Broadway musicals on the stage of BAS

Iconic musicals came to life on the stage of “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at BAS. Students and PhD students from the “Pop and Jazz Singing”, “Operetta and Musical” and “Music and Stage Direction” majors from the acting class of Prof. Violeta Gorcheva from the Vocal Faculty of the National Music Academy gave a concert-performance entitled “Sing with Broadway!” on October 6. In front of a crowded hall, the young artists performed parts from the “Chicago”, “The Greatest Showman”, “Les Misérables” and “Welcome to Burlesque” musicals. Their performances presented also attractive choreography including off-stage performances. The youngsters showed enviable movement, breathing and singing skills simultaneously - without a microphone and accompanied only by a grand piano. The performance took place within the framework of “MUSICORUM VIA. [...]

2025-10-07T15:04:27+03:00Tuesday, 7 October 2025|Categories: General news|

Corr. Memb. Pasheva attends the award ceremony for young talents in the field of informatics

The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva attended the ceremony of awarding the winners of the John Atanasoff Award for 2025. The presidential initiative was held for the twenty-third time, and this year the awards were given to young talents in the field of informatics and information technology. President Rumen Radev awarded deserving Bulgarian pupils - Olympic competitors in informatics and information technology, promising young visionaries who had developed projects with high public contribution as well as renowned teachers who had trained successful competitors and professionals in computer science. “The authority of our country in the field of computer science and informatics has been built for decades with the dedication of several generations of wonderful scientists, leaders and young people who have given shape [...]

2025-10-07T10:16:35+03:00Monday, 6 October 2025|Categories: General news, Selected|

BAS President participates in Kyoto forum on Science and Technology in Society

  The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the 18th edition of the “Academy of Science Presidents' Meeting” which is organized annually by the “Science Council of Japan” within the framework of the “Science and Technology in Society” forum (STS forum). “Innovation-promoting approaches to science funding” was the topic of discussion for this year's Meeting. Each participant was given the opportunity to share their institution's experience with securing funding for promising research in priority areas, and the positives and negatives of existing mechanisms for approving research projects for funding were discussed. Corr. Memb. Slavcheva presented the successful experience of BAS institutes in combining different national and international programs for funding research and innovation. The 22nd edition of the "Science and Technology in [...]

2025-10-07T10:15:43+03:00Monday, 6 October 2025|Categories: General news|

Bulgarian participation in the “My thesis in 180 seconds” competition

Sylvia Varhoshkova, PhD student at the Institute of Molecular Biology at BAS, represented Bulgaria at the 11th International Final of the competition “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” which took place on October 2 in Bucharest, Romania. After winning the first prize at the national final of the competition which took place on 28 May this year at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS, Sylvia Varhoshkova presented her dissertation topic “Role and dynamics of FET proteins at sites of complex DNA damage” to an international audience. The prestigious event, organised by the Francophone University Agency (AUF), brought together 20 young scientists from different parts of the world to compete for the grand prize. The international competition “Ma Thèse en 180 secondes” (MT180) is a unique [...]

2025-10-07T10:14:30+03:00Monday, 6 October 2025|Categories: General news|

“Skills for Labour Markets in the Green and Digital Transition” international conference

The international conference "Skills for Labour Markets in the Green and Digital Transition", part of the European research project SkiLMeeT (https://skilmeet.eu/) which brings together 70 participants from 23 countries is taking place in the central building of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - BAS. The event is focusing on key questions for the future: how green and digital transformation are changing jobs, education and the skills needed. Over 30 presentations will be made over the two days, with academics and experts discussing solutions to the skills shortage and ways to better support workers and employers. The programme includes highly-regarded speakers at European level. Simone Rosini from the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion presented the EU perspective on up-skilling, re-skilling and [...]

2025-10-03T15:55:48+03:00Thursday, 2 October 2025|Categories: General news|

INFRAMAT international conference – Ancient and Advanced Materials: Bridging Science and Cultural Heritage

The INFRAMAT - Ancient and Advanced Materials: Bridging Science and Cultural Heritage International Conference was held from 23 to 27 September at the Golden Sands Resort. The Forum was opened by Corr. Memb. Evdokia Pasheva, DSc, Vice-President of BAS, and Ms Yanita Zherkova, Director of the Science Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science. Leading specialists and researchers from the country and abroad discussed current topics, innovations and best practices in the field of material science, archaeology, safeguarding and preservation of cultural heritage. Seventy-nine researchers from sixteen scientific institutions participated in the conference, including restorers from the Getty Museum and the Los Angeles Central Conservation & Restoration Laboratory. Over thirty papers and forty posters were presented. The conference was organized by the “Acad. Rostislaw Kaischew” Institute [...]

2025-09-29T15:08:33+03:00Monday, 29 September 2025|Categories: General news|
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