How does the developing brain coordinate language, movement, and cognition during writing? And how do factors like handedness and dyslexia risk shape this process? A study that has recently been published in the Royal Society Open Science investigates how children aged 7–9 engage the brain during writing tasks, comparing those at risk for dyslexia with […]
Call for Expressions of Interest for the Undergraduate Programmes of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Cyprus Branch Call for Expressions of Interest for the Undergraduate Programme of the Department of Medicine, University of Athens – Cyprus Branch The School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) – Cyprus […]
On Friday, 5 June 2026, Professor Sophia Papaioannou, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, International Relations and Extroversion at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, met with a high-level diplomatic delegation from the ASEAN Committee in Athens (ACAT). The discussions took place in a constructive and forward-looking spirit. The delegation included representatives of the Embassies of […]
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is installing 106 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and an equal number of first-aid kits across its facilities in Attica and Euboea, significantly enhancing safety standards and emergency response capabilities throughout the University community. This important initiative has been made possible thanks to a generous donation from Ms Julia […]
The MSc in Global Health and Disaster Medicine at the School of Medicine, in partnership with the University’s Cyprus Branch and the Ambulance Services Directorate of the Cyprus State Health Services Organisation, will host a large-scale multi-agency emergency response exercise in Nicosia with support from the University’s Research Institute for Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Management. […]
On Sunday, 31 May 2026, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens released the eighth issue of ‘University of Athens: The Newspaper of Science, Education and Culture’, in partnership with the Sunday edition of To Vima. The lead story, ‘Middle East Crisis: The Energy War and the Risk at the Strait of Hormuz’, features analysis […]
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which was inaugurated on May 3, 1837, was initially housed in a renovated Ottoman building on the northeastern side of the Acropolis. This building has since been restored and now functions as the University Museum. Originally named the "Othonian University," after Otto, the first king of Greece, it consisted of four academic departments and 52 students. As the first university of the newly established Greek state, as well as of the broader Balkan and Mediterranean region, it assumed an important socio-historical role, which was pivotal in the development of specific forms of knowledge and culture within the country.
