Blocada 3548 La 6 aprilie 2006 eminentul profesor si expert in educatie universitara Mihail Hardau, cu domiciliul temporar in Bucuresti Str. Gen. Berthelot 28-30 a semnat Ordinul nr.3548 "privind completarea (sic) ordinelor ministrului educatiei si cercetarii nr.5.098, 5099, 5100 si 5101 din 3 octombrie 2005 pentru aprobarea sistemelor de evaluare privind conferirea titlurilor de profesor universitar, conferentiar, cercetator stiintific gr. I , respectiv

Doamna Zoe Petre catre Ad Astra: Imi pare bine sa constat ca vointa de a incetateni o exigenta sporita in mediile academice si universitare continua sa creasca. Sper ca nu veti citi cele ce urmeaza ca pe o pledoarie contra acestei exigente, ci doar ca pe o seama de sugestii care sa evite o ingustare excesiva a teritoriilor unde aceasta exigenta se manifesta. In genere in domeniul stiintelor umaniste, si cu deosebire in studiile clasice, criteriile

Intr-o scrisoare catre Nature, Witold Palosz, cercetator de origine poloneza la NASA si membru al Forumului Academic Independent din Polonia arata ca desi GDP din tarile postcomuniste este doar de cateva ori mai mic decat media europeana situatia cercetarii in aceste tari este mult mai precara decat in restul Europei. Doar patru din universitatile est-europene sunt intre cele 123 universitati europene din topul mondial al universitatilor. Palosz

Lucian Boia's book "The Weather in the Imagination" is reviewed in the journal Nature by Julian Hunt from the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University College London. The review titled "A climate for social change" appeared in the latest issue of the journal (September 15; Volume 437 Number 7057 pp295-450)

Mihail-Dumitru BARBOIU, a chemist of Romanian origin working in France, was recentely nominated for an European Young Investigator (EURYI) award. His research theme is "Dynamic Adaptive Materials for Separation and Sensing Microsystems". Congratulations!

Richard Kerr reports in the magazine Science ( www.sciencemag.org ) that long range forecasting in the Northern Hemisphere has got a boost by recent research on North Atlantic Oscillation ( https://www.ad-astra.ro/journal/2/bojariu_oscillation.php?lang=en ). Several researchers including our own editor Dr. Roxana Bojariu from the Romanian National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology in Bucharest ( https://www.ad-astra.ro/whoswho/view_profile.php?user_id=12&lang=en

An analysis of the PhD granting system completed by the Ad Astra's discussion group ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ad_astra_ro/ ) is featured in Observatorul Cultural at http://www.observatorcultural.ro/arhivaarticol.phtml?xid=8449 The same analysis has been previously presented in Capital, a bussiness weekly (see https://www.ad-astra.ro/general/presa.php?lang=ro )