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A Visit of the Brazilian Ambassador at the University of Nova Gorica
On 23 January, 2013, Brazilian Ambassador to Slovenia, His Excellency Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura will visit the University of Nova Gorica.
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24. 1. 2013
The Dutch Ambassador Visits the University of Nova Gorica
On 9 January, 2013, the University of Nova Gorica hosted the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Slovenia, His Excellency Johannes Doumo.
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10. 1. 2013
The University of Nova Gorica Reinforces its Connections with Businesses
On Monday, January 7, 2013, the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Danilo Zavrtanik, the President of the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca, and the President of the Science and Technology Committee at the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia, Janez Škrlec signed an agreement on collaboration.
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10. 1. 2013
The year 2012 marks an impressive collection of international publications by the researchers at the University of Nova Gorica
Top quality basic and applied research in combination with pedagogical activities form the main activity of the University of Nova Gorica, as the income gained from this activity constitutes more than half of the University’s budget.
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3. 1. 2013
Scholarship of Škrabec's association
On Thursday, 25 October 2012, the awarding of the "Scholarship of Škrabec's association" took place at the “Škrabčeva domačija" in Ribnica.
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26. 10. 2012
The French Minister of Culture and Communication
The French Minister of Culture and Communication, Mrs. Aurélie Filipetti, has visited our University at it’s Venice premises on the occasion of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of Venice.
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10. 9. 2012
Language Courses
In the 2012/2013 academic year, the School of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica will organise courses of English, Italian, German and Slovene.
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28. 8. 2012
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong started to support research at the University of Nova Gorica
Intensive scientific research activities take place at the University of Nova Gorica, which extend into European and wider areas. Recently, the University is successfully setting up cooperation with China’s rapidly growing industry and their research and educational institutions and agencies.
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6. 7. 2012
Published paper in the Nature magazine establishes the key role of the University of Nova Gorica in the area of organic electronics
The researchers of the Laboratory for Organic Matter Physics, University of Nova Gorica Dr. Egon Pavlica and Prof. Dr. Gvido Bratina, together with colleagues from the University of Strasbourg, France, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany and Stanford University, USA, have published an article in a prominent scientific journal Nature Chemistry on the June 24th.
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2. 7. 2012
Completing of the first “Slovenian” genome sequence will produce better wine
The yeast Dekkera bruxellensis plays an important role in the production of wine, as it can have either a positive or a negative impact on the taste. Researchers at the University of Nova Gorica, among others, have mapped the yeast’s genome, giving wine producers the possibility to take control of the flavour development of the wine.
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6. 6. 2012
"Primorska prize for technology transfer" was awarded to the employee of the University of Nova Gorica
On Tuesday, 13 March 2012, the final ceremony of the "Gospodarstvenik Primorske za leto 2011" took place in Nova Gorica.
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14. 3. 2012
University of Nova Gorica leading partner in cross-border project Gotrawama
In response to the notice from the European Territorial Cooperation Programme of the Cross-border Cooperation Slovenia - Italy 2007-2013 the standard project Gotrawama - Cross-border system for water management in the urban area of Gorizia and Nova Gorica has been approved. The project includes, and combines, the expertise of ten research and educational institutions, local institutions and utility companies.
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25. 1. 2012
UNG Professor of Molecular genetics receives an award
On Monday, 7 November, 2011, a second solemn awards ceremony of the National Institute of Biology was held at the Biological Centre on Večna pot 111 in Ljubljana. The awards are named after Prof. Dr. Miroslav Zei, who was among the founders of the Institute.
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14. 11. 2011
University of Nova Gorica linguists become members of a European research consortium
University of Nova Gorica linguists Prof. Dr. Artur Stepanov and Prof. Dr. Penka Stateva became part of a European linguistics research consortium which will prepare a position paper for the areas of theoretical and experimental linguistics within the context of EU work programs.
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6. 10. 2011
Colleague of the University of Nova Gorica about tumorogenesis
A colleague from the Laboratory for Environmental Research of the University of Nova Gorica, Prof. Dr. Ario de Marco, published a paper in »Cancer Cell« focused on the role of eIF6 in tumorogenesis.
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26. 7. 2011
Language Courses
In the 2011/2012 academic year the School of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica will organise courses of the English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Slovene languages.
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20. 7. 2011
The study programme of the University of Nova Gorica received the patronage of the intergovernmental organisation ICCROM
The international post-graduate study programme in “Economics and Techniques for the Conservation of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage” is part of the Graduate School of the University of Nova Gorica.
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18. 7. 2011
Dr. Ana Toroš of the School of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica is the recipient of the Award of the Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Slovenians Abroad
The award ceremony took place on Wedneday, 6th July 2011, at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana.
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7. 7. 2011
"10th Trimo Research Award 2011" awarded to graduate of the School of Engineering and Management of the University of Nova Gorica"
On Thursday, 23 June 2011, the awarding of the "10th Trimo Research Awards 2011" took place in Ljubljana.
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6. 7. 2011
ECCOMAS award
Dr. Robert Vertnik received for his PhD theses “Heat and fluid flow simulation of the continuous casting of steel by a meshless method”, supervised by Prof. dr. Božidar Šarler and defended at the University of Nova Gorica, a prestigeous award of the European organisation “European Committee for Computational Methods for Applied Sciences – ECCOMAS” as the best PhD theses in the ECCOMAS field in Central Europe in 2010, which encompass organisations in Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
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30. 5. 2011