This year's International Scientific and Practical Online Conference “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the 21st Century”, held in late May, was the twenty-fifth anniversary. It was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Ukraine's membership in UNESCO and the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Renewable Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
On May 24, 2024, the Department of History of the Faculty of Sociology and Law of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the V International Scientific and Practical Conference “History, Culture, Memory in the Scientific Dimension: State and Prospects” (topical issues of the new and modern periods).
War and peace intertwined in one exhibition, but with unwavering faith in our Victory - this is how the exhibition opened on May 14 at the Center for Culture and Arts of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute can be described. Or rather, there are two of them: "Faces of Power" by artist Natalia Duka and "Kyiv Motifs" by Asya Kolos.
The library also has a certain amount of documents from the 20s and 30s of the twentieth century. There are about 650 copies of such books, which is actually a small number, because during those two decades specially created state and departmental specialized publishing houses published quite a lot of technical literature in Ukrainian.
On May 15-16, the International Forum "Ecology and Peace" was held at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. It combined an international scientific and practical conference with the same name and a competition of startup projects and scientific and technical developments in the environmental field as a section of the traditional All-Ukrainian Festival "Sikorsky Challenge", which is scheduled for October 2024.
From May 10 to 12, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the Ukrainian Chess Championship among university students. This is the first tournament of this level in many years. It was initiated by Kyiv polytechnics and supported by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, the Committee for Physical Education and Sports of the Ministry of Education and Science, and the NGO Kyiv Chess Federation.
he art contest "KPI Talents" - 2024, which was held under the slogan "With spring in the heart - to the Victory", is over. The results have been summarized and the winners have been announced.
An exhibition of ceramics in the traditional Japanese styles of Nunobiki and Raku "The World in Ceramics" was opened at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. It is worth noting that similar exhibitions have already been held there.
Another anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the largest man-made disaster of the twentieth century, is approaching. In addition to Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, most European countries have experienced its consequences to varying degrees.
It's been almost three years since we congratulated our climbing team on winning the Ukrainian Higher Education Championship. The break was first caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, then a full-scale war broke out.
