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Students from the Medical University of Warsaw (MUW) and the University of Warsaw (UW) took on the roles of judges, defense attorneys, witnesses, and the accused. The mock trial they reenacted was based on a real-life court case, although the time, location, and all identifying details were altered. The underlying facts and legal issues, however, remained authentic.

On May 20, President Andrzej Duda presented professorial nomination decrees to 80 academic teachers and researchers in the fields of science and the arts. Among the recipients were: Professor Monika Czerwińska, Professor Ewa Czochrowska, and Professor Renata Główczyńska.

Dance and vocal performances from eight countries, positive energy, lots of laughter, and a full house – that was the scene on Friday evening at Klub Oczki. All thanks to the students involved in the Diversity X WUM project, who promote and celebrate multiculturalism not only at our university.

During the competition, which tested both knowledge and skills, our students faced teams from Wrocław, Kraków, Szczecin, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Łódź. The tasks they had to tackle required specialist knowledge, precision, quick action, and good teamwork. Every minute counted, as did accurate diagnosis and logical thinking. The win proves that our students measured up to each of those challenges.

This year, the University Quality Culture Day at the MUW was titled “The university in the times of AI: between progress and uncertainty”. Experts talked about the opportunities for using AI in both research and teaching.

On Saturday, the 26th edition of the “Run for a New Life” took place, with numerous specialists from the Medical University of Warsaw (MUW) participating, including the Rector, Professor Rafał Krenke. On the eve of the event, the “Second Life” awards were presented to: Professor Michał Grąt, Head of the Department and Clinic of General, Transplant, and Liver Surgery at the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw (UCC MUW), in the category “Personality of Polish Transplantology”, and Dr. Zygmunt Kaliciński, from the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Transplant Surgery at UCC MUW, in the category “Active for Transplantation”.

Each year, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) awards 100 prestigious START scholarships to outstanding young researchers under the age of 30, representing all fields of science. This year’s competition received 725 applications. Among the scholarship recipients are Przemysław Kasiak, a sixth-year medical student and doctoral candidate at the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and Dr. Aleksander Ślusarczyk, a physician and research and teaching assistant at the Department of General, Oncological and Functional Urology.

The two universities plan to continue their collaboration in the fields of science, research, and education, including academic exchange, joint training programs for teaching and research staff, and the organization of internships. The memorandum was signed by Professor Rafał Krenke, Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, and Professor Roman Yatsyshyn, Rector of Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University.