Cutting-edge educational initiatives focus of 4EU+ meeting

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Photo: Jan Velinger, Charles University archive
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 14:00

The 4EU+ university alliance, pooling the resources and talents of six public research universities (including Charles University) aims to revolutionise research and education.

Rector Henrik C. Wegener on universities, alliances and the coronavirus

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Photo: University of Copenhagen archive
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 14:00

Work groups from six universities within the 4EU+ European university alliance met recently in Copenhagen to move forward with some of the project’s key aims.

Ole Jann: Successful smart quarantine the first step back to normal life

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Photo: Hynek Glos, Shutterstock
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 14:00

As the coronavirus continues to strangle the world in its grip, it has grown apparent that an important tool is the introduction of smart quarantines

Primus Day an opportunity to learn about top projects

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Photo: René Volfík
Tuesday, 04 February 2020 16:57

Astrophysicist Ondřej Pejcha completed his doctorate at Ohio State University in 2013 but for the scientist that was just the beginning.

Sixty Years Ago: Czech chemist J.Heyrovský was awarded the Nobel Prize

Author: Marcela Úhlíková
Photo: L. Wišniewski, archives of J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:29

December 10 marks exactly sixty years that Czech scientist and inventor Jaroslav Heyrovský was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His main area of work was in polarography. Associate Professor Jiří Barek discusses the chemist’s success and invaluable contribution.

France’s Minister of State for European Affairs looks back on Europe since ‘89

Author: Valerie Stupnikova
Photo: Martin Pinkas
Friday, 29 November 2019 15:35

France’s Minister of State for European Affairs, Amélie de Montchalin, gave a lecture at the Carolinum on Thursday entitled “30 years after 1989 - Can Europe keep its promise of peace, prosperity and freedom?”. Rector Tomáš Zima, the Vice-Rector for Research, Jan Konvalinka, and the Vice-Rector for Education, Radka Wildová, were the top university representatives present.

Czechs mark 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution

Author: Jan Velinger with additional reporting by Valerie Stupniková
Photo: René Volfík, snaps by JV
Sunday, 17 November 2019 19:47

Across the country, Czechs have been marking the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in 1989, as well as commemorating student Jan Opletal and students and professors murdered by the Nazis on the same date 50 years earlier.

A journey into the world of knowledge

Author: Lucie Kettnerová, Martin Rychlík 
Photo: Jakub Langhammer, Charles University archive
Friday, 15 November 2019 10:50

The events of November 1989 brought about a number of changes at Charles University.

How Václav Havel turned into a leader

Author: Jiří Novák, Martin Rychlík
Photo: Vladimír Šigut
Friday, 15 November 2019 10:17

For thirty years, Vladimír Hanzel was Václav Havel’s personal secretary, including his entire term as president. They met in 1986, brought together by a shared love of music. They also lived through the turbulent days of November 1989 together, which Hanzel recalled.

Nineteenth annual Science and Technology Week underway

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Photo: Vladimír Šigut
Tuesday, 12 November 2019 14:43

The 2019 Week of Science and Technology, the biggest festival of its kind in the Czech Republic, organised by the Czech Academy of Sciences, got underway on Monday, kicking off more than 700 events. Included are lectures, workshops exhibitions, screenings, and experiments – at venues across the country. A large part of the programme will take place in Prague, including at participating faculties at Charles University.

Rich programme at CU to commemorate events of 1939/1989

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Photo: René Volfík
Friday, 08 November 2019 15:45

Czechs, in a little over a week’s time, will be marking the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which began on November 17, 1989 following a brutal crackdown against students by the communist riot police.

Three CU scientists receive Neuron Awards

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Photo: Neuron Fund
Thursday, 07 November 2019 15:25

Eight scientists – three of them from Charles University – received Neuron Awards at an official ceremony at the National Museum this week.

Join us in commemorating the events of November 17 1939/1989

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Monday, 04 November 2019 13:17

Read about it and more in Special Issue of Forum Magazine.

CU’s hockey team triumphs in Battle on Ice

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Photo: Vladimír Šigut
Friday, 01 November 2019 17:00

the late hours of Thursday, October 31st – Halloween - downing opponents the Prague School of Economics by a score of 4:0.

New exhibition marks Wenceslas IV’s legacy

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Photo: Vladimír Šigut
Thursday, 19 September 2019 18:09

Between Two Ages is the sub-caption of a new exhibition which opened at Charles University on Wednesday, marking the reign of Czech King Wenceslas IV, on the 600th anniversary of his death, a monarch who bridged the period of prosperity under his father, Charles IV, and religious and social upheaval which followed.

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