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A ceremonial announcement of the results of the Slovak University Startup Cup 2020 competition, prepared by the non-governmental organization Junior Chamber International (JCI) Slovakia, took place in Bratislava on 24 June. The winner of the artificial intelligence category was Patrik Jurčišin, a first-year student of the Faculty of Economics and Management (FEM), who also won a special award for innovation.

The wooden object Rampolynå in Partizánske won the prestigious international award BigSEE Architecture Award 2020. Students of the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering - Klaudia Dočekalová, 3rd year Bc. (Landscape and garden architecture) and doctoral student Ing. Miroslav Čibik, (Department of Garden and Landscape Architecture) participated on the project.

Under the auspices of the EIT Food Hub in Slovakia, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Technology of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, on 14 May, EIT Food RIS Fellowships conducted an online workshop for students and graduates applying for internships in companies and companies focused on the agro-sector and food system in EU countries.

Innovations in the field of ecology, environmental protection, plastic packaging, support for regional producers, growers and breeders ... These were also the topics of projects that young authors could submit to the KRAJštajn student competition by the end of March. The projects of students of agrarian trade and marketing at the Faculty of Economics and Management took the first three places in the competition.

Students of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Technology (FBFT) also joined the nationwide call Let's Help Our Agricultural and Food Industry, which was supported by the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra at the end of March. They decided to help with the shortage of manpower in the food industry, and during the fight against the coronavirus, they volunteered for internships in companies that had personnel problems and needed help in this difficult situation.