Smart waste collection systems, advanced street lighting, mobile applications informing on the traffic are just a few examples of technologies for a smart city. Every year, consumption and pollution rates go up people living in urban areas are experiencing parking and traffic problems, therefore the demand for technology and science-based solutions in cities increasing. Kaunas City Municipality aiming to improve the life and well-being of citizens involved KTU students into solving real challenges the city faces.

The Residents’ Council is a part of the Student Representation of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University. The purpose and main function of the Resident’s Council is to represent the residents of the Faculty of Medicine and their interests at the University and national level. This academic year, Kamilė Marcinkevičiūtė, a third-year resident in internal medicine, has been entrusted with the position of chairperson of the Residents’ Council and agreed to share her experience and names the challenges that residents face.

The healthcare sector has faced many challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to taking care of infected patients, and, now the vaccination roll-out, the scope and accessibility of healthcare services have also become a significant problem. In order to determine the causes and extent of the situation, a team of researchers at Vilnius University (VU) carried out the study “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human and public health and on the functioning of the healthcare system: case study of vascular diseases.”

Vilnius University (VU) Business School has successfully completed its participation in the project The Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN). During the project, an association uniting European underground laboratories was established, a network of underground mines and laboratories in the Baltic Sea region was developed, and their opportunities for business and innovation were analysed. Various researches and analyses of the business environment and development opportunities have been carried out in these underground mines. The project was judged extremely successful, so its extension was approved with even more ambitious goals.

At the end of January, a cooperation agreement was signed between Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the information technology project company Alna Software. This agreement means that Alna Software will contribute to the study process, and can also become a great internship or workplace for KTU students and graduates.

On 11–12 February, Vilnius University (VU) Kaunas Faculty organises the cybersecurity tournament “Cyberthon 2021”. It is the first and largest virtual tournament organised by cybersecurity specialists of VU Kaunas Faculty where problems will be remotely solved by students and cybersecurity enthusiasts from around the globe.

February 9 marks the International Day of Dentists, a reminder of the need to take care of oral health and hygiene. Current and future dentists, such as Miglė Pekarskaitė, a first-year dental student at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University (VU) also mark this day as a professional holiday. When talking about dentistry and studies at VU, the student is glad that the chosen profession and study programme are very popular and competitive.

In the public sphere, it is often said that Lithuanian pupil outcomes are getting worse, and that challenges are emerging not only in training future teachers, but also in encouraging secondary school graduates to study pedagogy. How should these problems be addressed, and what action needs to be taken? Today, we talk about it with the director of Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy (VU ŠA) Prof Renata Bilbokaitė.

Admissions to study at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are now open. If you are looking for a top-quality education in an open-minded, innovation-driven community without a hefty price tag, KTU is the right choice for you. Check the available programmes and apply today. Choose a university, which turns 100 in 2022, the same year when Kaunas becomes a European Capital of Culture.

Being a partner in the EODOPEN project, Vilnius University (VU) Library, with the approval of the authors, has been digitising books written by the university scholars and published by VU. The project has united 15 libraries of Europe that aims at digitising and opening up 15 thousand documents and literary works from the 20th and 21st century. One of the authors who support the idea of the project and make their scholarly works accessible for the public is dr. Birutė Railienė, a member of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Science staff. Vilnius University Press published her monography "Andrzej Śniadecki". Through the EODOPEN project, it is now freely available on VU Library Digital Collections.