements and experiences, including those related to the use of ChatGPT. Jonas Andrulis explained in a clear and very practical way the possibilities of using LLM in everyday b…

…tanding of the role of universities in shaping young human resources and AI specialists. Forums such as the one in Davos or our domestic meetings organised in Karpacz are key platforms for sharing the best practices in the field,” Robert Grey, the UW Chancellor, added. More information about the Polish Business Hub are available on the website of the event >> The future of artificial intelligence Participants at this year’s AI House focused on fin…

…se activities. It is here that we will exchange experiences, identify needs and define common goals, and thus build a competitive economy and international security. Our students and graduates have enormous potential,” Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the UW Rector, said.   “The organisation of the AI Forum during the upcoming Economic Forum in Karpacz is an event of extraordinary importance. In an era of rapid development of artificial intelligence, such a…

…iences, but also to get to know each other better,” said Prof. Sambor Grucza, the UW Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources, at the opening of the student conference organised at the UW within the framework of the 4EU+ for Ukraine project.   The event was attended by students from the 4EU+ Alliance universities (the University of Warsaw, Charles University, Heidelberg University Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, Sorbonne University, Univer…

…future seasons.   “Even if we do not find human bones, we will look for human genetic material in the sediments. I hope that by harnessing all the laboratory methods available today, we will be able to answer the question of who is the creator of the stone monuments we find. Consequently, we will be able to say to what extent it was contact with other hominid species that shaped us as modern humans and to what extent we contributed to their extin…