The academic singing studio of the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University, “Veni Gaudere”, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this special occasion, the studio invites everyone to a jubilee concert series, “Skambanti draugystė” (EN: “A Friendship That Echoes Wide”), bringing together music, friendship, and journeys across Lithuania.

The concert series began on October 24 in Birštonas, where the opening performance delighted the audience with memorable musical moments.

The next concert in the “Skambanti draugystė” series will take place on Sunday, November 8, at 11:30 AM at St. Matthew’s Church in Anykščiai (Vilniaus St. 8, Anykščiai). This time, the singers of “Veni Gaudere” will be accompanied by the Anykščiai Mixed Choir “Šilelis”.

A free-of-charge bus trip from Kaunas will be organised for those wishing to attend the concert. This is a wonderful opportunity not only to enjoy choral music and support the Faculty’s singers, but also to explore Anykščiai – a town renowned for its rich cultural heritage, attractions, and picturesque natural surroundings.

Travel information:

• Departure from Kaunas – November 8 at 8:00 AM.
• Departure point – the car park of the “Maxima XX” shopping centre (Jonavos St. 60, Kaunas).
• Both the concert and bus transportation are free of charge.
• Registration is open until November 5 via email:

Please note that the usual bus departure location has changed!

Program of the Jubilee Concert Series “Skambanti draugystė”

• October 24, 5:00 PM – St. Anthony of Padua Church in Birštonas (Birutės St. 14, Birštonas). Featuring the Birštonas Cultural Centre Mixed Adult Choir “Birštonas”. This concert has already taken place.
• November 8, 11:30 AM – St. Matthew’s Church in Anykščiai (Vilniaus St. 8, Anykščiai). Featuring the Anykščiai Mixed Choir “Šilelis”.
• November 28, 4:00 PM – European Hall of Užutrakis Manor (Užutrakio St. 1, Trakai). Featuring the Women’s Choir “Trakai” of the Trakai Culture and Arts Centre.

Join us on this musical journey, support our Faculty’s singers, and celebrate music, autumn, and the spirit of friendship through song!

Lukas Atstupėnas and Benjamin Dieckmann, third-year students studying Finance Analytics at Vilnius University’s Kaunas Faculty, founded the student business club “KAPITALAS.” The idea for the club arose during a discussion among classmates after class. Both students had already carried out their own projects, so they wanted to share their experiences, analyse business decisions, and learn from one another. This is how they brought together a community where students can present their ideas, receive feedback, and work together to find solutions.

Research, international publications, a thesis recognized as the best in his master’s program, and the opportunity to present his research findings to the international scientific community—these are the experiences gained by Aristidas Lukas Končius, a graduate of the Master’s program in Financial Technologies at Vilnius University’s Kaunas Faculty. The opportunities that opened up during his studies and his growing interest in the latest technologies motivated him to continue his academic pursuits. This past October, he began his doctoral studies at Vilnius University, where he will delve into the security of artificial intelligence agents.

Moving to a new country can be exciting — and a bit confusing! Especially if you are looking for a job or starting a new position in a team. Maybe you've noticed that there are sometimes unwritten rules that aren't very clear to you?

Vilnius University Counseling and Career Center invites you to a friendly webinar, "Lithuanian Job Market & Communication Culture", to explore how Lithuanians communicate, work, and connect.

In the webinar, you will find out: 

• What kind of communication is recommended in meetings?
• How does the Lithuanian job market look in 2026?
• Practical tips that can help you integrate into Lithuanian culture better.

During the webinar, we will also share a practical guide that covers many important job sectors in Lithuania and their specifics, as well as useful tips for a job search. 

The training session will be held online via the Microsoft Teams platform on 19 October, 15:00-16:00. 

Registration is required to attend the webinar

Vilnius University Career Consultant Indrė Pečkaitė will lead the session. The training is intended for students at all levels of study.

Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty, Institute of Social Sciences and Applied Informatics, continues the series of seminars initiated by Professor Vladas K. Gronskas, dedicated to analyzing sustainable state development in the context of a mixed economy.

The sixty-fourth seminar will take place on 22 October 2026 at 14:00 in the 5 auditorium, via MS Teams.

The topic of the seminar is “AI Can Do Your Work – But Can It Build Your Career? Learning, Understanding and Cybersecurity in the Age of Marshmallow AI” (language of the presentation is English)—speaker: Stephen Fedtke, PhD.

The speaker will introduce his experience and research on how Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we learn, teach, work, and build careers. AI can already write our texts, create presentations, program software, analyze data, pass exams – and increasingly make decisions for us.

So why should we still learn to do things ourselves?

The seminar introduces the picture of “Marshmallow AI”: the irresistible temptation to take the instant AI-generated result instead of investing time and effort in developing our own knowledge and capabilities.

But what happens if we repeatedly choose the AI marshmallow? What should students still learn from scratch? What should universities still teach? How should we assess results when AI can produce excellent assignments in seconds? And perhaps most importantly for students: Which skills will actually make you valuable in tomorrow’s job market when everyone has access to the same powerful AI?

Rather than providing ready-made answers, the seminar will put seven provocative theses up for open discussion. Students, faculty, and academic staff are explicitly invited to challenge them, disagree, and contribute their own perspectives.

And finally, we will put the idea to the test in cybersecurity. AI is rapidly transforming both cyberattack and cyberdefense. But what happens when a future security analyst knows how to monitor an AI-driven XDR or SIEM dashboard without understanding what is happening beneath the surface?

When the dashboard turns red, will you know what to do?

This question also provides a bridge to the speaker's Cyber Defense lecture proposed for Spring 2027:

Hack the Hackers – Detection and Defense Against Cyber Attacks via SIEM, XDR, and SOC

The lecture goes beyond simply operating modern security tools. It explores what happens behind the dashboard: how attacks work, how they can be detected, how security events are correlated and investigated, and how defenders can understand and respond to attacks – even when AI does not provide the right answer.

Because in an AI-driven world, knowing how to use the tools is important. Understanding what they are telling you may be what makes you the expert.

About the speaker:

Dr. Stephen Fedtke is a cybersecurity and compliance specialist, CTO of Enterprise-IT-Security.com, author of several books, and also editor of Springer Nature’s new book series “AI – Best Practices in Industry, Services, and Administration” (https://link.springer.com/series/17447). During the Spring semester 2026, he gave the lecture “TÖL401M: Hack the hackers: Detection and defense against cyber attacks via SIEM, XDR and SOC” at the University of Iceland.

Contact e-mail:

On behalf of the organizers

Prof. (HP) Dr Remigijus Čiegis

International Translators’ Day is celebrated in honour of St. Jerome, considered one of the first translators. In the 4th and 5th centuries, translators were primarily concerned with conveying the form and meaning of the original language as accurately as possible. Today, this profession has changed significantly.

As translation tools have improved and the nature of the texts being translated has changed, the translation process itself has evolved, and the demands placed on translators have grown. Today, what matters is not a literal reproduction of the original text, but conveying its meaning, content, style, and context. A translator must possess not only excellent linguistic competence but also cultural knowledge, the ability to understand different contexts, and the ability to apply various translation strategies. Translation has become a creative process during which the original text is reinterpreted. This allows the work to reach a new audience.

For a decade now, the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University has been celebrating International Translators’ Day

On September 30, the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University celebrates International Translators’ Day. The tradition of celebrating this day has continued for ten years. The initiator of this tradition is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurgita Kerevičienė, a faculty member at the Institute of Language, Literature, and Translation Studies. Initially, this day was celebrated at the initiative of faculty members and students from the Department of Germanic Philology. In 2017, the department became part of the Institute of Language, Literature, and Translation Studies.

“Ten years ago, we were pioneers in the field of audiovisual translation, as well as in subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing and audio description. Until then, neither practical experience nor research had been conducted in this field in Lithuania. In 2016, a new study program—English and Another Foreign Language (Swedish)—conceived and developed by my team was launched. We thought, since our faculty would be training translators in various languages, why not mark our professional holiday? “We weren’t thinking of anything serious; we just decided to have some fun and organise enjoyable activities for our faculty community, while drawing everyone’s attention to the complex yet creative work of translators,” says J. Kerevičienė.

Vilnius University (VU) invites school students and anyone interested in higher education to take part in its traditional 'Student for a Day' event, taking place on 12–16 October. Registration is now open.

The event offers participants a unique opportunity to experience university life firsthand and get to know VU from the inside — from study programmes and academic subjects to extracurricular activities, university spaces, lecturers and the wider VU community.

As part of the event, participants can attend a range of lectures and practical sessions and experience what it is like to study at Vilnius University. However, places for 'Student for a Day' activities are limited, so participants are encouraged to register responsibly. All activities will take place according to Lithuanian local time. Registration is available here.

The Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University is offering 50 in-person and online lectures in which high school students will be able to delve into the narratology of video games, learn what connects Lithuanian philology, advertising, and creative communication, learn more about product monetization strategies and how digital products are purchased, hear about the connections between artificial intelligence and language, and explore other topics. This is an opportunity not only to learn about a field of interest but also to experience what it’s like to study at the Vilnius University faculty located in Kaunas’s Old Town. You can find more information about the Kaunas faculty’s programs here.