…talk about the advocacy of Poland and other countries in the process of Ukraine’s rapprochement with the European Union and whether this diminishes Ukraine’s status as an independent, strong international player.   “Only a few years ago we were convinced that we were living in one globalising village, that integration processes were proceeding peacefully and that economic, social and political integration was deepening. It has turned out that thi…

…al questions in the field of astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics,” Prof. Dorota Rosińska, Head of the Department of Theoretical Astrophysics at the UW’s Astronomical Observatory, emphasised. Prof. Rosińska heads one of the working groups in the international Horizon Europe Einstein Telescope Preparatory Phase project. Participants took part in technical workshops, scientific sessions and discussions on the future of the project.   The…

…presented the cooperation programmes between Harvard University and Polish scientific institutions implemented to date.   Prof. Mark Elliott is the Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University. He is a sinologist, a specialist in Chinese history and an expert on Manchurian documents. He has worked with the UW for many years.   On 14th November, at the invitation of the UW’s Faculty of Oriental Studies, he delivered the inaugural le…

…an open space, will provide space for collaborative and individual work.   The central meeting place in the building will be a three-storey agora – a hall that will connect all the parts of the building designed around it.   “The multi-level internal agora and other common elements in the building will help to strengthen the openness of the university and the integration of the academic community. They will also enable a more flexible use of space…

…ogy. I hope that we will jointly pursue initiatives in many areas and scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, medicine or linguistics, as well as initiatives in the field of innovation or transfer of new technologies,” said Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the University of Warsaw Rector, during a meeting with representatives of the Chinese delegation. The Polish-Chinese collaboration The event at the UW was attended by Xin Lin, Vice Minister…

…reality is that today we must really stand up and fight for our values and fundamental human rights,” Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, said in his keynote speech during the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy conference at the UW. Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy is a cyclical conference that provides a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences in the field of democracy and civil society, as well as respect for huma…

…eeing the implementation of the Secretary General’s reform agenda, in line with the decisions and priorities of the Committee of Ministers. Bjørn Berge has over thirty years of international professional experience. As a former Norwegian diplomat, he served as International Adviser to the Prime Minister and as Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister’s Cabinet responsible for all matters related to Parliament. He also served as a speechwriter to th…

…ian and ecologist. Between 2003 and 2008, he studied history and psychology as part of the MISH programme (Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities) at the University of Warsaw, and in 2007/2008 he also completed his MA in history at the University of Oxford. He defended his PhD in history at the University of Warsaw in 2011, followed by a Aleander von Humboldt Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the Freie Universität Berlin. Upon…

…ed for a long time. The first attempt to understand the formation of loops in such systems was made a few years ago by Prof. Piotr Szymczak’s group at the UW’s Faculty of Physics.   “We showed that a small difference in resistance between the lattice and the medium can lead to attraction between growing branches and the formation of loops,” Piotr Szymczak said.   The work led to a joint project, in the form of a combined doctoral thesis by Stanisł…

…scientific institutions from Poland and across Europe collaborated in the preparation of the manuscript. Publication details Pieter Sanczuk, Kris Verheyen, Jonathan Lenoir, Florian Zellweger, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, Lander Baeten, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Karen De Pauw, Pieter Vangansbeke, Michael P. Perring, Imre Berki, Anne Bjorkman, Jörg Brunet, Markéta Chudomelová, Emiel De Lombaerde, Guillaume Decocq, Thomas Dirn…