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The traditional topping-out ceremony to mark the completion of the structural shell of the MUNI BioPharma Hub, a strategic project of Masaryk University, took place on Monday 14 April. The complex, which will house the Faculty of Pharmacy and have three underground and six above-ground levels, has now been decorated with ceremonial ribbons.

Two Brno universities – Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology – have been selected to lead two new EU-funded cybersecurity projects. Both initiatives stem from their collaboration within the Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (CHESS), a project that has brought together the leading cyber-security institutions in South Moravia and Estonia.

In just 5 weeks the biggest university-wide sports and social gathering of students and employees of Masaryk University – MUNI DAY – will start. The Bohunice University Campus will welcome MU alumni for the first time on Wednesday 14 May.

Computer scientist Jan Křetínský has received an ERC Consolidator grant to verify the reliability of integrating artificial intelligence into computer controlled systems.

All runners are invited and they do not have to be MU employees or students: MUNI RUN in the Bohunice campus on 13 May is open to adults and children alike.

Masaryk University Joins the RI-SCALE Project: A New EU-Funded Initiative Unlocking RI Potential with Scalable AI and Data.

Brown is a pioneer in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Inzé is a leader in plant biology. The proposals, approved by the MU Scientific Council, were submitted by the Faculty of Medicine and the Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC MU.

The Faculty of Sports studies and its facilities welcomed earlier this week three Fulbright scholarship recipients who teach English at Czech secondary schools.

The Brno Ph.D. Talent Award supports aspiring doctoral students in science and engineering in their research. This year, the top twenty-five were awarded a prize of CZK 360,000.

Improved menus and more effective operation combined with efforts in the area of sustainability. A lot has changed in MU’s canteens this past year, except for the number of customers.

Dáša Bohačiaková from the Faculty of Medicine of MU, who specialises in stem cells and cerebral organoids, succeeded in the competition for the prestigious Werner von Siemens Awards this year.

Doing it all on our own: the opportunities and risks of the individualisation of society. This is the title of a project that will be conducted by experts from the MU Faculty of Social Studies over the next several years. The project has received almost 150 million crowns from the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme.