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Sunday, 2 October 2022 Young researchers visited us at the workshops on the occasion of the European Researchers' Night 2022

On Friday, September 30, 2022, this year's European Researchers’ Night took place, as part of which the University of Primorska prepared interesting workshops for visitors.

The European Researchers’ Night is an annual event, organized at the initiative of the European Commission. In 2022, it is financed from the HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01 program, under the Marie Skłodowska Curie actions, and with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia. European Researchers’ Night 2022 (ENR2022) is implemented under the slogan ‘Science for all’.

The workshops were held from 8:00 a.m. until the evening hours at various locations in Koper (University of Primorska rectorate, Museum Square, UP Faculty of Humanities, UP Faculty of Management), Kozina (Mythical Park Rodik), Izola (Livade 1.0 building, InnoRenew CoE, Archaeological Park Simonov zaliv, UP Faculty of Health Sciences) and Piran (Science Center of the University of Primorska, Aquarium Piran).

In Koper, in the company of our UP Famnit researchers, they got to know the interior of the best-selling mechanical puzzle/toy in the world - the Rubik's cube. We also introduced them to regular polyhedra as well as to those, that are not regular, with an emphasis on symmetric objects, which are considered pleasing by mathematicians.

With the workshop 'I get myself' we strove to raise awareness about the importance of protecting mental health and a healthy lifestyle.

In the Livade 1.0 building in Izola, young enthusiasts together with Famnit's researchers unmasked invisible wild animals in our environment and learned about aromatic plants taking into account the environmental and ecological characteristics of the Mediterranean production area.

You can read more about the workshops prepared by UP Famnit researchers and the rest of the program here.

Below are some moments from the workshops 'Rubik's cube' and 'Meet the polyhedra'.