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On 23-25 May 2025, the second round of the international art contest “Magical Fantasies” took place in Chernivtsi. It was organized by the All-Ukrainian National Music Union with support of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications. The event brought together about 700 participants: musicians and vocalists from all over Ukraine and abroad.

On May 20, a special event took place at the British Academy  in London to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the partnership between the United Kingdom and Ukraine in the fields of education, science, and innovation. The event brought together academics, researchers, university representatives, and government officials from both countries to strengthen scientific ties and discuss the role of research and innovation in Ukraine’s recovery.

Sumy State University (SumDU) is actively implementing the international project “Service-learning in Higher Education for Ukraine’s Recovery” (ServU, Project No. 101128922 – ServU – ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE), funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme.

Sumy Oblast is one of six regions that have become participants in the large-scale Ukrainian-Swiss pilot project “Clusters4Regions”. The initiative is designed to strengthen the Ukrainian regional economy by implementing the national clustering policy at the local level.

During the week, active recovery work continued at the Congress Center and Academic Building 2 of Sumy State University. The objects had been damaged by a missile strike on 13 April 2025.

The All-Ukrainian Educational Forum of the Alliance of Ukrainian Universities “Human Capital Development in the Context of the Labor Market: Analysis, Assistance, Adaptation” was held in Kyiv.

In 14-17 May 2025, a delegation from the Department of International Economic Relations of the BiEM Institute visited the JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland).

About three hundred roses have been planted near the wall of SumDU Unit 2 that was destroyed by a Russian missile strike as a living symbol of grief, memory and hope.

Every year, the Osvita.ua web portal summarizes the ranking results of Ukrainian higher education institutions by indicators of publication activity in the Scopus database. The total number of publications and citations is analyzed, and the final ranking is based on the h-index.

What is science in wartime? How does SumDU manage to maintain leadership, attract millions of hryvnias in funding, and implement dozens of international projects?