…y wards for children and adults.   As part of this year’s “UW gra dla WOŚP” (ENG: UW plays for GOCC ) campaign, members of the university community prepared a record-breaking number of fifty-one auctions. The auctioned items included: a university tie and cufflinks from Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, a walk in the greenhouses of the University of Warsaw Botanic Garden and plant seedlings from the Garden’s collection (in…

…searcher is the author of the books: Feministki muzułmańskie na Zachodzie, Tożsamość europejskich muzułmanów w myśli Tariqa Ramadana and Życie codzienne w muzułmańskim Paryżu.   Since 2017, Dr Marta Widy-Behiesse has held the position of the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the UW.   Moroccan roots “The Sleeping Beauty from One Thousand and One Nights and Other Fairy Tales for Adults is a new interpretation of Ch…

…Prof. Marcin Zych as a tour guide, or attending the Polish National Ballet performance with Prof. Gabriela Grotkowska, the Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences. The Faculty of History also started an online donation platform https://eskarbonka.wosp.org.pl.   Bidding began with the closing date 30th January. The one and only auction “Prowadzenie programu Alternator w Radiu Kampus” (“Hosting the ‘Alternator’ programme on the Kampus Radio”) is e…

…Physics aimed at providing medical staff in Poland with needed personal protective equipment, namely face shields. It was a response to those doctors and medical professionals who have direct contact with people infected by the novel coronavirus. Volunteers in Makerspace at UW decided to support medical institutions in the country when it was most needed.   “The reason why we began our initiative was a real need to equip medical staff with necess…

…books with shorter prose works. In 2018, she won the Man Booker International prize for her novel “Flights” (Bieguni). This book also won the Nike Award, Poland’s top literary prize, in 2008. In 2015, Olga Tokarczuk received another Nike Award for the impressive historical novel “The Books of Jacob” (Księgi Jakubowe).   More information is available at www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2018   Besides the Nobel Prize awarded to Olga Tokarczuk, t…

…problem of finding the shortest (cheapest) subnetwork connecting selected nodes in a large computer network.   Dr Marcin graduated Double Degree Program in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Warsaw. In 2007, he won the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Tokyo. Scientist was a scholarship holder of such programmes like Nowoczesny Uniwersytet or Doktoraty dla Mazowsza. Researcher worked at the University of Warwic…

…Mathematics at the University of Warsaw. In 2007, he won the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in Tokyo – together with Dr. Marek Cygan who received ERC Starting Grant last year. Both scientists work at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics at the University of Warsaw. Marcin Pilipczuk was a scholarship holder of programmes, such as Nowoczesny Uniwersytet or Doktoraty dla Mazowsza. Computer scientist worked at the Un…

…(grants Ideas and Iuventus plus, Stypendia dla Wybitnych Młodych Naukowców, Diamond Grants, SPUB), the National Science Centre (grants Maestro, Opus, Harmonia, Symfonia), and the Foundation for Polish Science (programs Team, Homing, Focus and Start)….