The European University Cyprus is once again a proud supporter of the “Researchers Night”, an event organized by the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) in collaboration with academic – research institutions and other stakeholders in Cyprus.
The event is an initiative of the European Commission and takes place simultaneously in almost all European countries.
As part of this European wide event, researchers leave their labs for a while and present their work to the general public.
The “Researcher's Night 2017" will take place at the grounds of the State Fair in Nicosia, on September 29th from 1700 to 0000 with a free entrance. The audience will have the opportunity to take part in an engaging event, filled with music, games, experiments dedicated to science and research
The multidisciplinary team of European University Cyprus researchers will present their work and inform the public about the role and importance of research, in a festive and friendly atmosphere.
The European University Cyprus researchers will run the following activities:
- “Exploring the Brain”, interactive activity on brain research by the School of Medicine of the European University Cyprus
- “Take some time to play with your children!”, parents-children participatory activity led by Dr. Monica Shiakou of the School of Humanities, Social & Education Sciences of the European University Cyprus
- “Computing the Universe”, interactive experiments and games on the Universe by the Astrophysics High-Performance Computing (AHPC) research group of the European University Cyprus
- “Solve the mystery of the theft of … Intellectual Rights”, an interactive mystery game on copyrights by Dr. Venetia Argyropoulou of the School of Law of the European University Cyprus
- “The Science of Safety”, interactive presentation of the safety related work of the Center for Risk and Decision Science (CERIDES) of the European University Cyprus
For more information on the event here.