{"id":2784,"date":"2026-11-02T11:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/2026\/11\/02\/experiments-demonstrations-artificial-intelligence-competitions-meetings-with-researchers-and-open-air-cinema-on-25-september-as-part-of-the-european-re-nourish-project\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:15:15","slug":"experiments-demonstrations-artificial-intelligence-competitions-meetings-with-researchers-and-open-air-cinema-on-25-september-as-part-of-the-european-re-nourish-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/2026\/11\/02\/experiments-demonstrations-artificial-intelligence-competitions-meetings-with-researchers-and-open-air-cinema-on-25-september-as-part-of-the-european-re-nourish-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiments, demonstrations, artificial intelligence, competitions, meetings with researchers and open-air cinema on 25 September as part of the European RE-NOURISH project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USAMV Cluj-Napoca will host an event on its campus on Friday, 25 September 2026, dedicated to science, experiments and dialogue between young people and researchers, to mark European Researchers\u2019 Night 2026.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The free event will take place between 4.00 pm and 10.00 pm and is being organised in Cluj-Napoca as part of the European RE-NOURISH project \u2013 Research and Education to Nourish Society, which aims to bring research to the public in an interactive and accessible format.<\/p>\n<p>Under the \u2018Science Everywhere\u2019 concept, participants will be able to discover what research means beyond textbooks and lecture theatres: they will watch experiments, take part in demonstrations and games, test ideas and technologies, and discuss science, university life and the careers of the future directly with researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The faculties of USAMV Cluj-Napoca present their research in an interactive way<\/p>\n<p>In the first part of the event, the faculties of USAMV Cluj-Napoca will organise dedicated stands where pupils and other participants can discover the university\u2019s fields of study and research activities.<\/p>\n<p>Experiments, demonstrations and hands-on activities will transform the campus into a veritable laboratory open to the public. Young people will be able to move freely between the stands and will have the opportunity to speak directly with researchers, ask questions and find out what work in a laboratory or on a research project is really like.<\/p>\n<p>The event is aimed particularly at pupils in Years 10\u201312 at secondary schools in Cluj, but is open to anyone curious to discover the world of science.<\/p>\n<p>Science quiz, artificial intelligence and challenges for participants<\/p>\n<p>Between 5.30 pm and 8.00 pm, the programme continues with interactive activities and competitions for participants.<\/p>\n<p>Science Quiz LIVE \u2013 \u2018Can You Outsmart the Researchers?\u2019 will challenge young people to test their knowledge and reaction times, whilst the activity \u2018AI or Human? \u2013 Don\u2019t Stop Thinking\u2019 will confront them with one of the most topical issues of the moment: the relationship between artificial intelligence and human thought.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will also include team sports activities, featuring coordination and agility challenges, and participants will have the chance to enter a prize draw.<\/p>\n<p>Science continues under the open sky: the film \u2018Tomorrowland\u2019, screened on the USAMV Cluj-Napoca campus<\/p>\n<p>From 8.00 pm, the atmosphere changes and the campus is transformed into an open-air cinema. Participants are invited to a screening of the film \u201cTomorrowland\u201d, a story about curiosity, discovery, science and the desire to imagine a different future.<\/p>\n<p>The screening, scheduled between 8.00 pm and 10.00 pm, will round off an evening in which science is presented in a relaxed, friendly manner that resonates with the younger generation. Groups or classes of pupils can register in advance via the platform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renourish.ro\">www.renourish.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By combining experiments, demonstrations, games, competitions, face-to-face meetings with researchers and an open-air film screening, the organisers aim to help participants discover that science is not confined to laboratories or textbooks, but is present all around us.<\/p>\n<p>About RE-NOURISH<\/p>\n<p>The event organised in Cluj-Napoca is part of the European RE-NOURISH project \u2013 Research and Education to Nourish Society \u2013 carried out as part of the European Researchers\u2019 Night initiative. RE-NOURISH is co-funded by the European Union \u2013 Horizon Europe, MSCA (GA 101305349)<\/p>\n<p>The project brings together European universities and research institutions and aims to strengthen the link between research and society, to stimulate young people\u2019s interest in science, and to create contexts in which researchers and the public can interact directly.<\/p>\n<p>European Researchers\u2019 Night is one of the most important European initiatives dedicated to science communication, bringing together researchers and the general public every year in numerous cities across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In Cluj-Napoca, this year\u2019s event offers young people the opportunity to discover the university from a different perspective: not just as a place of study, but as a space where ideas are born, hypotheses are tested and solutions for the future are developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USAMV Cluj-Napoca will host an event on its campus on Friday, 25 September 2026, dedicated to science, experiments and dialogue between young people and researchers, to mark European Researchers\u2019 Night 2026.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evenimente"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2785,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions\/2785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}