…mic” (Merriam Webster), Germany: “Corona-Pandemie”, Switzerland (German-speaking): “Systemrelevant” (systemically relevant), Switzerland (French-speaking): “Coronagraben” (corona divide), Austria: “Babyelefant” (baby elephant)….

…iedźwiedzki, “The earliest-known mammaliaform fossil from Greenland sheds light on origin of mammals”, PNAS: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012437117…

…), and “strajk” (strike), “wybory” (elections), “nienawiść (hatered), “hulajnoga” (scooter), and “równość” (equality).   Other countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Czech Republic also choose their word of the year. Recently, the editors of “Oxford English Dictionary” have named “climate emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year. Collins Dictionary, for example, picked “climate strike” as its word.   UW linguists are among a…

…f Milan: Prof. Antonella Baldi; vice-rector from the University of Warsaw: Prof. Maciej Duszczyk; dean of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Copenhagen: Prof. Kirsten Busch Nielsen, as well as Prof. Serge Fdida from Sorbonne Univesity, chair of the 4EU+ Steering Committee.   The representatives of six universities discussed the development of education and research initiatives and other issues related to the future collaboration between…

…f Milan: Prof. Antonella Baldi; vice-rector from the University of Warsaw: Prof. Maciej Duszczyk; dean of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Copenhagen: Prof. Kirsten Busch Nielsen, as well as Prof. Serge Fdida from Sorbonne Univesity, chair of the 4EU+ Steering Committee.   In June, the European Commission selected 17 university consortia from all over Europe that will be part of the first “European Universities” alliances. The 4EU+ All…

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…project.   In case of any questions, please contact: rownouprawnienie@uw.edu.pl.   UW students and staff can take part an e-learning course devoted to the topic of equal treatment and combating discrimination. The course was developed by experts on equal treatment, and it provides practical information regarding, e.g. unequal treatment and its symptoms. The course is interactive. Upon completion, the participants will have a possibility to downloa…

…erything you need here,” says Elizabeth I. Lekahena, a student of International Relations at UW. Her family is from Indonesia but she came to Warsaw from the Netherlands four years ago. Since then she really likes the city and calls it her second home.   Involvement in Model United Nations   Elizabeth I. Lekahena decided to study International Relations at the University of Warsaw because of Model of United Nations (MUN). It is an educational simu…

…8.   More information   Warsaw Eagles in ACM-ICPC   The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) is the most prestigious programming contest for students. In this year, the ACM ICPC World Finals took place in Beijing at the Peking University and CYSC. 140 teams from 8 regions: Africa and Middle East, Asia East, Asia Pacific, Asia West, Europe, North America, Latin Amerika and Northern Eurasia took part in the contest.   The team…

…5th November 2014 – Alain Besançon https://en.uw.edu.pl/honorary-degree-for-a-french-historian/   6th November 2013 – Michael Martinek 29th October 2013 – Andrzej Białas 21st March 2013 – Oded Stark 27th February 2013 – Michael G. Müller 28th November 2012 – Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare 13th July 2012 – Henryk Skarżyński 25th June 2012 – Elie Wiesel 5th June 2012 – Jurij D. Apresjan 11th January 2012 – Hans Hauben 30th November 2011 – Szewach W…