Researchers’ Night: Respecting our planet
This nationwide, science popularizing action,
Researchers‘ Night will take place on
27th
September from 6 p.m. until midnight.
Masaryk University will participate with six science zones. These
zones will be connected by a special bus line. The first stop will
be the „Botanická“ street, where you can find Faculty of
Informatics, Institute of Computer Science and Faculty of
Economics and Administration. These faculties have prepared a
rich program full of robots, virtual reality, economical games,
creative workshop in photography studio and much more.
Do you enjoy natural sciences? If so, then you should visit the Faculty
of Science, which is on the second bus stop Konečného náměstí,
where you can find mineralogical collection, the greenhouse of the
botanical garden, watch the stars or participate in many workshops.
The Faculty of Philospohy (Grohova stop) will be presented together
with the Faculty of Law. You can find many exhibits in the building A, together with a
program directly in English. The lecture Inversnaid: Gerard Manley Hopkins’s
Environmentalist Appeal by Associate Professor Michael Kaylor will take place in
room D51 at 8 p.m. There will also be a quiz based on movies with an environmental
theme for families with children that will take place in room D52 from 6 p.m. till 9 p.m.
You could try to become a senior for 15 minutes, visit a TV studio or see an exhibit
with topics of community and climate change. All this and much more will be
available at the Faculty of Social Studies (Komenského náměstí stop).
The Mendel Museum of Masaryk University, together with Faculty of
Education, have prepared entertainment not only for children, but for
the whole family. Experiments, knowledge games and much more will
be here for you, as well as a lecture that will be presented in English
by Dr. Maria Lembring from the Uppsala University about
Resurrection of extinct species. The lesson will take place at 6:30 p.m.
The University Campus at Bohunice will provide plenty of workshops and games,
which will be spread throughout Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Sports Studies,
Language centre and CEITEC. The Anatomical museum will be opened from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m., as well as an exhibit with a workshop about Impact of climate changes on
plant growth.
Although most of the program is presented in Czech, anybody will be
more than happy to present in English for you.