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JU Vice-Rector visits the University of Kobe
10.07.2019
From 1 to 7 July the Jagiellonian University Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Prof. Armen Edigarian paid a visit to Kobe University, which involved meetings with its authorities, including the University President Prof. Hiroshi Takeda, and signed an agreement strengthening cooperation with this Japanese higher education institution.
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Biologists and biomedical scientists meet at the 44th FEBS Congress
09.07.2019
For the third time in Poland and the first time in Kraków, specialists in the area of biology and medicine met at the Congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies. The six day meeting, this year organised by the Polish Biochemical Society, was officially opened at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre.
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Through the looking glass
08.07.2019
A large group of asymmetrical chemical compounds can exist in two forms with the same molecular formula forming mirror images of one another, which means that they are chiral. Prof. Małgorzata Barańska from the JU Faculty of Chemistry will shed some light on this phenomenon studied by her research team, whose work has recently led to some major discoveries in this area.
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KRAKsat: a satellite from Kraków
08.07.2019
On Wednesday, 3 July 2019, a satellite constructed by students from two Kraków higher education institutions, AGH University of Science and Technology and the Jagiellonian University, in collaboration with Wrocław-based company SatRevolution, was launched into orbit. What is its purpose and how can we benefit from it in the future?
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JU hosts a conference on Katherine Mansfield
05.07.2019
On 5 July 2019, the international conference devoted to the life and work of Katherine Mansfield – a distinguished New Zealand modernist short story writer and poet - was officially opened at the Jagiellonian University. The participants were addressed by the JU Rector Prof. Wojciech Nowak and the Ambassador of New Zealand to Poland Mary Thurston.
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50 years of the JU School of Polish Language and Culture
05.07.2019
On 4 July, an inaugural session celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University School of Polish Language and Culture was held in the JU Faculty of Polish Studies assembly hall on ul. Ingardena 3. The meeting was officially opened by JU Rector Prof. Wojciech Nowak. Amongst the guests there were both former and current employees of the School as well as students participating in three-, four- and six-week language courses.
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Refugee crisis as a public health challenge
05.07.2019
20 June marked the World Refugee Day. According to the latest estimates from 2018, over 70 million people worldwide were forced to leave their homes and countries by a variety of causes. Anita Zalisz, student of the JU MC Institute of Public Health and volunteer at a refugee camp in Syria working with children, shared her insights into the issue of migrant crisis in the context of public health. The article below was originally published in Polish on the blog of the JU MC Institute of Public Health.
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