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A list of ten most prominent articles published by the faculty members of the University of Nova Gorica in journals with the highest Impact factor.

On Thursday, 22 January, 2015, the University of Nova Gorica hosted a delegation of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Sports, and Youth. The members of the committee met with the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik and the two Vice-Rectors, Prof. Dr. Gvido Bratina and Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko.

On Thursday, 15 January, 2015, the Slovene Science Foundation, as part of the Thanksgiving Day, gave out yearly awards and special acknowledgement statements at the Prešeren Hall of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

On Thursday, 15 January, 2015, the Director of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), Prof. Dr. József Györkös and the Head of the research Projects Sector, Simon Ošo visited the University of Nova Gorica. They were greeted by the Rector, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik and the Vice-rector for Education, Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko.

During the visit of the business delegation from the Russian Tatarstan (the visit was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia and the Russian Federation Embassy in Slovenia), the University of Nova Gorica, represented by the Vice-rector for Education Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko and the Kazakhstan State University for Agriculture, represented by the rector Dzhaudat I.Faizrakhmanov, signed an agreement of collaboration.

For the fourth time in a row, the University of Nova Gorica awarded the best European student film at the international Animateka animated film festival. For the third time, the award was given out together with the ALUO School of the University of Ljubljana.

The Škocjanske jame Park is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the work of the Biospheral Karst territory and the 28th anniversary of Škocjanske jame’s entry into UNESCO’s world heritage list. They used this opportunity to also establish the Network of Universities of the Škocjanske jame Park.

On Friday, 5 December, 2014, Pregel awards have been awarded at the Chemical Institute for exceptional doctoral work in the field of chemistry and related sciences for 2014.

At the museum-tourist part of the University of Nova Gorica’s Lanthieri Mansion, an opening of the viticulture-winemaking museum collection curated by Barbara Sosič from the Slovene Ethnographic Museum took place yesterday.

On Monday, 24 November, 2014, the venue of the University of Nova Gorica at the Lanthieri Mansion featured a gala opening of Italo Zannier’s art photograohy from 1974.

On Friday, 21 November, 2014 Zois’s awards and certificates, the Ambassador of Science awards and Puh’s recognition awards were given out at the grand award ceremony at the Brdo Congress Center.

The Development center in Posočje, together with their partners from the SHARTEC project, organized a visit at the University of Nova Gorica for the representatives of the Companies from Zgornje Posočje on Thursday, 20 November, 2014.

As a result of the invite of Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik, the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, the Swiss Ambassador, his Excellency Mister Pierre-Yves Fux visited the University of Nova Gorica.

The Center for Cognitive Science of Language of the University of Nova Gorica announces the launch of VEČJEZIČNOSR VELJA, the Slovenian branch of Bilingualism Matters, an information service set up in Edinburgh in 2008 and dedicated to families, educators, and people interested in the topic of bilingualism.

Faculty members at the University of Nova Gorica prof. dr. Juš Kocijan and prof. dr. Tadej Bajd are the co-authors of the “Terminological Dictionary of Automatics,” which recently got published by the ZRC Publishing House.

On Wednesday, 5 November, 2014, there was a graduation ceremony at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava. Bachelor’s and Master’s diplomas, as well as PhDs have been awarded to the current graduates of the University of Nova Gorica.

On Wednesday, 5 November and on Thursday, 6 November, 2014, the graduation ceremony for Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral students of the University of Nova Gorica was held at the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava.

The Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik took the stage as the honorable speaker at the Reformation Day celebration event on Thursday, 30 October, 2014, at the Slovene National Theater in Nova Gorica.

On Saturday, 11 October, 2014, the University of Nova Gorica hosted the DMFA association (Association of Mathematicians, Physics, and Astronomers) and the DUP association (Association of University Professors).

PROF. DR. GABRIJEL DEVETAK (29. 9. 1938 - 9. 10. 2014)