University News
Ukrainian Children Speak Out: Watch Video Testimonies About Russia’s War Crimes
We invite our university's community to watch direct testimonies of Ukrainian children on the plan’s YouTube channel.
Saliamonas Banaitis Scholarship Competition Announced
On the occasion of February 16th, the Restoration of the State of Lithuania, VMU announces the Saliamonas Banaitis Scholarship competition.
VMU invites to events of Mother Language Day
On 20-21 February, Vytautas Magnus University invites the community of VMU and Transform4Europe alliance to join its events dedicated to the UN-announced International Mother Language Day. The theme of the events is “My tongue is my uniqueness: dare not to disappear”. The events are dedicated to VMU's presidency of the T4EU Alliance.
“It Is Undignified for a Lithuanian Not to Commemorate Independence”: The Traditions of Celebrating February 16th in the Diaspora
“In 1924, ‘Draugas’, the oldest newspaper published outside Lithuania, issued an invitation urging the celebration of February 16th, declaring it ‘undignified for a Lithuanian not to commemorate independence.’ This date marked a turning point for the Lithuanian diaspora, symbolising pride not only in Lithuania’s ducal era but also in the nation’s liberation from Tsarist Russian oppression in 1918,” says Dr. Asta Petraitytė-Briedienė, historian and researcher at the Lithuanian Emigration Institute of Vytautas Magnus University.
Sharing is Caring: How VMU Students Build a Sustainable and Supportive Community
On January 31st, Vytautas Magnus University proudly hosted the 4th edition of the “Sharing is Caring” event. Nearly 100 new exchange and full-time students joined this beloved Orientation Days tradition.
EBRAINS Chief Science Officer Prof. Viktor Jirsa visited VMU
Vytautas Magnus University extended a warm welcome to Prof. Viktor Jirsa, Chief Science Officer of the European Neuroscience Research Infrastructures (EBRAINS), the Leader of the Neuroinformatics project “The Virtual Brain”, Director of the Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Aix-Marseille University, France.
