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Current AffairsOne hundred years of Czech at the University of Nebraska
All of this week, the University of Nebraska is celebrating 100 years of
Czech teaching on campus. The language course was set up by Nebraska's
large expatriate Czech community at the turn of the 20th century, with
emigrants wanting to ensure that their descendants received schooling in
their own mother tongue. A century on, and the Czech language is still
thriving in the American Midwest. Between lectures, I spoke to the
university's Czech professor Mila Saskova-Pierce, who has also been
organizing the centenary celebrations. I started by asking her what
festivities she had planned in the coming days: More
Current AffairsNew plans for Terezin highlight the history of the former World War II ghetto
A plan to turn the former World War II ghetto of Terezin into a university
town along the lines of Oxford or Cambridge has been abandoned. Six years
after the idea was first floated, there is little sign of progress in
bringing it about and the government says that in view of available
finances it is simply unrealistic.
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Czech ScienceOldest technical university in Central Europe marks 300 years of existence
The oldest technical university in Central Europe, the Czech Technical
University, is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. This Prague
based institution is connected with such notable personalities as
Frantisek Josef Gerstner, who constructed the first horse-driven railway
in Austria, Christian Doppler, perhaps best-known for the discovery of the
Doppler principle, and also Czech electrical engineer Frantiek Krizik
and architect Josef Zitek.
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Current AffairsLiberec Tech. becomes first Czech University to open campuses abroad
The Technical University of Liberec has announced it is opening two
branches in Vietnam. It's thought to be the very first time a Czech
University has set up campuses abroad. Petr Louda, dean of the Mechanical
Faculty, explained how the plans came about.
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PanoramaHarvard Club Prague: Heated discussions of graduates
Harvard University in Massachusetts is one of the best known universities
in the world and attracts the cream of under- and post-graduate students
from around the world. The first Czech to graduate from the august
institution was Gerhardt Bubnik in 1969.Today, almost forty years later,
there are over forty Czech Harvard graduates. They meet in the Harvard
Club Prague, which was set up by Mr Bubnik in 1993, attending
presentations which are followed by heated discussions. More
Current AffairsDoes university study cost too much?
Applications for study in the Czech Republic must reach universities by the end of February. If accepted, applicants can expect four or five carefree years of life as a student, which - on the other hand - is expensive, despite the fact that Czech students do not pay fees at state-run universities. has this report: More
