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Earlier this spring, more than thirty academics and senior professionals from LERU member universities and seven leading Central European universities (CE7) gathered at Charles University, Prague, for an inspiring seminar on research(er) assessment.
A year-and-a-half since it was launched into the L2 Lagrange point, 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has proven to be an overwhelming success. Designed to help scientists study the formation of galaxies in the early universe, the infrared observatory stunned viewers from the get-go with images of unparalleled precision.
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The Bolzano lecture series, organised by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, returned to Charles University this week. The guest lecturer invited to speak this year was German-born astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020.
On Wednesday, 5 April, a festive meeting commemorating the 675th anniversary of the founding of Charles University took place in the Great Hall of the historic Carolinum building. On the occasion, the Miloslav Petrusek Prize for Presentation and the Bedřich Hrozný Prize for Creative Achievement were awarded.
The celebrations of International Women's Day and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science were truly "international" at CU this year. More than 20 international women scientists who work at the university met at Kampus Hybernská to share their stories, experiences and motivations.
A joint seed-funding programme between Charles University and the University of St Andrews is an excellent means of bringing together top researchers, say Joseph North from the elite Scottish university and Jaromír Soukup from strategic partner Charles University.
Charles University welcomes international applicants from all around the world. Currently hosting 50 000 students from more than 130 different countries, we are looking forward to expanding our ranks even more. That’s why we launched monthly virtual office hours so you have an opportunity to talk to our student advisors directly.
Charles University has announced the results of the already fifth edition of the call for 4EU+ academic mini-grants and the second edition of the student mini-grants. More than 150 members of the academic communities of our seven 4EU+ universities will come together to develop joint projects and innovative initiatives responding to the challenges facing our world today.
The first anniversary of Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine has come and gone but saw renewed commitment on the part of the US and European allies. As the conflict continues, we focus on a student, Valentyn Shkriba, helping at Charles University.
This Friday marks one year since Russia launched the brutal invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. The war, referred to euphemistically as a special military operation by Russia's leader, has ground on, claiming countless civilian and military casualties. This week experts at CU discussed additional steps to help Ukraine in its fight for survival.
The whole world celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February. This year, Charles University decided to celebrate "internationally". We reached out to international female scientists working at Charles University and bring you two dozen experiences and stories.
Charles University has created a new position of ombudsman. From 1 January 2023 this role is performed by PhDr. Kateřina Šámalová, Ph.D., whom students and employees of CU can contact in writing about various issues regarding, for example, inappropriate treatment at the University.
He first glimpsed the ancient world through the viewfinder as a teenager on a family holiday in Tunisia and for David Rafael Moulis it was a turning point. His camera eventually led him to Israel, as a member of a team from the Protestant Theological Faculty at Charles University. Moulis fell in love with archaeology and this year published his first monograph:
“I have always been fascinated by basic mechanisms and to understand how things work inside the cell. And sometimes even completely banal experiments are enough to do that,” says cell biologist Jiři Bártek, the most cited Czech scientist awarded an honorary doctorate from Charles University in 2022.
The Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer brings together experts and students from different faculties and fields. Inter-disciplinary approaches can inspire new solutions in practice. Last week, the centre hosted an event capping a successful new course.