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Record-mass black hole discovered by the Gaia mission
16-04-2024…in heavy elements. Surprisingly, the chemical composition of the companion is similar to that found in old, metal-deficient stars in the Galaxy,” explained Dr Milena Ratajczak from the UW’s Astronomical Observatory, a member of the Gaia consortium. This observation confirms, for the first time, the hypothesis of certain models of stellar evolution which suggest that the high-mass black holes observed via gravitational waves were produced by the gr…
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Animals and the concept of Eastern Europe
11-04-2024…build a team with broad and diverse competences. “I would like a team composed mainly of individuals at an early stage of their career. I am keen for them to develop their skills beyond the boundaries of a single discipline, while making the most of the opportunities that digital tools offer contemporary humanists,” Prof. Jurkowlaniec underlined. The results of the research will be developed in the form of monographs and articles, and present…
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Rector and Senate Elections
08-04-2024…Committee (PL: Uczelniana Komisja Wyborcza, UKW) adopted a resolution on the Election Calendar. Electoral College By 19th February, the selection of electors of the Electoral College (PL: Kolegium Elektorów). Senate Nominations By 4th March, submitting nominations for candidates for representatives of the University of Warsaw Senate. Rector Candidates On 6th March, the first meeting of the Electoral College, casting votes for candidates for…
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Discussions on new technologies
20-03-2024…y in times of immanent crises, so that the profit and loss account is constantly 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 hel…
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Ambassador Mark F. Brzezinski lecturing at UW
21-02-2024…ut NATO or NATO without Poland, the Ambassador said, adding: The future is in your hands. I believe that the best is yet to come. “I believe that today’s debate will allow us to better understand the challenges we face and to take action that will contribute to building a stronger, more stable and secure future for our societies,” Robert Grey, the UW Chancellor, said. Mark F. Brzezinski was born in the USA in 1965 and grew up in Washington DC. He…
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Flexible links
15-02-2024…P. Fielden, “Flexibility from fluxionality,” Nature Synthesis: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00482-z…
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Meeting with the US Ambassador
13-02-2024…F. Brzezinski, US Ambassador to Poland. Mark F. Brzezinski was born in the USA in 1965 and grew up in Washington DC. He is a lawyer by profession. He served at the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001. He was a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. From 2011 to 2015, he served as a US ambassador to Sweden. He first came to Warsaw on a Fulbright scholarship in 1991 to conduct research…
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Report on solidarity
01-02-2024…Publication details Digidiki, V., Bhabha, J. Markowska-Manista, U. & Dobkowska, J. (2024). Building Inclusion, Sustaining Solidarity towards migrants in frontline local communities: The case of Poland during the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis. Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Boston, USA….
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Prof. Piotr Węgleński, Rector of the University of Warsaw for the term 1999-2005 passed away
19-01-2024…Warsaw University of Technology) the development of a computer using the reactions of DNA molecules. In the 1970s, he undertook numerous research internships in the UK (John Innes Institute), the USA (Massachussets Institute of Technology, MIT) and France (Paris XI). His stays abroad gave him the opportunity to learn about nascent genetic engineering. As an academic teacher, he was famous for the visionary introduction of its methods in Poland….
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UW scientist awarded the Fulbright STEM Impact Award
15-12-2023…ons. Grant holders can spend several weeks at a host institution in the USA, doing research and/or teaching projects, as well as learning about the commercialisation of science and development of successful grant applications. Prof. Piotr Szymczak from the UW Faculty of Physics is among the laureates of the STEM Impact Award 2023-2024. Statistical physics is his field of expertise. Thanks to the grant, he will carry out research on the process o…
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