EducationJuozas Augutis, the rector of the Vytautas Magnus University, was on Friday elected to head the Lithuanian University Rectors' Conference, an association consisting of the top officials of the country's universities. 62 percent of Lithuanians older than 55 live alone, and 32 percent of home units in Lithuania consist of one person. Although being alone doesn’t mean being lonely, and loneliness itself has many shades and reasons, being lonely, especially in holiday season may be upsetting for some people. After graduation from Master degree programme “Diplomacy and International Relations” at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), Daviti Mtchedlishvili from Georgia was accepted as a PhD researcher in New Zealand. Currently D. Mtchedlishvili is working at a multi-disciplinary centre that brings together graduates and academics from a wide range of disciplines to research the European Union and Europe-related issues. “Studying at VMU was one of the major transition periods for me, involving new experiences and new skills. VMU was a great opportunity for learning and personal growth and it has had a very big impact on me and my future endeavors“, – says VMU Alumni. More than 830 events in 30 European countries were organised during the European Robotics Week in the end of November. Kaunas University of Technology Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (KTU EEF) has joined the initiative by inviting Kaunas regional community to visit KTU EEF robotics laboratories. On 21-25 November prof. dr. Saulius Vasarevičius, Head of Department of Environmental Protection at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) visited University of Technology in Malaysia (UTM), where he delivered classes on environmental policy and participated in a scientific conference. Start-up Holtida created by the team of researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Institute of Materials Science, headed by the Institute’s Director professor Sigitas Tamulevičius, has been named The Spinn Off of the Year in the annual BZN start Startup Awards 2016. Holtida was named as one of the ten best Lithuanian start-ups. Smallpox, once thought an ancient disease, may have emerged in more recent times, raising questions about its role in history2016-12-12, 16:52New genetic research from an international team including McMaster University, University of Helsinki, Vilnius University and the University of Sydney, suggests that smallpox, a pathogen that caused millions of deaths worldwide, may not be an ancient disease but a much more modern killer that went on to become the first human disease eradicated by vaccination. The best choice for those willing to study Informatics Engineering is Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) the magazine Reitingai (Rankings) announced this week. According to the organisers of the Reitingai rankings, which are being organised every year, KTU master and bachelor studies are among the best in Lithuania. Lithuanian Start-Up Ecosystem is Warming Up: More and More Students Are Willing to Join Start-Uppers2016-12-10, 18:33The three Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — who were the first to declare independence and officially secede from the USSR more than 25 years ago, are in the avant-garde of the post-Soviet republics in terms of technology entrepreneurship and government support of innovation, technology news website The Next Web states. Bored Panda, the panda-friendly, viral content creating web magazine, is joining the Vilnius Tech Park community. The startup, launched in Lithuanian in 2009, is busy filling the internet with creative posts, amazing artwork, fun picture galleries and articles in English and Spanish. |
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