Lonely like a Swede? About people of the North who like to be alone - we invite you to a meet-the-author session with the writer Katarzyna Tubylewicz and the photographer Daniel Tubylewicz, which will take place online, on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 6 pm. The meeting, whose partner is Wydawnictwo Wielka Litera, will be hosted by…

Dr hab. Monika Bąk, prof. of the University of Gdańsk, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Head of the Department of Transport Economics was appointed by the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk to the group of experts for the Mobility and Transport Council as a representative of the University of Gdańsk. The Council will be an advisory and consultative body to the Mayor of Gdańsk.…

Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski talks about the changes to University Newspaper. - Next week the University of Gdańsk community will have the opportunity to see and, of course, read a brand new edition of University Newspaper. Please tell us what "brand new" means in this case? - Above all, the newspaper will be a monthly as it once was. It is not intended to provide…

For 10 years, every year the best 3rd-year geology student at the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk was awarded the Prof. Halina Piekarek-Jankowska Fellowship. In this way, the Professor's family commemorated her scientific fascination with geology. It is 10 years since the death of prof. dr hab. Halina Piekarek-Jankowska. A graduate of the…

Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG The Rector of the University of Gdansk, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski has appointed dr hab. Joanna Kruczalak-Jankowska, prof. UG from the Faculty of Law and Administration as the Spokesman for Equal Treatment and mobbing prevention. The tasks of the spokesman will include: initiating, implementing, coordinating or monitoring…

Students from 15 faculties of the University of Gdańsk, as part of the integrative project 'Sztuka mówienia' (TN: The Art of Speaking), recorded an uplifting and socially important spot under the supervision of dr. Miłosz Wojtyna from the Philology Department of the University of Gdańsk. In their message, they convince that life satisfaction and self-acceptance have a huge…

'It's enough to go to the Sopot pier to see wintering waterfowl,' encourages prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Meissner, Head of the Department of Ecology and Zoology of Vertebrates, UG. - 'We can see ducks, swans, cormorants, tufted ducks and goldeneyes,' - he adds. The annual counting of wintering waterfowl in the Gulf of Gdańsk is coming to an end, with the participation of…

Auctions prepared by the University of Gdańsk in connection with the 29th Finale of WOŚP have ended. Thanks to the involvement of the bidders, nearly PLN 9,000 was collected. Emotions from the 29th Finale of WOŚP, which was exceptional due to the pandemic and restrictions in force, are slowly subsiding. On February 3, ended the auction of items donated by the University of…

Scientists willing to cooperate in the role of substantive experts are sought by the executors of the project µGrants R&D for enterprises, strengthening the cooperation between the world of science and the world of business in Pomerania. Thanks to the µGrants R&D for enterprises project Pomeranian entrepreneurs may apply for non-refundable support for research and…

- Without the hubbub of conversations, thudding footsteps, bursts of laughter, nervous whispers, anecdotes, jokes and busyness, i.e. simply without people, this faculty turned out to be just a faculty.' wrote Filip Rudolf, a first-year student of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk, in his story. Literary and diaristic attempts concerning the…

The University of Gdańsk is among the European universities that have been awarded an Erasmus Card for Higher Education (ECHE) for the years 2021-2027. It entitles them to apply for funding for all activities offered in the Erasmus+ programme, including student scholarship travel, teaching and administrative staff travel, and the opportunity to participate in many EU…

Students and staff of the University of Gdańsk, as well as those from outside the university, can take advantage of the language learning offer prepared by the Centre for Foreign Languages of the University of Gdańsk in cooperation with the Foundation for the Development of the University of Gdańsk. The range of languages currently includes English, Spanish, Italian, German,…

In conjunction with the beginning of the national programme for monitoring the variability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Poland, scientists of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology (MWB) of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk under the direction of dr Łukasz Rąbalski performed a pilot high-throughput study of the full genome sequences of the…

In the photo: dr hab. Artur Szutta, prof. UG, editor-in-chief of Filozofuj! Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG "Filozofuj!" is a magazine, but also an Internet portal, co-founded and edited by dr hab. Artur Szutta, prof. UG from the Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdańsk. The idea to create it…

In conjunction with the beginning of the national programme for monitoring the variability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Poland, scientists of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology (MWB) of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk under the direction of dr Łukasz Rąbalski performed a pilot high-throughput study of the full genome sequences of the…

On 28-31.01.2021 in Warsaw, the semi-finals of the Polish Women's Futsal Championships were held. Universities from Zachodniopomorskie, Pomorskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Wielkopolskie, Łódzkie and Mazowieckie voivodships) competed for the title of the best team in the northern area. The University of Gdańsk players beautifully won their way to the…

Appreciating the increasing importance of quantum technologies for the industry of the future, the representatives of six Polish universities and two institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences, implementing the largest projects in the field of quantum technologies, signed a letter of intent on cooperation and development of research-based on them. Representing our…

We borrow fewer books and use the reading room less frequently. Instead, we make more use of the new electronic possibilities - such is the noticeable result of the pandemic among the readers of the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk. Traditional contact with volumes has taken on new forms. Book-O-Mats and digitised collections will remain in use forever. The BUG…

Dr Jakub Szlachetko of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk, has been appointed to the expert team preparing an update to the National Urban Policy. The team works under the auspices of the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy and the Institute for Urban and Regional Development. The National Urban Policy is addressed to all Polish cities (regardless…

Photo: Dominik Paszliński/Gdansk.pl Professor Maria Mendel from the University of Gdańsk, a social pedagogue and an outstanding figure in the Polish humanities and social sciences, has been awarded the Johannes Hevelius Award 2020 of the City of Gdańsk in the humanities and social sciences. This most important scientific distinction in Pomerania was…

pre-implementation works, analysed and approved decisions concerning submitted applications, as a result of which co-financing was granted to 5 teams conducting pre-implementation research at the University of Gdańsk. Under the Innovation Incubator 4.0 project funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (POIR 2014-2020) on the initiative of the Consortium composed…

Rankings are photographs taken at a particular time and from an angle chosen by the "photographer" - the ranking organisation that decides on the choice of criteria and their importance. We don't always like how we look in it, but that's no reason to take offence at the photographer. There is a better way. You need to prepare well for posing for that photo. And this has…

Jan Hevelius' birthday: presentation of Scientific Prizes, celebrations in Hevelianum, film about the astronomer. On Thursday, on gdansk.pl On January 28, we celebrate the 410th anniversary of the birth of Gdansk's most famous astronomer. On this occasion Hevelianum will inaugurate the anniversary celebrations, the annual Jan Hevelius Science Awards of the City of Gdańsk will be presented, an outdoor performance and a…

Candidates are being recruited for the MIRAI (Mutual understanding, Intellectual Relations and Academic Exchange Initiative) programme, which offers students the opportunity to go to Japan for a stay of around one week, where they will take part in discussions with peers from other countries. During their stay, they will also learn about Japanese culture, economy and politics…

Dr hab. Maciej Duszczyk, prof. UW From now on I feel I am a fully-fledged member of the broadly understood community of the University of Gdańsk - said dr hab. Maciej Duszczyk, prof. UW, elected today by the University Senate as the Chairman of the University Council. - Remaining an employee of the University of Warsaw, I promise to share my experience in…

The Committee for Spatial Planning of the Country of the Polish Academy of Sciences (KPZK PAN), with the participation of scientists from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdańsk, has prepared a document with reflections and suggestions on how to improve the vaccination system from the procedural point of view, especially in terms of spatial accessibility. Unequal…

In the photo from left: prof. Barbara Lipińska, prof. Ewa Łojkowska. Source: academia-net.org The NCN Council nominated prof. Ewa Łojkowska from the Interuniversity Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed and prof. Barbara Lipińska from the Faculty of Biology UG to AcademiaNet - European Database of Outstanding Women Academic. The portal is operated by the…

In the latest, seventh issue of the PROGRESS journal. JOURNAL OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS we will read scientific articles of young researchers and go on a journey in time to the beginnings of the University of Gdańsk. The journal PROGRESS. JOURNAL OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS is a journal of the University of Gdańsk, in which topics from a wide range of scientific disciplines are discussed…

Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Zajadła's book from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk was among five books selected by the jury of the Tadeusz Kotarbiński Award competition for the best humanities book of 2020, organised by the University of Łódź. The winner will be announced during the online gala broadcast of the competition on February 7. The prize…

Dominik Landa, commercial director of Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk (DCT), will be the guest of Radio MORS Economic Index programme. The graduate of the Faculty of Transport and Logistics at the University of Gdańsk encourages current students to take an interest in job opportunities in the maritime transport industry. The programme will air on Wednesday, January 27 at…