Charles University celebrates Bolzano Awards recipients












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            * Charles University celebrates Bolzano Awards recipients
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            On January 28, 2010, during the Charles University Research Comittee meeting in the Small 

            Karolinum, the annual Bolzano Award ceremony took place. Six students received the award f
            theses written during their studies at Charles University. Among the criteria of the award
            creative approach and interdisciplinary nature of the work. The awards are handed out in t

            social sciences and humanities including theology, science, and medicine.

            The decision of the Bolzano Award committee was reported by prof. Jan Bednář, prorector fo

            affairs: „The Bolzano Award is designated as the top award for the students of Charles Uni
            Therefore, there is no superior award for the student community. The rules of the Bolzano 

            more than one award to be granted in each category, but they all have to meet the highest 
            If the committee chooses more than one of the theses, they must consider very carefully if
            of equal quality. The committee, serving as an advisory body to the Rector, recommended si

            Bolzano Awards this year, two in each of the three categories of social sciences, science,
            each category, both awarded theses are of equal merit. I had the privilege to preside the 
            must admit we regret that many more truly outstanding theses could not be awarded. At the 

            a pleasure to see how accomplished and excellent theses our students handed in.”
            In his speech to the recipients of the Bolzano Award, the Rector of Charles University Vác
            that “it is crucial that a university of our size and importance included in their awards 

            for student researchers. One of the reasons is that it reminds us of the quality of our gr
            of the education we give them. The Bolzano Award is important not only because of the pinn
            thesis that the six of you wrote, but also because of the foundation of other outstanding 

            the top rests. And that is certainly good news for the university.”
            Out of the 17 faculties of Charles University, 11 faculties took part in the 16th annual B
            Hussite Theological Faculty with two theses, the Faculty of Law with four, the 1st  Facult

            with three, the 3rd Faculty of Medicine with one, the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králov
            Faculty of Arts with ten, the Faculty of Science with three, the Faculty of Mathematics an
            three, the Faculty of Education with four, the Faculty of Social Sciences with thirteen an

            Humanities with four. The total of 49 theses were submitted, out of which 36 were in the s
            category, 7 in the science category and 6 in the category of medicine.
            Recipients of the 16th annual Bolzano Awards:

            In the category of social sciences and humanities, including theology       
            PhDr. Tomáš Klír, PhD.                                                      
            Thesis: Inhabitation of Marginal Land in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
            PhDr. Lucie Storchová, PhD.                                                 
            Thesis: Paupertate Styloque Connecti. The Formal Mode of Discourse, the Field of Literatur
            Textual Origins of the Humanistic Scholarly Community in Czech Lands        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
            RNDr. Robert Vácha, PhD.                                                    
                                                                                        
            Thesis: Molecular Simulations of Surfaces of Aqueous Solutions              
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
            RNDr. Tomáš Vitha, PhD.                                                     
                                                                                        
            Thesis: Bone-seeking Lanthanide(III) Complexes of Macrocyclic Ligands Bearing Bis(phosphon
                                                                                        
            Arm                                                                         
                                                                                        
            MUDr. Eva Al Taji, PhD.                                                     
                                                                                        
            Thesis: Pathophysiology of primary congenital and early-onset non-autoimmune hypothyroidis
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
            Mgr. Martina Živná, roz. Kublová                                            
                                                                                        
            Thesis: A Study of Molecular Foundation of Familiar Hyperuricemias          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        


            (Marie Kohoutová)

            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch