- 'I managed to do two things during the bidding for WOŚP,' says Bartosz Blum, who auctioned off a cruise aboard a research vessel of the University of Gdańsk during this year's WOŚP finale. - 'I'm glad that the money will go to the Orchestra, which I always support, and that I'll be able to fulfil my dreams and sail on an Oceanograf.' Bartosz Blum is the owner of a company…

The main objective of the project 'Opracowanie innowacyjnej, zgrywalizowanej i interaktywnej metody zaawansowanego zdobywania umiejętności poprzez e-nauczanie i e-uczenie' is to develop a strategy for digitalisation in education to improve teaching effectiveness and teaching skills in pandemic conditions. The project aims to enhance teachers' skills based on the mix of theory…

Dr Michał Skóra from the Professor Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station of the Institute of Oceanography at the University of Gdańsk has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship (IF) to pursue a 24-month postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of dr. J Iwan Jones at the Queen Mary University of London. The funding of €225,000 will enable the…

The Polish Patent Office has decided to grant researchers from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk a patent for the invention entitled 'Genisteina do zastosowania do leczenia choroby Alzheimera'. (TN: Genistein for application in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease). Researchers from UG have shown in their studies that genistein, a flavonoid found in soya,…

We are extending the deadline for registration for the event UG Talks. An online science slam. The event is inspired by the formula of poetry slams, i.e. public competition of poet-performers and the format of TEDx scientific meetings. Among other things, UG Talks aims to popularise science among audiences outside the walls of the university. UG Talks is a proposal addressed…

Polish Integration Table Tennis Championships organised by AZS UG Passion, sports competition, overcoming one's weaknesses and having fun - the University of Gdańsk Academic Sports Association invites students and employees with disabilities to join the newly established Sports Section for People with Disabilities. The AZS UG Sports Section for People with…

Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn, PhD, Head of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk, has been interested in biology already in primary school. Taking up education in a class with a biological profile and then studies at the Faculty of Biology of UG was a natural continuation…

Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG The pandemic and prolonged lockdown have affected the mental health of many of us. In order to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area of mental health, the University of Gdańsk is launching a University Psychological Support Centre aimed at the UG academic community: students, lecturers and university staff. We…

On Wednesday, February 24, the first in a series on topics related to scientific integrity, a lecture entitled 'Copyright infringement in science - consequences and examples,' will take place. Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk and dr hab. Sławomir Steinborn, prof. UG, Ombudsman for Scientific Reliability invite for the cycle of lectures. The lectures are aimed at academic teachers and…

To Whom It May Concern, we are forwarding a corrigendum that we have received from MEiN: Persons who meet the following criteria are eligible to participate in vaccinations: academic teachers or so-called other instructors, born after December 31, 1955, currently employed at the university. We also ask those who have not yet done so to fill in their contact telephone number in the Employee Portal, under Covid-19…

Prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska from the Interuniversity Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed was appointed to the Committee of Experts of the Task Force created by the RE-IMAGINE EUROPE Programme, All European Academies (ALLEA) and European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing (EU-SAGE) on 'Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation.' The Task Force aims to better…

- 'Marcin had lived for 19 years like any other boy, with the difference that he was passionate about chemistry - he was a laureate of the Chemistry Olympiad,' wrote Leszek Biernacki, the author of the exhibition devoted to the UG student. 35 years ago, the investigation into the death of Marcin Antonowicz, a UG chemistry student, was discontinued. His death in unexplained…

The project entitled. "Innovative competence in on-line higher education" (InCompEdu), which aims to develop a methodology and international tools to support online education, was on the list of projects co-financed under the Erasmus+ Programme. The leader of the project is the University of Gdańsk, and its manager is dr Olga Dębicka from the Faculty of Economics of the…

'Karl Dedecius is one of the key figures who paved the way for Polish-German rapprochement after the cataclysm of World War II,' explains dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk prof. UG, from the Institute of German Philology UG, and the president of the Günter Grass Association in Gdańsk. Within the framework of the Karl Dedecius Year, the Institute of German Philology UG…

Discussions on cinema trends, talks with filmmakers and visual arts specialists - a cycle of meetings of DKF UG Miłość Blondynki (TN: Blonde's Love) Online (Film Discussion Club) has been launched. The inaugural panel discussion on the images of love in contemporary media narratives starts today at 18:00. On the occasion of the upcoming Valentine's Day, we invite you to watch…

On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, in the headquarters of the Polish Economic Society in Gdańsk, the results of the 17th edition of the Witold Andruszkiewicz Competition for Bachelor's Theses and the 24th edition of the Lucjan Hofman Competition for Master's Theses for the year 2020 were announced. Distinctions in the competitions went to graduates of the Faculty of Economics…

Stress, anxiety, the uncertainty of tomorrow - specialists will help to deal with them. From March 2021, the UG Psychological Support Centre will offer psychological support to students, PhD students and university employees, among others, for the 'COVID-19 generation'. CWP UG has been launched since mid-February under the aegis of prof. Arnold Kłonczyński, Vice-Rector for…

The broadcast of the concert entitled 'Łąki na Jedwabnym Szlaku' (TN: Meadows on the Silk Road), with the wishes of Fan Xiaodong, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Gdańsk on the occasion of the Chinese New Year for the community of the University of Gdańsk, will be available on Thursday, February 11, on the university's website. Chinese New Year, also known…

Dr Karol Kłodziński from the Faculty of History of the University of Gdańsk has become a specialist member of the Committee on Ancient Culture Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the term 2021-2024. For more than two years, the scientist has participated in archaeological works and discoveries in North Africa. In addition to dr Karol Klodzinski, the following were…

The workshop, entitled 'Digital Tools in Education for the Modern Teacher', will help in modern teaching, with creativity, and with the use of digital tools. The Marshall's Office, the U.S. Embassy and American Corners invite teaching staff to participate in a webinar on February 15 at 6 p.m. to enrich teachers' skills in working with young people online. Skype in the…

Are you interested in issues related to analytics and Big Data? Do you see your future in these promising areas? You have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills and at the same time help the National Cancer Institute to automate the entire complex process of processing medical notes. Doctors waste time every day unnecessarily filling in data in the health information…

Another term of classes is starting at the Gdańsk University of the Third Age. Difficult, because still in pandemic reality, classes will be compensated by interesting topics, well-known and well-liked and new lecturers. Classes are conducted online. Lectures and presentations are conducted live or from recordings. Let us remind you that GUTW (TN: GUTA) has 1400 students…

Open meetings in the form of scientific cafés bring the scientific activities of university staff closer to a wider audience. In the next part of the series of meetings, the lecture "Brain in cyberspace" will be presented by Dr Wojciech Glac from the Faculty of Biology, UG. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 18:00, via MS Teams platform. Those who…

Researchers from the University of Gdańsk, under the direction of dr hab. Sebastian Mahlik, prof. UG, intend to create modern infrared luminescent phosphors that could be used, among others, in the food industry or medicine. The project entitled. 'Perovskite and Broadband Infrared Phosphors for Lighting-Emitting Diode Applications' is implemented under the Polish-Taiwanese…

We are pleased to announce that the speakers of the next BlueTalks webinar are Hanna Ładkowska and Konrad Ocalewicz, both working at the University of Gdańsk at the Institute of Oceanography.  The session will provide an overview of the most promising blue bioeconomy sectors in terms of growth (e.g. good practices, pilots implementations, developments…

The AZS University of Gdańsk team placed third in the semi-finals of the Polish Academic Men's Futsal Championships. The final tournament will take place in the last week of February in Poznań. Report from the event: Piotr Walczak, President of AZS University of Gdańsk Semi-final A of the Polish Academic Championships was held on 4-7.02.2021 in Toruń. The University of Gdańsk…

prof. dr hab. Jerzy Zajadło Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Zajadło has become the winner of this year's edition of the Prof. Tadeusz Kotarbiński Contest. The prize for the best humanities book in Poland was won by Professor Zajadło's work entitled 'Minima luridica. Refleksje o pewnych (nie)oczywistościach prawniczych', published by University of Gdańsk Publishing…

Prof. Sławomir Steinborn. Photo by Arek Smykowski / UG Interview with dr. hab. Slawomir Steinborn, prof. UG, spokesman for scientific integrity   Let's start with the basic issue - what are scientific dishonesty and plagiarism? Plagiarism is one of the manifestations of scientific dishonesty, in short, it is appropriating another person's work or a…

Dr Tamara Walczak-Kozłowska. Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG Dr Tamara Walczak-Kozłowska from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk won first place in the competition organised by the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the best thesis. In her dissertation, she analysed the…

Excerpt from a press clipping about the first WSP hall of residence. The article 'A modern university town will be built in Wrzeszcz' is a comprehensive account of the 6-year plan to build a university district bringing together academics from the WSP, Gdańsk University of Technology, the Medical Academy and, as planned, from the Higher School of Maritime…