…n is created for young people who would like to change the world with design thinking and innovative solution.   “Innovation makes the world better – urban sustainability” it is the theme of the international and interdisciplinary contest organized by Tsinghua University in cooperation with Intel and Santander Universidades.   Entries should be submitted by teams (from 2 to 4 members). The rules of participation and phases of the competition one c…

…-organizes international conference entitled “Preventive conservation of human environment 6. Architecture as part of the landscape”. Deadline for sending paper proposals is till 31st May.   The conference will be devoted to the role of the architecture in creation, enhancement and preservation of cultural landscapes. It is organized by the Institute of Art History of the University of Warsaw together with the Institute of Archaelogy of the Cardin…

…ystem for the next 200 years?”.   Wojciech Gładysz has occupied 1st place in the 2015 contest. He was chosen by an expert panel of BMSIS research scientists as well as a group of outside judges of esteemed scientists and writers. His essay will be published in in a scientific journal and his ideas will be presented in an episode of the “BlueSciCon” podcast series.   This is not the first time when Wojciech Gładysz was awarded. Last year student wa…

…– Master of Arts in Managements (Minor: Human Resource Management) – 1st place (Faculty of Management); international management – International Business Program IBP – 3rd place (Faculty of Management); marketing – Master of Arts in Managements (Minor: Marketing) – 1st place (Faculty of Management); executive MBA & MBA part time – Executive MBA – 3rd place (Faculty of Management); MBA full time – International MBA Programme – 2nd place (Faculty o…

…the idea or plan that the team will come up with.   Agenda: Friday 13 November 6:30 p.m.: briefing, context presentations, generation of ideas and formation of teams. Week till following Friday: teams research, plan and design their solutions. Friday 20 November: review, mentoring and comparing of notes. Week till following Friday: hacks away. Friday 27 November : demo day.   If you are a developer, designer, economist, social scientist, student,…

…s the dilemmas of development in today’s Latin America, marked by the pursuit of economic growth, technological improvement and reduction of poverty on the one hand, and growing concerns about the environment, natural resources preservation and human rights on the other. It will analyse socio-environmental conflicts, the infringement of human rights and responses of communities to the threats they face. It will also discuss the emergence of altern…

…view that capitalism is a natural and inevitable outcome of human societies, showing instead that it is a relatively recent phenomenon, contingent upon a special form of state that helps to protect private property and enforce contracts.   Geoffrey Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. His books include “Conceptualizing Capitalism” (winner of the 2014 Schumpeter Prize and to appear in 20…

…element of the memory is a glass chamber, 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long, with rubidium-covered walls, filled with a noble gas. The use of laser impulses allows the information to be recorded and read.   For recording and reading quantum information, the physicists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw used advanced methods of light filtering (patent pending) and an innovative camera of their own design.   – The retention time of qua…

…doctoral candidates will come here to grow into wise, well-educated human beings. I hope that we will tackle here ambitious scientific issues, unveiling before us the works of the world, and changing this world for the better – said Professor Marcin Pałys, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, during the inauguration.   – Even though the opening of buildings is, above all, a special moment for the Faculty of Physics and the Centre of New Techno…

…s works were translated into the majority of world languages, including Polish (among others, “Sainte Russie”, “Le Malheur du siècle, Anatomie d’un spectre”).   Professor Besançon for many years was engaged in Polish struggle for independence and democracy. He appealed many times to the broad public in the West for respecting of human rights and sovereignty of our country. In 2007, in the light of his enormous contribution and engagement in the af…