…2), Order of Rebirth of Poland (2014), Prime Minister’s Award (2015). Prof. Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski works in the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. The scientist specializes in elementary particle physics. On 22nd June Prof. Wróblewski became a new doctor honoris causa of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. On the same day, Prof. Lech Garlicki, a jurist and constitutional law specialist, rec…

…the EMBO members’ meeting in Heidelberg between 18th and 20th October 2017.   More information is available on the EMBO website. EMBO is an organization of more than 1700 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. The major goals of the organization are to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate the exchange of scientific information, and help build a European research environment where scien…

…, the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw will organise the 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion.   There are important topics that are proposed to be discussed at the 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion in Warsaw, these include: Impact of religious beliefs on logical structures; Logic at the service of apologetics; Rationalization of religious beliefs; Justification in religious legal traditions (including Talmudic Logic)…

…ted almost in full. The largest one is 24 cm high and 15 cm wide. The faces pictured on the protomes were female. According to Dr. Gwiazda, the headdress worn by one of them is typical for representations of Greek women in that period, while a Wadjat sign of Egyptian origin is featured on the bust of another protome. Such a cultural mix is typical of the local Phoenician culture. The local provenance of the “masks” is corroborated by Dr. Urszula W…

…Sun, an intermediate value between those previously detected in 2015 (62 and 21 solar masses for the first and second detection, respectively).   The discovery is described in a new article accepted for publication in the journal “Physical Review Letters”. The event occurred during the current observing run of the twin LIGO detectors in Hanford, Washington, and Livingston, Louisiana, which began November 30, 2016, and will continue through the sum…

…lity of cells, ultimately resulting in disease conditions. Better understanding of the stress-induced mechanisms that affect cells is the necessary first step towards the development of new treatments and medicines that reverse these adverse changes.   – We hope that as the result of our fascinating research program and the strengthened collaboration with our scientific partner, Peter Rehling from the University Medical Center Göttingen, the scien…

…ambitions thanks to those people who are not satisfied with conducting good research, but they aim for scientific excellence – stressed the rector.   In the third edition of awards, 127 employees of the University of Warsaw will be receiving an increased salary – additional PLN 1 500 each month (for one year). The laureates were selected by a special commission represented by professors from faculties and units of the UW. The more grants the UW un…

…d Prize 2017 in the category Future – astronomy dedicated to an outstanding individual or organization whose ongoing research is making a groundbreaking contribution to the field of observational or theoretical astronomy.   The UW scholar received that prestigious award due to his research on the long-term large-scale sky survey. Not only Prof. Udalski, but also Prof. Neil Gehrels from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Prof. Shrinivas Kulka…

…o 21st May at the UW.   During the conference scholars from Poland and abroad will focus on role of ancient myths as sources of Hope during vital, often very difficult experiences that young people face on their way into adulthood. Researchers will present their first research results in this field.   Detailed programme   The conference is organised within the framework of the ERC Consolidator Grant given to Prof. Katarzyna Marciniak from the Facu…

…ngs. Students, doctoral students and scholars of the UW, representing all scientific disciplines, can use the UW incubator to develop their business activities.   – The incubator will not be a single place at the UW. It is one of the initiatives reinforcing entrepreneurship at our university. We have already established the University Technology Transfer Centre, UWRC Ltd. and seven corporate spin-offs – said Professor Marcin Pałys, the Rector of t…