University of Warsaw among top five hundred universities in Webometrics Ranking
The Webometrics University Ranking is a ranking system based on university web presence, visibility and web access. This ranking system measures, how strongly a university is present in the web by its own web domain, sub-pages, rich files and scholarly articles. [more]

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a "Banker to the poor"
visited UW
On January 31 professor Muhammad Yunus delivered a lecture: "Social entrepreneurship. The new business model based on ...selflessness" at the University of Warsaw Library. [more]

Extrasolar planets are common in the Milky Way
A team of astronomers including researchers from the international PLANET project and the University of Warsaw Observatory based Polish OGLE survey led by prof. Andrzej Udalski has announced results of statistical studies on, how common extrasolar planets are in the Milky Way [more]

Discovery of free-floating planets in the Galaxy selected one of the most important discoveries in 2011
Discovery that results from a dedicated search by two teams of observers: the Japan-New Zealand Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) collaboration and the Polish, University of Warsaw Astronomical Observatory based Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) collaboration [more]