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Invitation to Join the VMU Mentor’s Community

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Students of Vytautas Magnus University are cordially invited to join the VMU Mentor's community! As a mentor, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of international students while enhancing your own skills and experiences.

The New Generation of Sensemakers: Alumni Discussion

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On Friday, November 14th, from 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., a hybrid discussion titled 'VMU Alumni – The New Generation of Sensemakers' will be held online (via MS Teams) and on-site at VMU Senate Hall (28 S. Daukanto g., Kaunas).

VMU Introduces an Online Student Consultation Registration System

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A new electronic system for booking student consultations has been launched at the university. It was created to make it easier and more convenient for students to quickly register for various consultations offered by the university.

VMU Connections Opens the Way for Studies, Career, and Mentorship

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On November 14th, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) will host a unique event, VMU Connections, bringing together high school students from across Lithuania, VMU students, lecturers, alumni, and the university's partners – companies and organizations.

Intelligent Governance: Democratic Governance That Involves Citizens, Algorithms, and Human Sensitivity

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"[Crises demand] solutions that are flexible and oriented to current issues and needs, to technological and other changes. That is exactly what intelligent governance is for", explains Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė, Head of the Department of Sociology at VMU and Acting Director of the Vytautas Kavolis Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.

Gunma University Spring Session 2026

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"Gunma University Spring Session 2026," designed for students at our partner universities, has now opened.

CNU Winter for International Learners and Leaders

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CNU will hold the 2026 winter school WILL (Winter for International Learners and Leaders) from January 5 - January 21, 2026.

VMU to Hold Online Language Tasters

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As every semester, the Institute of Foreign Languages invites you to ‘taste’ lesser-known languages by taking part in online events, finding out new things about languages and cultures and maybe even learning new words or phrases.

Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from MIT: AI Can Help Address Tremendous Challenges in the World Today

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“Have you ever used an AI system, such as a language model? Doesn’t it persuade you that it's very intelligent or that it actually kind of likes you? It seems like it has emotion and an attitude. I think that's one of the challenges: people create a persona around chatbots, but they’re still machines”, says Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Online Discussion “Theater, politics and war”

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Scholars at Vytautas Magnus University are continuing to investigate forms of cultural diplomacy. Culture, as a powerful means of communication across borders and a soft power instrument for states, draws our attention in moments of conflict and war.