Opening of the exhibition "Unissued Diplomas Never Graduated, Eternally Honoured"

19. May 2026 at 14:00-15:00
This exhibition has travelled the world to honour the memory of 40 Ukrainian students who will never graduate
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Unissued Diplomas is a global exhibition honouring the memory of 40 Ukrainian students who will never graduate, as their lives were taken following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Opening event:

  • Tuesday 19 May
  • 14:00
  • Library UNAK

The exhibition will be open until 2 June

The Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GRÓ GEST), in collaboration with the University of Iceland Ukraine Project and the University of Akureyri, is hosting the exhibition “Unissued Diplomas”..
 
Launched in 2023, the exhibition shares the stories of young lives cut short — transforming symbols of education into powerful memorials. Organized by Ukrainian students and volunteers, the initiative presents symbolic, unfinished diplomas to honour lost potential, highlight the human cost of war, and remind the world that the conflict continues — and that Ukrainians pay its price every day in their struggle for freedom.
 
Daryna Zavhorodnia, currently a student at GRÓ GEST, is one of the initiators and organizers of the global exhibition, which has been presented at universities and museums in more than forty countries. She will take a few minutes to introduce the exhibition and the project during this opening.
 
ALL ARE WELCOME!