…uage used in every day communication of the Deaf community in Poland. It is not a visual representation of the phonic Polish language, because it varies from it when it comes to vocabulary and grammar. It was developed around 200 years ago, when the first school for Deaf people was opened in Warsaw.   Besides the University of Warsaw, there is no organised teaching of Polish Sign Language on the academic level in Poland. The Polish Sign Language P…

…mmes of the studies, including the selected studies in English, part-time first-cycle, second-cycle and long-cycle programmes, are specified in the Appendix No. 4 of the Resolution No. 269 of the Senate of the University of Warsaw dated 24th May 2023 (in Polish) >>   Additionally, the admissions procedures and qualification criteria for studies provided in English are published in the IRK system >>     Results of the matura examination are crucial…

…Milky Way. The newly discovered classical Cepheid in the Galaxy, named OGLE-GD-CEP-1884, can be categorised as the first ultra-long-period Cepheid in the Milky Way. The period of 78.14 days is nearly ten days longer than that of the previous record-holding Cepheid, S Vulpeculae. This star is present in the ASAS-SN and Gaia DR3 catalogs of variable stars, yet it has been classified as a long-period variable. Based on more than ten years of the phot…

…from Gaia, which are planned to be published in 2026.   Details of the publication The article “Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry” by the Gaia Collaboration, P. Panuzzo, et al. was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters….

…ough the accounts of ancient and mediaeval authors and up-to-date reports from local informants, who were not always reliable. The images they provided were reproduced in large numbers, which often did not contribute to the evolution of science but, on the contrary, strengthened errors and misunderstandings,” Prof. Jurkowlaniec said.   As an example, the researcher cites an excerpt from Julius Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. The narrative…

…ffairs, the Welcome Point team can provide relevant and up-to-date information on issues associated with the UW, student activities, and campus life.   Details of the welcome undertakings are descried on the Welcome Point website >> 2024/2025 Admissions Registration for 2024/2025 study programmes at the University of Warsaw will launch on 6th June 2024. The timeline of the first-cycle programmes, long-cycle study programmes, and the second-cycle p…

…ntly in the user’s favour,” said Dr Karolina Brylska, vice-director of the Laboratory of Media Studies, University of Warsaw, coordinator and co-originator of the conference.   The debate was accompanied by two workshops: on generative artificial intelligence, and on the CLARIN infrastructure (Common Language Resources & Technology Infrastructure).   The conference was held under the patronage of the International Communication Association, a scho…

…by trophic group and landscape”, Nature Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2….

…. Nowak, the UW Rector, said in welcoming the Ambassador. Around 100 days after the start of my mission as an ambassador, I came to visit you, the future leaders of the country, at the University of Warsaw. Since then, two years have passed and I am honoured to stand in front of you to talk about Polish-American relations. Serving as the US Ambassador to Poland means a great privilege for me. I am deeply grateful for every minute I have been in of…

…rzaskowski, Bartosz Szyszko, “Iminopyrrole-Based Self-Assembly: A Route to Intrinsically Flexible Molecular Links and Knots”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202316489   The research and the article by the UW and UWr researchers have been recognised by the international scientific community. The so-called “highlight”, a discussion of the original work, was published in Nature Synthesis.   Highlight: Stephen D….