…uropean Inventor Award 2018 finalists   https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=NBxXmv-EDO8   The 2017 award winners were: industry: Jan van den Boogaart and Oliver Hayden (Netherlands/Austria), research: Laurent Lestarquit, José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, Günter W. Hein, Jean-Luc Issler and Lionel Ries (France, Spain, Germany, Belgium), non-EPO countries: James G. Fujimoto, Eric A. Swanson and Robert Huber (USA, Germany), small and medium-si…

…rsuing an academic career, doctoral students, post-doc researchers (e.g. associate professors, research fellows, research assistants, lecturers etc.).   The results can potentially help universities and research institutes around the world gain a better understanding of the situation of international researchers and respond more efficiently to their concerns.   Answering the survey questions will take about 15 minutes. You can find it here.   The…

…nies or RisingFoodStars companies.   The RIS Fellowships project is organised by the University of Warsaw, AZTI Foundation (Spain), PepsiCo (UK), Puratos (Belgium), Maspex (Poland).   In order to join the project one should use LinkedIn social media platform. Deadline for sending applications: 15th May.   More information…

…UW students went on strike fighting for the respect for civil rights.   Dr. Sergei Kovalyov emphasized that the University of Warsaw played an important role in the history of Polish protests. He enumerated UW graduates: Jacek Kuroń, Bronisław Geremek, Karol Modzelewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Adam Michnik who contributed to this history.   Dr. Sergei Kovalyov was born in 1930 in Ukraine. His family moved to Podlipki, the city nearby Moscow. He st…

…ave elapsed.   265 teams took part in the 8th annual University Physics Competition. 3 teams from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw performed well in it – one won a gold medal and two other teams a silver one.   UW gold medallists – Wojciech Zwoliński, Marcin Kalinowski and Jerzy Szuniewicz – selected and solved the problem A – “Solar Sailing to Mars”, UW silver medallists – Adam Nałęcz-Jawecki, Marcin Solarski and Piotr Górski –…

…s, A. Cassani (University of Milan), I. Brzeziński (Atlantic Council), K. von Eggert (TV Dozhd/TV Rain, Moskwa), D. Fried (Atlantic Council), D. David (IFRI), Dr. B. Zhang (Xiamen University).   Detailed programme   The conference will be held on 20th-21st October at 14.00 in the Auditorium Building (Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28).  …

…Studies at the University, led by Dr. Stanley Bill of Cambridge’s Department of Slavonic Studies and supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), the M.B. Grabowski Fund, the Zdanowich Fund and Cambridge’s School of Arts and Humanities.   The agreement was concluded with the support of Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education.    …

…sical Review Letters” (https://dcc.ligo.org and http://www.virgo-gw.eu) was made by the Virgo collaboration and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes the GEO Collaboration and OzGrav. The collaboration of LIGO and Virgo has matured over the last decade. Joint collaboration meetings and common data analyses have brought the community together. The coordinated scheduling of observing runs, with all detectors operational, is important to…

…will be open from Monday to Friday, 9.00 am – 4.30 pm. Throughout the year, it is available at www.welcome.uw.edu.pl.  …

…located on the main campus of UW. Throughout the year, it is available at www.welcome.uw.edu.pl.   The number of international students in Poland continues to grow. Currently, there are 4 400 international students who study at the University of Warsaw, half of whom study on long-term programmes. The other group comprises participants in academic exchange programmes such as Erasmus+.   – Learning from the best universities from abroad, we are pla…