In October, the Senate of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) approved an equal opportunity and diversity policy, which outlines the main principles and activities which systematically unite the entire University community.

Researchers from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUSTECH) contribute to the implementation of the BIM4REN project, during which BIM tools are developed and used during rapid and efficient renovation.
BIM (Building Information Modeling) is understood as a functional and physical representation of a building in the digital space.

Here is a description of a statistical employee in Lithuania: it is a person working in a private business for at least 40 hours per week, whose job is related to trade, manufacturing, transport, and whose net salary per month exceeds EUR 900. If the said employee is a woman, her salary is 12% less, and she works in a public, educational, health care or social work sector. However believable the above-described portraits, how well are they representing the reality?

Vilnius University Faculty of Law Celebrates the 380th Anniversary On October 11th.The history of the Faculty dates back to 1641, when the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Vladislav Vasa issued the royal privilege on the basis of which the studies of law were permitted and the Vilnius University Faculty of Law was established. It was the first institution of its kind in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Today it remains the inevitable element of the modern Lithuanian legal system and the Alma mater for the country's leading legal professionals.

10 October 1991 is considered the birthday of the Internet in Lithuania as on that day the development of the computer network LITNET of Lithuanian research and study institutions began.

The prestigious science journal Nature has published an article by scientists at Vilnius University (VU) Life Sciences Center “Transposon-associated TnpB is a Programmable RNA-guided DNA Endonuclease”. With this study, VU scientists answered the question of the role of the TnpB protein in the activity of mobile genetic elements and showed that those proteins could be applied in practice as new tools for genome editing.

Ever considered learning a new language? Now is a perfect time! Become a student of the Language Club and chose from 13 languages including Arabic, Czech, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and even Tatar or Edo Language.

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has signed a cooperation agreement with a field service management software provider Frontu (previously Tasker). Both parties are committed to sharing experience and tools in order to start developing science-based solutions that will improve the effectiveness of service workers across many different industries.

Mantas Lukauskas, KTU Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MGMF) doctoral student, Zyro data researcher

We invite community members and students of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) to join the Academic Bicycle Challenge. It is an international project created for universities and colleges around the World. The main goal of this challenge is to contribute regarding climate change mitigation through sustainable mobility.