University News
Dr. Una-May O’Reilly from MIT: AI Can Help Address Tremendous Challenges in the World Today
“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”
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.
T4EU Week in Kaunas: A Renaissance of the Liberal Arts and a Diversity of Experiences
From 20 to 24 October, the Transform4Europe (T4EU) European University Alliance held its T4EU Week “TransformEd: Renaissance of Liberal Arts” at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU).
International Conference Inspired Discussions of Europe’s Resilience: Universities are Crucial in Uncertain Times
Former President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, the special adviser to the President of the European Commission, delivered the keynote address at VMU during T4EU Strategic Policy Conference “Universities Shaping the Future: Building Resilient Societies through Innovation and Global Impact”.
Call for Applications for V. Kavolis Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships
Vytautas Magnus University V. Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute, Lithuania, invites applications for the Junior Postdoctoral Fellow position for 2026 – 2027 (24 months).
MIT Professor Jessika Trancik: Innovation Is Constant – Society Must Channel It to Solve Climate Change
“Technological innovation is always happening and the challenge for society is to channel it toward solving major challenges like climate change," says Jessika Trancik, a Professor in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She emphasizes that while many clean energy technologies already exist, society must effectively combine and adopt these tools to create affordable, resilient, and climate-friendly energy systems.
