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During this difficult period it may be tough to find time to sit down and just... read, nevertheless, in quarantine and following the day’s work at the home office, opening a good book is a great idea.
On Wednesday, March 4th, the Hungarian mathematician László Lovász was awarded the honorary degree doctor honoris causa of mathematics in the Great Hall of the Carolinum.
The 4EU+ university alliance, pooling the resources and talents of six public research universities (including Charles University) aims to revolutionise research and education, offering innovative new programmes that should improve cooperation and mobility and create opportunities that push the envelope.
Charles University will lead a large international research consortium on modeling climate policies. Innovative economic research, carried with cutting-edge models, will improve climate change policies for Europe and the world.
France’s Minister of State for European Affairs Amelie de Montchallin visited Charles University. The future of the EU, Brexit, Ukraine sovereignty among issues discussed.
Eight scientists – three of them from Charles University – received Neuron Awards at an official ceremony at the National Museum in Prague.
Students wish to influence the future of the 4EU+ alliance
Prestigious ERC Starting Grant awarded to Botany Department
The Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures cordially invites you to the presentation of the latest issue of the peer-reviewed academic journal Litteraria Pragensia. The topic of the 56th issue is “Frankenstein at 200: A Literary Celebration”.
Charles University students Lucie Kohutová (First Faculty of Medicine) and Erik Klemš (Faculty of Law) competed and won two silver medals in bridge at the 14th European Youth Pairs Championships in Opatija, Croatia in the summer. Now, as part of the Czech team at the World University Championships in China just days ago, they placed third. In our interview, taped earlier, I asked the champions to tell us more about themselves, before we discussed what’s great… about bridge.
Anyone interested in the history of hot chocolate, tea and coffee would be thrilled to sit down with Karel Černý - the head of Prague’s Institute of Medicine and Foreign Languages at Charles University's First Faculty of Medicine - as we did. Barring that, the next best thing may be to pick up his soon to be published history about caffeinated beverages in Central Europe in the 16th century.
Charles University announced on Tuesday it is receiving its third ERC grant in 2018. Grants are awarded by the European Research Council; previous CU candidates enjoyed similar such success back in July.
If you are one of the two thousand or so people who attended the První republika festival organised by Charles University (and the First Faculty of Medicine) last weekend, you probably caught sight of a poster of T.G. Masaryk, as drawn by Jaz. He is the anonymous author of Opráski sčeskí historje – an irreverent comic strip that has achieved cult status through an unusual take on Czech history and the Czech language.
Interest in studying in foreign study programs at Prague’s Charles University significantly increased over the last five years. While in 2012/2013 the number of applications stood at 2,600 the number has since risen to the current 6,400. Some 970 students from abroad successfully enrolled.