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Irena Radová, head of the Department of Classical Studies at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Arts, was elected as the new Dean of the Faculty on 10 January. In a secret ballot, she received more votes than Markéta Kulhánková, her competitor for the job.

The Rector of Masaryk University Martin Bareš sends his Christmas wishes.

On Wednesday, 15 December, the president of the Czech Republic signed decrees appointing 80 professors, 10 of whom work at Masaryk University.

Two candidates, both from the Department of Classical Studies, are vying to become dean of the Faculty of Arts in 2022–2026. Who will take over the reins from the current dean, Milan Pol, will be decided on 10 January.

A summary of the most important and most interesting things that happened at Masaryk University in 2021.

Forty graduates of doctoral programmes and their lecturers have recently accepted from Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies Šárka Popíšilová an award for excellent achievements in their doctoral studies at Masaryk University.

MUNI Innovation Award – new Masaryk University award has its first winners.

On Thursday, 18 November, twenty-one new associate professors personally accepted their appointment decrees.

On 22 November, MU moved to the yellow level on the traffic-light system. At nine faculties the deans decided that students must comply with the O-N-T (Vaccinated – Recovered – Tested).

Students and academics from Masaryk University joined the 11+1 project in October to express their support and show opposition to persecution of the academia in Belarus.

Dozens of students and employees of MU took the opportunity to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on university premises in November. 

Due to the worsening pandemic, the MU Crisis Committee has recommended the implementation of measures corresponding with those of the yellow level of the traffic-light system. They went into effect on Monday, 22 November.