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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Unilife

• student life
• leisure
• Charles University

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Vladimír Šigut

March 14 is Pi Day, a day of celebrating mathematics worldwide. At Charles University, that means a pretty good reason to try either Slušné or Pěkný číslo referring to successful new beer brands referencing Pi at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.

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• events
• Videos
• Charles University
• Kapuscinski lecture series
• Ivan Krastev

• Jan Velinger
• Vladimír Šigut

On Tuesday, Charles University welcomed renowned political scientist Ivan Krastev to deliver a famous lecture: A Hall of Broken Mirrors at the Patriots’ Hall at the historic Carolinum building. The talk reflected on the future of the international order in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine.

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• research
• innovation
• Charles University
• strategic partnerships
• St Andrews

• Joseph North, Jaromír Soukup
• CU archive, Shutterstock

A joint seed-funding programme between Charles University and the University of St Andrews is an excellent means of bringing together top researchers, say Joseph North from the elite Scottish university and Jaromír Soukup from strategic partner Charles University. They outline the project in Forum.

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• Science
• ERC grant
• research
• creativity
• Primus Day

• Pavla Hubálková
• Michal Novotný

To date more than 140 promising young scientists have already received Primus support, granting them independence and the chance to start new research groups at CU. On Thursday, 80 new “Primus” hopefuls met at the Primus Day conference.

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Written by: Jan Velinger

Category: Unilife

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Hynek Glos, Shutterstock

This Friday marks one year since Russia launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine. The war, referred to euphemistically as a special military operation by Putin, has ground on, claiming countless lives and seeing millions escape abroad. 

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• elearning
• education
• innovation
• food
• children

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Jan Kolský

We waste resources and throw away far too much food unnecessarily. The Smart Food educational project, aiming to improve pupils' knowledge about food waste, is being tested at five primary schools. The teaching materials should later be widely available.

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Category: Unilife

• Audio
• history
• politics
• Talking Economics Podcast
• Sebastian Ottinger

• Katarína Stehlíková
• CERGE-EI, Shutterstock

When and why do national institutions change? In Talking Economics, Katarína Stehlíková and Sebastian Ottinger look back at European history and discuss its relevance for institutional change in today’s China or Russia.

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Category: Unilife

• perspective
• communication
• public relations
• journalism
• mobility

• Jiří Novák, Tereza Kůstková
• Jiří Novák, Shutterstock

Every three years, Ireland's most prestigious university, Trinity College Dublin, advances its strategy for communications and PR on and off campus. The slogan of the PR department’s latest approach us Unity in Diversity.

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• Audio
• economics
• political science
• Talking Economics Podcast
• Ukraine

• Katarína Stehlíková
• Shutterstock

Empires, nation states, and democracies: Perspectives on the war in Ukraine is what our anchor, Katarína Stehlíková, discussed with special guest, Professor Gérard Roland, in a recent episode of Talking Economics.

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• students
• research
• Kampus Hybernská
• Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer
• public speaking

• CU archive, Shutterstock

The Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer at CU brings together students from different faculties . Interdisciplinary approaches can inspire new solutions. The centre hosted an event capping a new course called Innovation in Humanitarian Aid.

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• CU sports
• Japan
• Prague
• competition
• baseball

• Jiří Novák
• L. Svěnčík, T. Icík, Wikimedia Commons

Czech baseball experienced its own smaller version of “Nagano ‘98” over the last few weeks. For the first time in history, the national team made it to the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Pitcher Lukáš Ercoli, a graduate of sports management at Charles University, helped the Czechs advance.

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Written by: Pavla Hubálková

Category: Unilife

• innovation
• czexpats
• AI
• Women in Science
• Ivana Schnur

• Hynek Glos

Ivana Schnur graduated from the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University and thought she would focus on pain management in oncology. But despite a few detours and “twists of fate”, she instead co-founded and runs Sensely a few years ago – a company that develops artificial intelligence to make nurses' and doctors' jobs easier.

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• medicine
• education
• health
• nursing
• Ivana Dvořáčková

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Martin Pinkas

The field of nursing within the medical profession has grown ever more varied. While in the past, a “one-size-fits-all” approach was sufficient, that is no longer the case. “The shortage of nurses,” says Ivana Dvořáčková of Hradec Králové University Hospital, “would be eased if we relieved them of tasks which could go to less qualified professionals.”

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• illustration
• graphic design
• comics
• computers
• art

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Vladimír Šigut

He has illustrated magazines and books but recently took on his biggest project: a large mural on the wall of a four-story apartment building at Hradčanská in Prague 6. He is Marek Kulhavý, known in the art world as Mára Čmára (Mára Scribbles). Kulhavý found his way to art at Charles University’s Catholic Theological Faculty.

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• Humans of CU
• history
• Carolinum
• ceremony
• graduation

• Jiří Novák
• Michal Novotný, CU archive

During ceremonies of Charles University, you can’t miss him: he stands out even among esteemed guests, always the first to walk into the Great Hall in dignified historical dress, sceptre in hand. He is the university’s bedel or beadle. At the Carolinum that role is performed by Josef Šebek.