Slider height problem

[gliak]

I am trying to adjust height (manually or automatically) of a slider in css. Problem is that images shown may be shorter or taller than preset and they also carry a piece of text that should be displayed. I attach html, css and a set of screenshots with explanations. Thank you!

research_en.html style.css

[Funce]

Can you shrink this example to use the carousel/slider only?

Then you'll be able to paste the code into the forums directly.