Online Warsaw 2020 MAKEit Fruit & Veg MAKEathon
22 października 2020

UW MA students, doctoral and postdoc researchers can apply now for an online “Warsaw 2020 MAKEit Fruit & Veg MAKEathon”, organised by UW in association with EIT Food and Institute for Manufacturing of the University of Cambridge. The application deadline: 12th November.

The University of Warsaw is part of EIT Food – Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted. EIT Food supports innovative and economically sustainable initiatives which improve health, access to quality food, and environment. It comprises 50 partners from different countries including, among others, University of Warsaw, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich, Autonomous University of Madrid, companies such as Robert Bosch GmbH, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Siemens or Sodexo. More information >>

The Warsaw 2020 MAKEit Fruit & Veg is a hybrid MAKEathon that comprises a series of live online activities on modern solutions during the first two days and subsequent remote prototyping, followed by pitching. The participants will work online in teams to create new business ideas and product concepts that could help the fruit & vegetable intake become more sustainable not only during the COVID-19 but for future disruptions such as climate change and other pandemics. The ideas will be converted into physical prototypes using the world class high-tech industrial equipment with the support of prototyping experts from a Makerspace.

Due to the spread of COVID-19, the hackathon will be held remotely on:

  • 20th-21st November, 10:00-16:00 Hours (CET)
  • 26th November, 16:00-18:00 Hours (CET)

The event is dedicated to UW MA students, doctoral and postdoc researchers. It is also open to employees of industrial companies, entrepreneurs or people who consider establishing a startup in the field of fruit and vegetable processing, fresh produce online shopping and delivery, packaging, product design, etc.

To take part, please fill in a registration form >>

For questions, please contact Mansour Esmaeil Zaei, the EIT Food MAKEit project coordinator at the University of Warsaw Faculty of Management: mez(at)wz.uw.edu.pl.

 

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Seminar CeNT 23.10.2020
16 października 2020

The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by

Prof. Joanna Trylska,

 Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Title: A few tips on writing research articles in English

Date: 23th October 2020 (Friday)

Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Time)

Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83985838886

Zoom Meeting ID: 839 8583 8886

CeNT UW Webinars – instruction for attendees

I will talk about English writing skills for non-native speakers, focusing on research articles. I will give examples of „dos and don’ts” to make writing accurate, brief and clear.

Suspension of classes with students in contact 16.10-25.10.2020

October 15, 2020

Due to the unstable epidemic situation and the establishment of the red zone in Warsaw from Saturday, I decided to suspend classes with students in contact (including laboratory classes) in the period from October 16 to 25, 2020.

Classes covered by the previous announcement (lectures, exercises, pro-seminars, and seminars) are held remotely.

Vice-Dean for Student Affairs: prof. dr hab. Beata Krasnodębska-Ostręga

Multicultural meetings at UW:A journey across the Polish culture
13 października 2020

The University of Warsaw Volunteer Centre organises five online multicultural meetings on the Polish culture, covering interesting facts regarding music, movies, celebrations and customs. To participate, one is requested to register by 19th October.

UW Students and graduates involved in the university Volunteer Centre will present topics related to the Polish culture. Schedule of the meetings:

All meetings will be conducted online on Google Meet. The link to a meeting will be sent after the registration. To sign up, one is asked to email the UW Volunteer Centre on wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. Application deadline: 19th October.

Detailed information on the meetings >>

 

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Change of the teaching mode in the winter semester 2020/2021

The increase in the incidence of disease in Poland, overlapping classes for some students, the problem of ensuring epidemic safety for students listening to remote lectures at the Department of Chemistry, the expected increase in the absenteeism of students and academic teachers were the basis for the decision to increase the number of remote classes.

In the winter semester of the academic year 2020/2021 from 15.10.20 until further notice, theoretical classes will be held in asynchronous remote mode or synchronous remote mode with simultaneous recording of classes. All practical classes (laboratories) will be held in contact or in contact with remote elements.

Graduate student Bioinformatics/Computational Biology
10 października 2020

Laboratory of Computational Biology seeks candidates for the graduate student in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology at the Biological and Chemical Research Center (Faculty of Chemistry), University of Warsaw. Project: OPUS 2019/33/B/NZ2/02100 „Development of a new protein-protein docking method based on the flexible docking of short peptide fragments” – financed by the National Science Centre. Deadline for applications: 23 October 2020. For more info see >> pdf

Postdoc Bioinformatics/Computational Biology

Laboratory of Computational Biology seeks candidates for the postdoc position in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology at the Biological and Chemical Research Center (Faculty of Chemistry), University of Warsaw. Project: OPUS 2019/33/B/NZ2/02100 „Development of a new protein-protein docking method based on the flexible docking of short peptide fragments” – financed by the National Science Centre. Deadline for applications: 31 October 2020. For more info see >> pdf

An announcement for adjunct position
08 października 2020

Position of adjunct (group of research workers) in the project entitled „Phase transitions in minerals induced by pressure and studied by experimental charge densities – feasibility studies” financed by National Science Centre (NCN) is open for application. (see: https://crystal.chem.uw.edu.pl/). Project leader: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Woźniak. Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020. For more info see >> pdf

An announcement for post-doctoral research position
07 października 2020

Position of post-doc (a group of science positions) (pol. adiunkt w grupie pracowników badawczych) in the Sonata Bis 7 project entitled „Alpha-helicomimetic foldamers – synthesis, self-assembly and molecular recognition” financed by National Science Centre, Poland is open for application. Project leader: dr hab. Karolina Pułka-Ziach. Deadline for applications: 6 November 2020. For more info see >> pdf

Workshops on the Polish Culture and Intercultural Communication
02 października 2020

On 12th and 13th October, Welcome Point organises “Polish Culture and Intercultural Communication” online workshops for long term students. One can register by 5th October.

How cultural differences influence our daily communication? How to communicate in a multicultural group? How to get used to living and studying abroad? International students can learn about these questions on WP workshops. The WP team members will also provide participants with information on Poland and Warsaw.

The workshops will be held online and will last two days, from 10 am to 1:30 pm.

Who can attend?

  • Long term students of 2nd and 3rd year of the first cycle (BA)
  • Long term students of the second cycle (MA)
  • Long term students of 4th and 5th year of uniform master level studies

To register, please fill in a form >>

Participation is free of charge. Application deadline: 5th October.

More information on the Welcome Point website.

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl