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PROF. DR. JURE PIŠKUR (28. 10. 1960 - 18. 5. 2014)

Prof. Dr. Tadej Bajd who is affiliated with the University of Nova Gorica, has been recently elected as the new President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Between 14 and 16 April, 2014, as part of the conference “The Days of Slovene Informatics 2014”, awards were given to students in the area of computer science and informatics.

On Monday, April 24, 2014, the University of Nova Gorica organized, for the second time now, its Eastern Concert at Sveta Gora near Nova Gorica. We hosted the Ave Chamber Choir.

At yesterday’s meeting of the University of Nova Gorica’s Management board a decision was reached that Vipava would become the building site for University’s campus, on condition that the Vipava Municipality, within the next six month, changes the purpose of the land availability and makes sure that flood safety has been taken care of.

On the basis of a signed agreement The University of Nova Gorica and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will start a conjoint Master’s program in Environmental Studies that is being carried out by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Nova Gorica, as well as a conjoint Master’s program in Environmental and Sustainable Chemical Technologies that is being carried out by the Department for Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

The University of Nova Gorica, in collaboration with the municipality of Nova Gorica, the Solkan community, the literary club Govorica from the Goriška region, and the Nova Gorica Slavic Association, organizes a symposium that celebrates the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Slovene female writer and poet Pavlina Pajk (9 April, 1854 – 1 June, 1901), who started her literary career in Solkan.

On Thursday, March 27, 2014, the Research Center of the University of Nova Gorica in Ajdovščina hosted the grand opening of the Center for Microscopy and Spectroscopy.

On March 13 and 14, 2014, the University of Nova Gorica hosted Prof. Dr. Mark D. Maughmer (Pennsylvania State University) and Prof. Dr. Luigi Martinelli (Princeton University) who are world-famous experts in the area of aerodynamics as well as in planning and development of aircraft components.

On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, the final ceremony of the "Gospodarstvenik Primorske za leto 2013" took place in Nova Gorica.

On Wednesday, 19 February and on Thursday, 20 February, 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.

On Thursday, February 13, 2013, The University of Nova Gorica and the Nova Gorica Youth Center reached an agreement on the e-House project. This is how both institutions joined their powers in their attempts to expand the information about, the accessibility, and the recognisability of science among a broader public.

On 30 January, 2014 A young Slovenian scientist Dr. Gal Kirl – on behalf of young scientists from around Europe – appealed to the 26 members of the UNO/UNESCO’s Science Advisory Committee that they should all work for the benefit of humanity.

On Thursday, 16 January, 2014, the Slovenian Scientific Foundation, as part of the Thanks giving Day, gave out several recognition awards and other acknowledgements in the Prešeren Hall of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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.

The minister of Education, Science, and Sport, Dr. Jernej Pikalo and the acting general manager of the Higher Education and Science Directorate Mišela Mavrič, PhD, visited the University of Nova Gorica today. They were greeted by the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik and the Vice-rectors, Prof. Dr. Gvido Bratina and Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko.

Our University is starting with a charity project of collecting food and other supplies for too many abandoned pets that live in our surroundings.

On Thursday, 12 December, 2013, the Rector of the Nova Gorica University, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik and the Vice-rectors, Prof. Dr. Mladen Franko and Prof. Dr. Gvido Bratina greeted the players of the Female Handball club Mlinotest Ajdovščina at the Lanthieri mansion in Vipava.

At the end of November, the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik and the Vice Chancellor of the Air University from Islamabad, Prof. Dr. Ijaz A. Malik signed an agreement on mutual collaboration in the areas of faculty and student exchange, joint study programs, collaboration at scientific projects and projects involving the industry.

In 2013 HILOVV received the Slovenian National award "Apple of Quality" ("Jabolko kakovosti") for the Best Intensive Programme.