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“As rector, together with the entire management of Charles University, I strongly condemn any form of aggression and violence against women in Iran. We are clearly on the side of tolerance. Likewise, we do not agree with an aggressive approach to peaceful student protests.”
Over three thousand visitors saw, heard, felt, tasted or touched science on Friday, 30 September, the day that Czech European Researchers Night took place. Charles University prepared 80 activities for children and adults. Also on view was the FameLab competition final.
„I believe that, whatever challenges we face during this academic year, we will face them together and with the same, if not greater, determination than in previous years.” A word from the rector of Charles University at the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic year.
IDEA think tank of CERGE-EI invites you to a conference: For even better public administration: EUROMOD promoting evidence-based policy making in the EU. The conference takes place at CERGE-EI, Prague 1, Politických vězňů 7, 2nd floor, Hall #7 on September 29, 2022 | 11.30 am–13.30 pm.
September saw the opening of the Didaktikon Educational and Creative Centre at Kampus Hybernská, successfully fusing cooperation between Charles University and the City of Prague. Ten interdisciplinary exhibits and a number of events await visitors.
The project One Comprehensive Research European University (1CORE) has been selected for funding under the 2022 European Universities call launched by the European Commission. The activities developed within the project will follow the successful pilot project that kick-started the building up of a truly integrated university ecosystem.
Earlier this week, much of the Czech Republic woke up to the acrid smell of smoke. Not from a fire in the neighbourhood or one town over but more than a hundred kilometres away: in Hřensko and the Bohemian Switzerland National Park. The scale of the fire shocked the country.
As of 1 July, the Czech Republic has taken up the Council of the EU presidency, a time when the bloc faces key issues of international importance. Charles University is contributing to the public discussion through a debate series entitled Task Europe.
The Trans-Atlantic Training 2022 organized by NASA, ESA and Charles University, focusing on Remote Sensing, will take place from 5 to 9 September 2022 in Prague, Czechia. Lectures and exercises will be given by leading scientists from the USA and Europe. Students and early-career scientists are free to register till July, 25.
An archaeological team from the Czech Institute of Egyptology discovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary during fieldwork in Egypt, in the spring of 2022. Although it was already looted in antiquity, the site is neverthless invaluable.
One of the most important personalities of European, Czechoslovak and later Czech pharmacy, the first dean of the Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, the father of the scientific and medical field of clinical pharmacy, Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Květina, DrSc. dr.h.c., has left us forever at the age of 92.
In a fortnight, Czechs will take up the presidency of the Council of the EU, prompting an official visit to Prague by the president of the EP, Roberta Metsola. She was the main guest in a debate at Charles University on the future of Europe.
"Many think that only about half of medical doctors believe in vaccines against Covid-19. In fact, it's 90 percent! Communicating this is a simple way of increasing vaccination rates," summarize Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilová, co-authors of a new study in Nature.
Please register to the international seminar under the auspices of the Rector of Charles University. 17 June 2022 from 9 am at Karolinum. Speakers: Peter Kuhn, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience; Vladimír Bobek, First Faculty of Medicine, CU; Daniel Georgiev, Sampling Human, Inc.; Pavel Ostašov, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, CU.
After a two year break, the Rector’s Sports Day made a big comeback last week at Charles University. Classic sports s featured prominently. Students and lecturers gave up the classroom for activity outside on what turned out to be a beautiful day in May.