…researcher is the only one person in Poland who won two EMBO grants – Installation Grant in 2014, and Young Investigators now.   EMBO is an organisation of more than 1 700 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. Its programme, Young Investigators, supports talented young group leaders, under the age of 40, in the first years of establishing independent research laboratories. Those researchers receive financial, academic…

…hole pairs – events that produce more power during the instant before the black holes merge, than is radiated as light by all the stars and galaxies in the observable Universe at any given time.   Black holes like a pair of ice skaters   The newest observation has also generated a lively discussion about the directions in which the black holes are spinning. As pairs of black holes spiral around each other, they also spin on their own axes. This i…

…nt in social media. Everyone can follow its activity not only on Facebook, Instagram and You Tube, but also on Twitter.   UniWarszawski is an official profile of the University of Warsaw that has just started tweeting. It shares information regarding science, academic and scientific events, and important issues. On Twitter it is also possible to observe many employees of the UW, among others, the Rector of the University of Warsaw – Professor Marc…

…isciplinary research important for society concerning for instance globalization and digitalization effects or reasons of economic and social crises. – Aristotle claimed that excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. Excellence in science must be our academic everyday occurrence. We have solid bases and we can build upon them. All employees and all our faculties must ende…

…he Old Library Building or the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace, Powiśle district, among others, the University of Warsaw Library, the Former Teodozja Majewska Baths or New Building of the Applied Linguistics and the Modern Languages Faculties, Ochota district – for instance, buildings of the Centre for New Technologies or the Biological and Chemical Research Centre.   The publication is full of illustrations and maps. Its electronic version is freely a…

…mission. It became clear that in order to save these objects, instant action must be taken, to preserve what has survived of them. Expertise of archaeologists and conservators who had worked with these objects was of essence for their future reconstruction.   Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw coordinates Polish archaeological research in the Eastern Mediterranean since 1959 (since 1990 under the present name). In re…

…nent. Another major finding of the 2015 season were subterranean installations that may have served for capturing drinking water for the garrison of Ptolemy II, the historical founder of the port in early 3rd century BC.   In the second category: top 5 Restoration/ Preservation projects, one of PCMA’s most prestigious projects was awarded: “The Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari” d…

…objects, exhibits of animals and plants as well as rare objects for instance a model of the Arch of Constantine.   Visitors can see the exhibition from Monday to Friday: 10.00 to 16.00 in the Tyszkiewicz-Potocki Palace (Krakowskie Przedmieście 32).   It is organize on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of university’s establishment.   Admission free.   More information about different university’s collections one can find on the University of…

…imedia Fountain Park. From April to November there will be the installations of scientific exhibits around Warsaw.   UW Alumni World Reunion 13-14. May – the event is dedicated to all UW alumni, students, professors, employees. In the program there are the conference “I’m from UW!” and the concert “Alumni for Alumni”.   Night of Museums 14. May – in this year the slogan of the event is “UW with the thrill”. One could discover an unknown face of th…

…f relativity.   Six lectures will be given during the Historical Day, for instance: “Einstein’s ‘The Meaning of Relativity’ Revisited”, “Theory of relativity in Poland before 1939″ or “Back to the Future: How Einstein’s Road to General Relativity Provides Clues to Its Future”.   Among speakers are Prof. Michał Heller, Prof. Andrzej K. Wróblewski or Prof. Marek Demiański. Detailed program of the Historical Day is available on the website of the Pol…