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Supply chain the focus of Czech-Taiwanese university centre
Charles University on Friday jointly launched a new Supply Chain Resilience Center together with the National Chengchi University in Taiwan. The centre is part of a multifaceted project that will research the stability of supply chains and more.
Author: Charles University, Jan VelingerPhoto: Michal Novotný
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How do deep-sea fish actually see? A new ERC will find out
"Our goal is to understand the limits of what the vertebrate eye is capable of! By studying the eye of deep-sea fish, we can also learn many useful insights about the human eye" says CU's Zuzana Musilová - awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant.
Author: Pavla HubálkováPhoto: Petr Jan Juračka, Luboš Wišniewski
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Auxin phenomenon in plants examined in new ERC
Wednesday 22. November 2023"We previously described rapid auxin speciation in the root of a model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Now we want to focus on this in other parts of plants, bringing us closer to practical applications," says Matyáš Fendrych from the Faculty of Science.
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Oxford's Vice-Chancellor: co-operation helps us all
Wednesday 22. November 2023"Excellence and success breeds more success. The key to success is to attract truly high quality students and staff. It's great to have great facilities, but in the end it's all about people," says Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.
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Essay Prize winner to join team at BIG
Monday 20. November 2023Charles University and the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics (BIG) have announced the winner of 2023 Essay Prize. Following a competitive selection process, Matěj Prášil from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University emerged the winner and will spend six months in Brussels.
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Academic community honours students who fought for freedom
Friday 17. November 2023International Students' Day was marked on Friday 17 November by citizens, students, and academics across the Czech Republic. Traditionally, ceremonies in Prague included representatives of Charles University.
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The revolution was a period of collective effervescence
Thursday 16. November 2023November 17 is Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, commemorating students in 1989 who were savagely beaten by communist riot police. The infamous event sparked the Velvet Revolution that would bring down communism in Czechoslovakia.
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Invasive plants spread all around the globe
Wednesday 8. November 2023Biologist Petr Pyšek is the proud holder of the prestigious Czech Head award recognising his life’s work. He received the award in 2022 for the study of invasive organisms. “Invasive ecology is a field that examines how humans spread plants and animals around the world and guages their impact on nature,” he explains.
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Healthcare conf. stresses importance of int'l cooperation
Wednesday 11. October 2023On Tuesday, 10 October, Charles University hosted an international Czech-American conference on the topic of "Value and Quality in Healthcare: Czech and American Perspectives." The event was co-organized by Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC).
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CU’s pronunciation app a ‘dream come true‘
Thursday 10. August 2023It’s no secret that learning Czech can be tricky when it comes to grammar or pronunciation. Some would say especially the pronunciation of words sprinkled with Czech diacritics is tough. Recently the Faculty of Arts rolled out a game-changer: a state-of-the-art pronunciation app which is making it easier and more fun to learn the language.
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Dienstbier: The Czech Republic needs to step up in innovation
Wednesday 2. August 2023“Corporate research still has a hard time in the Czech Republic, there is a lack of targeted support,” says Martin Dienstbier, who graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and co-founded the successful company DIANA Biotechnologies.
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ENOHE: Ombudship, best practices, students' rights
Wednesday 21. June 2023Hundreds of ombuds from around the world, not just Europe, were hosted by Charles University as part of the 18th annual ENOHE conference. Together, participants sought ways to improve the overall safety environment at universities.
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Don't fear change: Lessons from Utrecht & Copenhagen
Tuesday 20. June 2023What do the Universities of Copenhagen and Utrecht have in common? In a nutshell, they make data-driven decisions even in communication and have successfully changed their visual identity in recent years. Pavla Hubálková found out more.
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Forum Radio: Legitimacy and impact of megaprojects
Wednesday 31. May 2023My guest is Petr Witz, a Postdoc researcher from the Dept. of Public and Social Policy at the Institute of Sociological Studies at CU. As a researcher, Witz worked with the largest cross-border infrastructure project in Europe - the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link.
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Forum 63 3/2023
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