Two UW academics Prof. Jacek Jemielity from the Centre of New Technologies and Prof. Cezary Cieśliński from the Faculty of Philosophy, have been awarded the Foundation for Polish Science Prize – one of the most prestigious in Poland. 

Julia Łukasiak and Aleksandra Burdziej are the UW doctoral candidates who were awarded first two prizes in this year's Polish edition of "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" competition. The participants' task was to present the subjects of their scientific research in French. The presentation could not last more than three minutes.

On 9th and 10th December, at the University of Warsaw, there will be an action called “UW congratulates Olga Tokarczuk”. Members of the UW academic community will have an opportunity to congratulate Nobel Prize laureate. The author of “The Books of Jacob” (Księgi Jakubowe) or “Flights” (Bieguni) graduated from the UW Faculty of Psychology.

The Swedish Academy has decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature to Olga Tokarczuk who is a graduate of our university.