On February 11, the world celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Students and graduates who have come from abroad to pursue a degree in Bachelor (from the 2nd year), Master or Integrated degree (from the 2nd year) programmes, or who have already obtained a degree, are invited to take part in an internship application procedure where they can apply for internships in Lithuanian companies and receive a scholarship.

From November to December 2023, the Arqus project “AL4ALL: Applied Linguistics for ALL” organised 12 online seminars on current research methods in Applied Linguistics. 12 presenters took part in the seminar series and presented their research: 10 Ph.D. students and young researchers from various universities of the Arqus Alliance: Granada (Spain), Graz (Austria), Leipzig (Germany), Maynooth (Ireland), Minho (Portugal), Vilnius (Lithuania). Additionally, 2 PhD students from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) presented their studies.

Vilnius University (VU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) established by NATO. VU will act as a technology testing, assessment, verification and validation centre and provide services to the accelerator’s start-ups in the field of life sciences.

As the debate continues over whether artificial intelligence can compete with human creativity, scientists are looking for answers at the epicentre of evolutionary events. Prof. Dr Virginija Jurėnienė, a historian at the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University (VU), together with Ugnė Pavlovaitė, a PhD student at the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University (VU), visited Dead End Gallery – the world’s first physical artificial intelligence (AI) gallery located in the Netherlands as part of the Erasmus+ staff mobility programme. They shared their impressions after meeting the gallery’s co-founder, Constant Brinkman.

On Friday, the first KTU graduation ceremony of this year took place at the Santaka Valley of Kaunas University of Technology. Diplomas were awarded to nearly 200 graduates, among them – almost 30 international graduates.

Statistical data shows that air travel is the safest means of transportation. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in 2022, 32.2 million flights were operated, and out of this large number, only 39 flights ended in accidents. Most aircraft accidents occur during take-off and landing, where the aircraft is the closest to the ground.

Researchers from two Lithuanian universities have developed a patient-safe monitoring technology to identify and manage individual factors provoking atrial fibrillation.

Researchers, innovators, and their teams operating in the field of life sciences are invited to participate in the unique 7-week entrepreneurship programme StartBIO, during which selected participants will have the opportunity to assess the commercial potential of their research or idea and acquire knowledge and skills important for business development, which will help grow a successful life science start-up. Registration of participants is already underway on the initiative's website, and the programme's activities, which include training, individualised consultations, mentoring and business modelling activities, will start on the 6th of March at the StartBIO Launch event held at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center.

Students and graduates who have come from abroad to pursue a qualifying degree in Bachelor's, Master's or Integrated degree programmes, or who have already obtained a qualifying degree, are invited to take part in an internship application procedure where they can apply for internships in Lithuanian companies and receive a scholarship.