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Olena Zelenska, spouse of the President of Ukraine, visits the University of Ljubljana
On 19 November, Olena Zelenska, the spouse of the President of Ukraine, visited the University of Ljubljana (UL). The Rector of UL, Prof. Dr Gregor Majdič, briefed her on the University’s efforts to support students and professors from Ukraine since the outbreak of the war. He also shared details about the UL’s initiative to establish a Ukrainian language class at the Faculty of Arts.
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Associate membership agreement between the University of Ljubljana and the Institute of Oncology
An associate membership agreement between the University of Ljubljana and the Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana was signed today at the UL Rector’s Office by Gregor Majdič, Rector of the University of Ljubljana, and Zlata Štiblar Kisić, Director of the Institute of Oncology. The Institute of Oncology’s status as an associate member institution of the University of Ljubljana was approved by the Senate of the University of Ljubljana at its September sitting.
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University of Ljubljana holds an international conference on communicating the climate crisis and extreme weather
The University of Ljubljana, the online journal Alternator and MGML (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana) held Slovenia’s second science communication conference on 10 and 11 October. More than 30 researchers discussed issues around communicating the climate crisis and extreme weather with reference to social and cultural changes, artificial intelligence and journalism.
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Science communication in Slovenia – A response by the Jožef Stefan Institute, the National Institute of Chemistry and the University of Ljubljana
The three oldest and largest scientific research institutions in Slovenia – the University of Ljubljana, the National Institute of Chemistry and the Jožef Stefan Institute – received the ‘Science communication in Slovenia’, published this August, with great interest. They welcome and support the efforts of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation to improve science communication. However, we believe that the document does not address the science communication field in a sufficiently comprehensive way, which is why we are expressing our concerns and putting forward a number of proposals.
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This year’s Dr Uroš Seljak prizes and commendations are awarded at the University of Ljubljana for the third year: 10,000 US dollars for the best academic papers by students in Slovenia
On Thursday 3 October, the Dr Uroš Seljak prizes and commendations were awarded for the best scholarly essays produced by first- and second-cycle students in Slovenia. This is the third year of the awards. The aim of the awards is to encourage students to publish and become more involved in research work. The invitation to enter the competition is announced every academic year by the University of Ljubljana and the American Slovenian Education Foundation (ASEF).
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Freshers’ welcome and the official start of the 2024/25 academic year
On Tuesday 1 October, the University of Ljubljana and its Student Council held their traditional event on Kongresni trg to welcome new students to the academic community. It was addressed by Professor Gregor Majdič (Rector), Nejc Tacer (Chair of the Student Council) and Assistant Professor Rok Žnidaršič (Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana), who were also joined by the deans of the 23 faculties and three academies that make up the University of Ljubljana, which is the oldest and most successful higher education and academic research institution in the country. An excellent musical atmosphere was created by Leopold I. in Drügi and Dan D.
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Campus Center project: a solution to the space problems of faculties and a better quality of life in the city centre
The University of Ljubljana presented the Campus Center project, in which students of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana, under the mentorship of Prof. Jurij Sadar, Asst. Prof. Ana Kreč and researcher Jure Hrovat, carried out a spatial survey of the existing buildings with the project task of placing the UL member programme in the existing buildings of the University on Aškerčeva Street after the relocation of the UL Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the UL Faculty of Pharmacy to the new buildings.
