Awards

PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY OLOMOUC

Palacký University Olomouc received two prominent awards in 2019. UP won the National Prize of the Czech Republic for Social Responsibility in the category of public sector organisation, and the prestigious European Association for International Education Award for outstanding results in internationalisation. UP academics and scientists also received awards of import.

Minister’s award for Professor Gallo’s team

Czech Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch awarded prizes for extraordinary results in medical research. The project “Technologies of nano-tubes and nano-silver for antibacterial surface treatment of orthopaedic implants”, realised by a team of experts led by Prof Jiří Gallo from the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, was also awarded.

Prestigious prize for internationalisation

For excellence in internationalisation, UP received the prestigious 2019 EAIE Institutional Award, granted by the European Association for International Education. EAIE selects the university with the best internationalisation strategy and results once a year. The prize can be awarded to any European university.

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UP awarded for social responsibility

Palacký University was awarded the National Prize of the Czech Republic for Social Responsibility in the category of large and medium-sized public sector organisations. UP enrolled in the programme to find out how it stands in competition with other schools in fulfilling the third role of the university – working for the benefit of society. UP took first place, shared with the Technical University of Ostrava. In addition, the victory includes being granted the internationally

↑ The EAIE Award was received in Helsinki by Rector Jaroslav Miller and Vice-Rector Martin Kudláček.

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recognised Committed to Sustainability Award and the inclusion of UP in the database of the European Foundation for Quality Management.

Tomáš Pluháček received the Shimadzu Award

Searching for serious criminals using a firearm could be facilitated by a unique method of detection and classification of post-firing residues on fingerprints, for which its author Tomáš Pluháček from the Faculty of Science won the prestigious Shimadzu Award for young scientists under 35. Thanks to the new method, it is possible to find out precisely and relatively quickly in the laboratory and in the fingerprint database who pulled the trigger of the firearm.

Austrian prize for Olomouc Jewish Studies

The Kurt and Ursula Schubert Center of Jewish Studies at the UP Faculty of Arts and its founder, Professor of German Studies Ingeborg Fialová, received the Kurt Schubert Memorial Award for interreligious dialogue. The award was granted for the sixth time by the Forum for World Religions in Austria; this was the first time it was given to laureates from abroad.

Milan Navrátil received Mendel University medal

Prof Milan Navrátil of the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, UP Faculty of Science, received the Medal of the Faculty of Horticulture at Mendel University in Brno for his study of genetic variability and biological diversity of plant viruses. The results of his research are used in practice, such as in the detection of the plum pox virus.

Petr Žižka won the Edvard Beneš Award

Petr Žižka, a graduate of the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts, won the Edvard Beneš Prize, Honourable Mention in History. He received the prestigious award for his Master’s thesis entitled “Czechoslovak Ground Staff No. 8311 Servicing Echelon”. ■

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