…ilingualism.   – The existence of each language helps to better understand the world in which we live. It is an element of the heritage of humanity – explains Bartłomiej Chromik, an ethnologist from the Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw, whose research focuses on the revitalisation of dying languages. – Research shows that in communities which speak their mother tongues people are healthier, they don’t suffer from certain civilisa…

…Experts from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark will take part in the conference and to share their experience and expertise in business processes involved in central admission to higher education. The participants will speak about how those processes are organized in each country, how the central admission came to live, weather it was a governmental decision or rather bottom up initiative of the institutions themselves. They will also talk about ch…

…and Guernsey, speakers of Basque (Euskara), Sámi in Finland and Norway, and Nahuatl in Mexico – enumerates the researcher. Practical strategies and materials on the revitalisation of languages are also the results of scientific projects. The scholars compile books, dictionaries, and other materials useful in learning endangered languages. They organise workshops and capacity-building events. They support local initiatives aimed at preserving cult…

…Observatory (LIGO); the Europe-based Virgo detector; and some 70 ground- and space-based observatories.   Neutron stars are the smallest, densest stars known to exist and are formed when massive stars explode in supernovas. As these neutron stars spiraled together, they emitted gravitational waves that were detectable for about 100 seconds; when they collided, a flash of light in the form of gamma rays was emitted and seen on Earth about two seco…

…he representatives of other institutions from Poland and abroad will be speaking. Among the international speakers are, among others, A. Cassani (University of Milan), I. Brzeziński (Atlantic Council), K. von Eggert (TV Dozhd/TV Rain, Moskwa), D. Fried (Atlantic Council), D. David (IFRI), Dr. B. Zhang (Xiamen University).   Detailed programme   The conference will be held on 20th-21st October at 14.00 in the Auditorium Building (Krakowskie Przedmi…

…final moments of the merger of two black holes with masses about 31 and 25 times the mass of the Sun and located about 1.8 billion light-years away. The newly produced spinning black hole has about 53 times the mass of our Sun. This means that about 3 solar masses were converted into gravitational-wave energy during the coalescence.   This is the fourth detection of a binary black hole system. While this new event is of astrophysical relevance, i…

…is that a complete breakdown of this urban organism and its hinterland was avoided thanks to cooperation established between the remaining local community and migrant population groups arriving in the period under consideration. The project will seek to identify strategies of interaction between the local community and the newcomers, as well as patterns of survival of the old traditions on the household level.   UMMA will lay foundations for furt…

…eful for those employees who organize or participate in international scientific conferences, go abroad or simply would like to share the essential knowledge about the University of Warsaw with the others.     International students and employees can use a map of the University of Warsaw. Thanks to this map, it will be easier to orientate oneself at the University (download a pdf version).   More materials – maps, leaflets, guidebooks, and present…

…ing program in the history of the Polish astronomy marks its 25 years. From 24th to 28th July the international conference concerning the OGLE project will be held at the University of Warsaw.   In 1992 the first images of the sky were taken at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile due to – The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE). The OGLE sky survey is conducted by the astronomers from the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory le…

…trade flourished from the 8th century BC to approximately the 2nd century AD and linked the incense-producing areas of Arabia and Africa with markets as far and wide as the Mediterranean, the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus and China. This trade led to many wide scale cultural, social, political and economic changes.   The conference is being held in the Old Library building (Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 26/28).   More information on the e…