Media – Elizabeth Allyn Woock

UP TO THE FUTURE – A UNIVERSITY FOR SOCIETY

Several younger members of each faculty were invited to represent the next generation of emerging scholars in a new issue, aiming to highlight the “University of the Future.” You can read this copy of the journal here. (It’s in Czech.) Vendula Lužná writes: “The university is no longer just about teaching and research behind the closed doors of brick buildings. Its students, teachers, researchers, in short, everyone who has Palacký University in their DNA, are increasingly entering the public sphere and, in times of instability and crisis, helping society navigate the world around us – comprehensibly, confidently, and transparently. We show that the whole of society can benefit from the work of our university community.”

Photo credit: Jakub Čermák

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AT PALACKY UNIVERSITY

Bringing together different fields at the Fortress of Knowledge, we held an amicable debate on the current state of women in science, specifically highlighting the experiences of foreign workers, on 10 February 2026. A website with short profiles of each of us was created at https://womeninscience.upol.cz/ . I got to make a minizine, “Pocket Full of Mentors” with some inspirational quotes from each of the ladies, which you can see images from at the top of the webpage.

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NEKONFERENCE AT AFO

SciComHub organized a platform (“not” a conference) to present ideas about public science communication at the 60th Academic Film Olomouc festival, 2025. The other presenters included Petr Baďura (Palacký University in Olomouc), Kateřina Rosická (MFF UK, UFA AV ČR), Petr Cieslar (Pratuří pohádky), Barbora Chmelova (MŽP, AMO klima), Pavel Borovička a David Čech (Česká televize), Richard Nevšímal (University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (UCT Prague).

Photo credit: Jan Hromádko

UPOL IN THE SPOTLIGHT

“All science is beautiful and interesting, only some topics require ingenuity and work to make their beauty appreciated by the general public. You all do this work and for that I give you a big compliment and thanks,” were the opening words of moderator Daniel Kunz at the “UP in the Spotlight” event, during which the university thanked its media faces on 21 February, 2025. Under the title UP in the Spotlight, the premiere event was held at the Fortress of Knowledge to thank scientists for their communication of science to the public.

You can read more here (in Czech).

Photo credit: Vojtěch Duda

LIVE EVENT: SEZNAM NEWS 5:59

With moderator Kateřina Šafaříková and writer Tomáš Klvaňa, held at Divadlo X10 in Prague. The discussion covered how the United States has changed over the past few decades and the current state of the nation.

You can read the article and listen to the edited version of the event in the podcast here (in Czech). Recorded 17 November, 2024.

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