photo by B. Jętczak The Academic Centre for Psychological Support was created out of necessity: to help UG students looking for support in crisis situations (one such situation was the COVID-19 pandemic). For five years, it has been developing forms of support to best meet the mental health needs of the academic community at the…

The Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Hanna Wróblewska, handed out appointment letters to members of the Archival Council for the new term of office covering the years 2024 - 2027. Among the members of this important body is dr Monika Płuciennik - Director of the Centre for Document Management and Archives at the University of Gdańsk and Vice…

Dr Katarzyna Warska has received the Prime Minister's Award for her contribution to science. The government honoured the literature researcher on the basis of her doctoral dissertation entitled. 'Bruno Schulz Goes to School. A Thematic Biography'. The justification for the award appreciated the depiction of Bruno Schulz's life and the description of the circles of Polish, Jewish and Ukrainian intelligentsia from the…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland has designated dr hab. Adam Wisniewski, prof. UG as one of four ad hoc judges of the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Poland. Ad hoc judges of the ECHR are appointed by the President of the Court in cases where a national judge is unfit to sit in the Chamber, excludes himself or if…

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…

A poetry book in Italian entitled ‘Grovigli’ by dr Tomasz Snarski of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the UG was published in the spring by the Cacucci Editore publishing house from Bari. We talk about Polish-Italian poetic cooperation with Roberto M. Polce, author of the translation of the volume. We ask Dr Tomasz Snarski, the poet himself,…

photo by Michał Święcicki Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn has been awarded an honoris causa doctorate for the second time. This highest academic distinction was awarded to the professor by the Senate of the University of Rzeszów in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements and his contribution to the development of…

Distinguished scientist, molecular biologist prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Szczecin.  Conferring the title to prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn took place during a ceremonial meeting of the Senate of the University of Szczecin on 7 June 2024. ‘I am honoured to have been awarded an honorary doctorate by the…

Dr hab. Dorota Pyć, prof. UG, Head of the Department of Maritime Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, has been elected President of the Port of Gdańsk. She has been associated with the Port of Gdańsk since 2019 as a member of the Supervisory Board of ZMPG on behalf of the City of Gdańsk. Resolutions on the election of members of the Management…

The ceremony of appointing new members of the Legal Committee, selected from among theoreticians and practitioners of international law representing Polish academic and scientific centres, took place during the Committee's inaugural meeting on March 11, this year. The appointment letters to the 15 new members of the Advisory Legal Committee to the…