…logy, geography and social studies. Authors prepared 13 lessons and 25 expert questions and answers based on reports from international organisations, scientific articles and links to open letters written by researchers globally. Great emphasis was put on the accessibility of the content and a consistent division of the material.   The book is divided into four parts, presenting the mechanisms of global warming (part 1), causes (part 2), consequen…

…“dobra zmiana” (good change), “gender”, “feminatyw” (feminative), “protest” (protest), “niepodległość” (independence), “apostazja”.   Various dictionaries and language institutes have begun rolling out their Word of the Year lists, and no surprise, the vocabulary was related to COVID-19. Words of the year 2020 in other countries: United Kingdom: “lockdown” (Collins Dictionary), USA: “Covid” (American Dialect Society), “pandemic” (Merriam Webster)…

…and duties that had to take place on-site. The exam period in the summer and the 2020/2021 admissions had to be postponed. Thanks to new technologies, live-streaming it was possible to follow and participate in various events, including, the Online Open Day.   The new coronavirus affected a lot of people. The University of Warsaw developed new forms of support for its community members. For several months, employees and doctoral candidates have ha…

…of a new library building. In 1993, following a contest, the first prize and recommendation for realization were given to the project by Marek Budzyński and Zbigniew Badowski. In December 1999, after many months of the logistically complicated collection transfer operation, the new building in Powiśle was made available to users, marking a new stage in a history of the University of Warsaw Library.   BUW nowadays The library has one of the largest…

…tific and Research Computing, Supercomputing, Cloud Computing, Networking and Scientific Software Applications (“Research Field”). The two parties envisage that the scope of collaboration will include, but shall not be limited to: Computational Systems Biology; OMICS” and Big Data methods, algorithms, programs and computations; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Provisioning of computational resources and access to applications; Cloud C…

…ministration.   Following the lecture, there will be a time to ask questions. The meeting with Dr. Visa A.J. Kurki is part of the Legal Environment 2020 project (Projekt Środowisko Prawne 2020) concerning the field of social ecology….

…in 1971. He is known for developing SHRDLU, an early natural language understanding computer program.   This year, Dr. Piotr Skowron from the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics won the Computers and Thought Award. He was recognized for his contributions to computational social choice, in particular to the theory of committee elections. The scientist works on topics at the intersection of computer scie…

…sed until 29th November due to the restriction on the operation of public and scientific libraries introduced by Poland’s Council of Ministers. Those who borrowed books can return them later. The return dates for borrowed books, Kindle readers and keys to individual work booths have been postponed to 15th December. There will be no charges for books overdue from 7th to 29th November. Books ordered earlier than 7th November and reservations ready f…

…ions active in the Higher Education area. Anyone interested in getting to know the 4EU+ Alliance and its activities is welcome to join this session. The link to YouTube below. The registration form and conference programme were available at www.4euplus.eu.   The language of the conference will be English. Translation and interpreting services will not be available. Join the 4EU+ Open Session:…

…operation of UW: EDUCATION: Educational classes being part of the 1st, 2nd and long-cycle studies are conducted only on a remote basis (practical classes can be an exception). Heads of educational units announce lists of these classes and inform their participants about them by 20th October 2020; Educational classes, being part of doctoral education, postgraduate studies, courses, are conducted only remotely; Exams will be conducted only on a rem…