List of articles from archive in month: December 2011
Reaction of Charles University to the Passing of President Václav Havel
Charles University’s academic community wishes to express deep regret over the passing of President Václav Havel. Throughout his life, Václav Havel embodied the ideals that should be a given in this day and age, but they are sadly not.
20 December 2011
Czechs have moral obligation to help people in totalitarian regimes, Dalai Lama says
Shortly after 10 am on Sunday December 11th, a crowded lecture hall at the Faculty of Arts welcomed his Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Prague at the invitation of Václav Havel and the Forum 2000 Foundation to take part in a round table debate titled One Year After an Empty Chair in Oslo. The Dalai Lama and other participants of the discussion were welcomed at the faculty by its Dean doc. PhDr. Michal Stehlík, PhD., and Charles University Rector Prof. RNDr. Václav Hampl, DrSc.
11 December 2011
The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics announces competition for young filmmakers culminating in June 2012
Prague, December 5, 2012 – The Charles University Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague is organizing the first year of a competition film festival for young filmmakers as part of the celebration of its 60th anniversary. The aim is to motivate primary school pupils and secondary school students and raise their interest in mathematics, physics and computer science (computer animation and graphics). Entries – amateur films concerning the above-mentioned fields – can to be sent in as of December 15th. The winning films will be announced during a two-day festival in mid-June 2012 in Prague-Troja.
5 December 2011
Charles University has its beauty queen
On Thursday, December 1, Prague’s Roxy Club hosted the first ever Miss Charles University beauty pageant. The event brought up a lot of emotions and split the academic community into its opponents and supporters. It also attracted a lot of visitors and proved that Charles University female students are simply the most beautiful and smartest of all.
4 December 2011
In a world without borders the only way to keep people is to pay them well
He has implemented a revolutionary change in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction thus saving the lives of hundreds of people the world over. The man in question is MUDr. Petr Widimský, DrSc., FESC, head of the cardiology clinic at Prague’s Vinohrady hospital. In November, this internationally renowned specialist from the Charles University 3rd Faculty of Medicine was granted the National Government Award Česká hlava for 2011. In an interview with i-Forum, he discusses research as well as football.
1 December 2011
ISSN 1214-5726
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