The time has come for Q-Con 2024, the grand conclusion of two weeks dedicated to quantum technology and mechanics at UG. The international event attracted prominent experts from around the world - including prof. Charles H. Bennett and prof. Harald Weinfurter - as well as the authorities of the city of Gdańsk. The speakers talked about issues in…

Photo by Marcel Jakubowski Meetings with REGIONAL EXAMINATION COMMISSION representatives, presentations of universities and fields of study, stands of higher education institutions from all over Poland - for two days, on September 5 and 6, the University became a place where ‘matura meets studies’. The Gdańsk Matura Salon,…

The Medal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland was collected from the hands of the Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski. The medal was established to honour individuals, organisations, institutions and other entities for special merits to the…

Photo by Tomasz Ozdoba/Chancellery of the Senate The Senate Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Climate and Environment deliberated in Tricity on the safety and protection of the waters of the Baltic Sea. The first of the invited experts to speak was the UG Rector, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. After the meeting, the shipowners…

Dr Maurycy Żarczyński at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023 - San Francisco Is the ‘megadrought’, which took place about 4 200 years ago, an event of global significance? According to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, yes, while according to the authors of the publication that appeared in Nature…

The International Centre for Theory Of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT UG) invites you to a lecture by the eminent expert in quantum physics and information, prof. Charles Bennett. The event is a prelude to the Q-con Conference: Shaping the Future of Quantum,organised by WMFI and ICTQT . A guest of the Univ. of Gdansk will give a talk entitled. ‘Insights…

The Rector, prof. Piotr Stepnowski, assumed the chairmanship of the Fahrenheit Universities during the Assembly of The Union of Universities in Gdańsk Daniel Fahrenheit. The function was handed over by the previous Chairman, prof. Marcin Gruchała, Rector of the Medical University of Gdańsk. According to the Statutes of the Union, the chairman's term of office lasts two years and formally commences on September 1. The…

From left: Director of ILS UG prof. Hadrian Lankiewicz, Director of Scuola Leonardo da Vici dr Pier Alberto Merli, Didactic Supervisor of Scuola Leonardo da Vici Roma dr Francesca Grasso   Due to the great interest in the new English-Italian specialisation at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, there will be not one, but…

photo by Alan Stocki From the basics of quantum theory to quantum cryptography - the Quantum Summer School has begun at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the University of Gdańsk. For the next two weeks, Gdańsk will be the capital of quantum technology, a reminder of the University of Gdańsk's significant…

The Executive Board of the UG Golf Club accompanied by the UG Rector. Photo by Alan Stocki/UG Promoting and popularising the game of golf in the academic community and supporting the student golf sports section are among the main objectives of the just-formed UG Golf Club. The founding assembly of the UG Golf Club was held at the…

Exploiting and reinforcing gender stereotypes, including strengthening a sense of threat to masculinity, is one of the strategies used by anti-democratic organisations, among others, to recruit new members. MEN4DEM (Masculinity for the Future of European Democracy), a new project in Horizon Europe, aims to look at this phenomenon. The project has been…

From the left: prof. Menno van Zaanen and the visit coordinator dr Karolina Rudnicka Swazi, Tsonga, Venda, Zulu - these are just a few of the 12 official languages of South Africa. Researching their structure, usage and nuances is truly Sisyphean work. This is exactly what UG Visiting Professor Menno Van Zaanen from North West…

Last weekend, the Polish Steam Championship in Middle-earth: Strategy Battle Game, organised by Tricity Battles in Middle-earth, the University of Gdańsk Library and the UGranie Scientific Circle, took place. Nearly a hundred participants and organisers spent the weekend on the first floor of the University of Gdansk Library, passionately observing the…

photo by CWFiS The participants of the holiday course called ‘Active Uni 2024’ went on a journey around the world. The classes for employees' children - as every year - were very popular. ‘This is yet another edition of sports and recreational activities in the form of a half-term holiday course that we, as the Centre for Physical…

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski It is the 50th anniversary of the ceremony of awarding the first doctor honoris causa title at the University of Gdańsk. This distinction was awarded to inż. Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski - for his contribution to the development of the Polish maritime economy and general economic theory. The ceremony took place on 19…

An article by dr hab. Sebastian Mahlik, prof. UG and dr hab. inż Natalia Majewska from the Department of Condensed Phase Spectroscopy UG has been published in one of the most important journals devoted to chemistry - the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The researchers describe a discovery concerning the mechanisms of luminescence quenching in dielectrics doped with transition metal ions. The materials they…

Although there are no students at the university in the summer, the campus is still vibrant! In the eco-park and around the faculties you can find blossoming coneflowers or buddleia bushes, as well as fruiting apple, pear, and rowan trees. Take a look at our photo report of the green UG campus, one of the most beautiful places in Gdańsk. It is worth mentioning that the university's greenery is taken care of by Green…

An agreement has been signed for the sale of rights to an invention by scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry working under prof. Piotr Skowron. The subject of the invention is a method for obtaining butyrylcholinesterase enzyme (BChE) as a bioactive component of biosensors for the early detection of pesticide and Chemical Warfare Agent (CW) contamination. Negotiations preceding the signing of the agreement were led…

When will therapeutic vaccines against immunogenic cancers be developed? How far does the Baltic Sea reach? How do you manage digital hygiene - your own and your children's? University of Gdańsk researchers are looking for answers to these questions, and in recent weeks their research has attracted considerable interest from journalists. Here are some conversations with our researchers on important current topics that…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, submitted to the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a list of three candidates for the office of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights. One of them is the Head of the Department of Public International Law dr hab. Adam Wisniewski, prof. UG. Following…

The first Clean Lakes Festival is behind us! It was a sunny day full of knowledge, fascinating exhibitions and amazing creatures. Questions such as "Why is water green?" and "What is golden algae?" were answered at the Limnological Station in Borucino. The event attracted a lot of interest from tourists and locals, and the organisers are already…

Researchers from UG, in cooperation with the Rome Foundation named after Margrabina J. Z. Umiastowska, will study the recent history of emigration from Poland to Italy. The conclusions may prove useful in designing a European migration policy. A delegation from the Institute of Political Science - Director dr hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG, dr…

Mgr Agnieszka Wasilewska and mgr Zbigniew Ruszczyk holding one of the games created by the Section - a board that depicts the process of preparing a research data management plan. What is the idea of open science? Is it just about making publications freely available, or perhaps about building a scientific community based on the…

Projects carried out in cooperation with the University of Florence, the University of Naples, the Archaeological Museum in Naples, the PAS Library in Gdańsk and Tricity cultural institutions were the subject of a meeting between italianists from the University of Gdańsk and an Italian scientific delegation. Current and future forms of cooperation in…

Three agreements on international cooperation with universities from Uzbekistan signed by the Rector of UG prof. Piotr Stepnowski are the result of his participation in the 2nd Forum of Rectors of Poland and Uzbekistan. UG Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski took part in the 2nd Forum of Rectors of Poland and Uzbekistan. The event was held on 11-12…

This week marks the start of the Olympic Games in Paris. Psychology student Aleksandra Melzacka, together with her crew member Sandra Jankowiak, will represent Poland in sailing in the 49erFX class. Join us for an interview with the athlete on the eve of the Games. Karolina Żuk-Wieczorkiewicz: - Passion, pleasure, sport - what is sailing to you?…

Senator Sławomir Rybicki, Vice-Rector of the Marine University in Gdynia dr hab. Sambor Guze, Speaker of the RP Senate Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska and UG Rector prof. Piotr Stepnowski New environmental protection strategies, renewable energy, cooperation and the security of countries around the Baltic Sea - these are some of the…

In the world of globalisation and fast-growing cities, the balance between an effective transport system and the environment becomes crucial. Current challenges, research, and possible improvements (in Poland and Latin America) were the matter of our interview with prof. Luis A. Guzman - a renowned scholar and expert in urban planning and transport in…

The willingness to strengthen cooperation with Italian scientific and cultural institutions with the support of the Italian Embassy in Warsaw was discussed during a meeting with the Italian Ambassador to Poland, Luca Franchetti Pardo. On Thursday, July 18, the University of Gdańsk hosted a meeting with the Italian Ambassador to Poland, Luca Franchetti…

The recruitment process at the University of Gdańsk is underway. At most faculties, lists of candidates have been announced and the acceptance of documents has begun. Members of the recruitment committees at the Faculty of Languages and the Faculty of Social Sciences talk about their work and the most common mistakes made by candidates. Julia…