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European history meets the future in JU Auditorium Maxiumum
24.01.2019
The current situation in Europe, its future, and the lessons that can be learnt from the continent’s history – these were the main topics of the meeting with the Vice President of European Commission Frans Timmermans “Citizens’ Dialogue on the Future of Europe”, attended by members of JU Academic Community, Polish young people, as well as the participants of the Italian Project “Trenno della Memoria” (“Memorial Train”), aimed at remembering the victims of the holocaust.
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6 anti-vaxxer myths
21.01.2019
The last few years marked a dramatic rise in distrust towards vaccination. A somewhat substantial portion of the general population became suspicious of the procedure, as it’s one of the very few performed on healthy people, particularly children. Additionally, vaccination is quite often administered involuntarily. These misgivings are further deepened by various anti-vax movements which seek to downplay the benefits of vaccination and change the policies that regulate it.
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Do beetles rule the world?
17.01.2019
The earth is dominated by humans, whose activity contributes to the rapid decline in biodiversity on our planet. Yet, if we put members of all catalogued species together, every fourth of them would be a... beetle! What is the reason for the fact that these insects constitute such a large proportion of living beings on our globe? We asked Dr hab. Stanisław Knutelski from the Department of Entomology at the JU Institute of Biology and Biomedical Studies to shed more light on this issue.
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Thrilling discoveries at Nea Pafos, Cyprus
17.01.2019
For the last 8 years, researchers from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Archaeology have been delving deep into the history of Nea Pafos, an ancient city located in Cyprus. During the last year’s excavation season, they have discovered that it was much larger than it was previously thought.
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Admissions open for programmes in foreign languages
15.01.2019
Admission to undergraduate and graduate programmes taught in foreign languages in the academic year 2019/2020 was open on 15 January at noon.
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Foundation for Polish Science fellowship for JU computer scientist
10.01.2019
Prof. Maciej Ogorzałek from the JU Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science is one of the two winners of the Foundation for Polish Science sabbatical fellowship. It will allow him to spend six months at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, where he will work on a research project entitled ‘Gaudi chips’ – Innovative design concepts for 3D integrated nano-electronic systems.
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Jagiellonian University ranked best in Poland by URAP
09.01.2019
The Jagiellonian University took first place among 50 Polish higher education institutions listed in the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2018/2019 by the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. The oldest university in Poland was ranked 307th in the world, which marks a rise of 16 places from 2017/2018. Once again, the list was topped by Harvard University.
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