At the end of February, the “Globus” Touring Club traditionally organizes and hosts the “Snow Leopard” city competition in mountaineering techniques. The wonderful atmosphere of Holosiivskyi Park, exciting stages, and the opportunity to showcase technical skills attract dozens of athletes and fans.
The hackathon took place in early April at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. It was organized by the Heat Energy Cluster of Ukraine in cooperation with the Department of Thermal and Alternative Energy of the Educational and Research Institute of Nuclear and Thermal Energy. Its primary objective was to foster collaboration among students, researchers, industry representatives, and local communities in developing solutions that will help Ukraine maintain reliable heat supply even under crisis conditions.
On May 14, the Faculty of Radio Engineering at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute officially opened the Faculty of Radio Engineering Space Communications and Radio Astronomy Laboratory UT4UWR.
🤝 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) will work on the RE:LinkHUB social project—an initiative for the professional reintegration of veterans and people with disabilities. The project will combine engineering solutions, VR technologies, professional training in the transportation sector, and employment support.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted an open lecture by 🇷🇴 Romanian scholar and lecturer Mihai Văcariu, known for his research in the fields of communication theory, philosophy, and cinema, and the director of the Romanian TV channel TVR Moldova, Nicolae Mocanu. The guests were accompanied by Ukrainian poet, writer, and public figure Oksana Stomina.
🇺🇸 A delegation from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, led by Jonas Stewart, Advisor for Press, Education, and Culture in the Public Diplomacy Division, participated in the grand opening. The event marked another chapter in the over 30-year history of KPI’s cooperation with American institutions.
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the All-Ukrainian scientific conference “The Chernobyl Disaster: Medical, Environmental, and Social Consequences 40 Years Later”—one of the key events the university organized in memory of the Chernobyl tragedy.
In mountaineering, a “Snow Leopard” is an honorary title that has been awarded in the USSR since the mid-1960s for ascending the country's highest peaks—the seven-thousanders. Without oxygen tanks, without porters, with cumbersome heavy gear, in felt boots and self-sewn clothing, enthusiasts conquered the icy kilometers of mountain slopes. It was only in the 1990s that lightweight and reliable equipment and innovative materials appeared. Among the recipients of the “Conqueror of the Highest Mountains” badge is a constellation of Kyiv Polytechnic graduates. Let’s name them.
After the terrible accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which destroyed the lives of thousands of people and became an environmental disaster for the whole world, the enemy still resorts to nuclear terror, seizing and placing military equipment at the nuclear power plant and declaring t
🇩🇰 Kyiv Polytechnic Institute served as the venue for a working meeting between representatives of the University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University, the “Finkord-Polytech” Science Park, and the Ukrainian company SkyFall.
