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• mathematics
• Carolinum
• ceremony
• physics

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Vladimír Šigut, CU archives

This week, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University celebrated 70 years since its foundation. “From today's perspective, the faculty seems young. However, the tradition of mathematics, physics and astronomy at Charles University has been going on for almost 700 hundred years,” Rector Milena Králíčková said.

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• festival
• languages
• Kampus Hybernská
• communication
• learning

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Shutterstock, Hynek Glos, Jakub Jehlička

Seventy languages are taught at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. This is unique not only here, but also in Europe. Students from other disciplines can study Finnish or Hungarian and boost their chances of finding a job using their language skills.

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• Audio
• Talking Economics Podcast
• fiscal policy
• monetary policy

• Katarína Stehlíková
• CERGE-EI archive

How are monetary and fiscal policy able to address the unprecedented challenges presented by the events of recent years, from the Covid pandemic to the war on Ukraine as well rising energy prices? In Talking Economics, Katarína Stehlíková and Jaroslav Borovička provide a macroeconomic look.

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• film
• Videos
• history
• sports
• Petr Jákl

• Jiři Novák
• Vladimír Šigut, Stanislav Honzík

Without question one of the most anticipated films this year is the epic motion picture Medieval by director and producer Petr Jákl. Forum talked to the CU graduate about working with world class actors such as Michael Caine and his own film past.

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• history
• Charles University services
• Opitz House
• accomodation
• architecture

• Jiří Novák
• Vladimír Šigut, Michal Novotný

Did you know that it is possible to sleep overnight within the Carolinum complex? Charles University offers accommodation in its buildings to university guests. The most representative accommodation facility is known as Opitz House.

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• Charles Games
• history
• game development
• WW II

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Hynek Glos, Charles Games

Over the course of a single year, Charles Games – the creators of titles like Attentát 1942 – launched Train to Sachsenhausen based on witness testimonies of the events of 1939 - the takeover of Bohemia and Moravia by the Nazis and the closure of Czech Universities. 

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• volunteering
• child care
• children's homes
• role models

• Jitka Jkiřičková
• Hynek Glos

Children and adolescents in orphanages are encouraged to be independent-minded. However, they often lack personal ties, role models and ordinary experience from daily life. The Patron programme, in cooperation with CU, is helping many get a better start, by providing mentors who can help them navigate some of the pitfalls of everyday life.

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• Audio
• education
• Ukraine
• children
• aid

• Katarína Stehlíková
• CERGE-EI, Forum archives

What are the main challenges children and teachers have to face in our schools due to an unprecedented inflow of Ukrainian children and youth into our educational system? In Talking Economics, Katarína Stehlíková talks to Daniel Münich 

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• Didaktikon
• FameLab
• science communication

• British Council, archive UK

Talking about science for three minutes can be "life changing" and open up new job opportunities, provide contacts and improve presentations. That's according to former winners of the FameLab competition, which is open to humanities majors for the first time this year. Applications are open until 17 July. 

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• medicine
• forensic medicine
• pathology
• crime fiction

• Marcela Uhlíková
• Vladimír Šigut, faculty archives

The Czech Republic boasts 14 institutes of forensic medicine across the country; Prague alone is home to four. The Institute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the First Medical Faculty of Charles University is the oldest. But with one of the youngest chief physicians: Klára Neureutterová.

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• volunteers
• solidarity
• volunteering
• Ukraine
• invasion

• Helena Zdráhalová, Forum staff
• Charles University archive

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been ongoing for 100 days. There are no signs of the conflict abating – just the opposite. Support for Ukrainians is enormous. Charles University is among those helping, aiding Ukrainian students and academics and more.

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• volunteering
• Ukraine
• refugees
• crisis management

• Helena Zdráhalová
• Vladimír Šigut, Martin Pinkas

Zuzana Schreiberová is a graduate of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University and director of the Multicultural Centre Prague (MKC Prague). During her studies, she volunteered and helped people fleeing the war in Syria and Iraq. She now passes on her experience to others helping Ukrainians who fled the war.

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• research
• awards
• Alzheimer’s
• pharmacy
• pharmacology

• Jitka Jiřičková
• Michal Novotný, Hynek Glos

“I want to be as productive and helpful within society as possible,” says Quynh Anh Vu, a Hanoi native and graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Quynh Anh received the Rector's Award recognising the best science graduates in April.

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• sports
• tradition
• Rector's Sports Day
• spring
• participation

• Jiří Novák
• Michal Novotný, Martin Pinkas

After a two year break, the Rector’s Sports Day made a big comeback last week at Charles University. Classic sports s featured prominently. Students and lecturers gave up the classroom for activity outside on what turned out to be a beautiful day in May.

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• CERGEEI
• Audio
• war
• Talking Economics Podcast
• sanctions

• Katarína Stehlíková, CERGE-EI
• Shutterstock

What is the difference between the main sanctions imposed on Russia now and those from 2014/2017? What is the impact? In Talking Economics, Katarína Stehlíková talks with Anna Pestova and Mikhail Mamonov on sanctions at the macro level.