Kyiv Politechnic

The roundtable discussion was held at the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on April 22. Its guests included people who had directly participated in mitigating the consequences of the largest technological disaster in human history, as well as Ukrainian journalists who, despite government restrictions, were the first to report and reveal the truth about the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Also attending were aspiring journalists studying at the Sail Children's Media School in the city of Vasylkiv and the Information and Creative Agency "YUN-PRESS" of the Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth, where they are taking their first steps in the profession.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted an open lecture by 🇷🇴 Romanian scholar and lecturer Mihai Văcariu, known for his research in the fields of communication theory, philosophy, and cinema, and the director of the Romanian TV channel TVR Moldova, Nicolae Mocanu. The guests were accompanied by Ukrainian poet, writer, and public figure Oksana Stomina.

🇺🇸 A delegation from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, led by Jonas Stewart, Advisor for Press, Education, and Culture in the Public Diplomacy Division, participated in the grand opening. The event marked another chapter in the over 30-year history of KPI’s cooperation with American institutions.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the All-Ukrainian scientific conference “The Chernobyl Disaster: Medical, Environmental, and Social Consequences 40 Years Later”—one of the key events the university organized in memory of the Chernobyl tragedy.

In mountaineering, a “Snow Leopard” is an honorary title that has been awarded in the USSR since the mid-1960s for ascending the country's highest peaks—the seven-thousanders. Without oxygen tanks, without porters, with cumbersome heavy gear, in felt boots and self-sewn clothing, enthusiasts conquered the icy kilometers of mountain slopes. It was only in the 1990s that lightweight and reliable equipment and innovative materials appeared. Among the recipients of the “Conqueror of the Highest Mountains” badge is a constellation of Kyiv Polytechnic graduates. Let’s name them.

Slavutych Branch of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: History and Present Day

An exhibition by renowned Ukrainian artist Vasyl Klymyk was held in April at the Hryhorii Synytsia Art Gallery of the Center for Culture and Arts of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

At the beginning of the year, the Scientific Council of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) announced the ranked lists of the winning research projects selected for grant funding. Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ranked first among Ukrainian higher education institutions in the number of projects that will receive state funding.

Kyiv Polytechnic has previously published articles about the technology for treating water contaminated with radionuclides that was developed by a team of researchers from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute during the first weeks following the Chornobyl disaster.

Chornobyl: Never Again