In just a week's time the eighth edition of the summer course in ichthyology of the sea will begin, which is becoming increasingly popular with students and postgraduates of natural sciences. The aim of the course at the Department of Oceanography and Geography, which like in previous years will be held at the prof. Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station of the Institute of Oceanography at the University of Gdańsk, is to…

The first issue of the magazine — Slavic madness and variations I post-conference volume, is presented by the Creative Slavic Association. The volume is a culmination of the conference 'Slavic Follies and Craziness', which took place in Gdańsk at the University of Gdańsk. The Slavic Creative Association is presenting its first academic publication. - 'It is the culmination of the 2nd International Scientific Conference…

The recruitment of substantive experts for the project 'μGrants R&D for enterprises' carried out by Excento, a special purpose entity of the GUT, has started. We are looking for scientists whose scientific interests are in line with the areas of Smart Specialisation of Pomerania (ISP). The task of the subject matter expert will be to cooperate with grantees in the development of the project charter, which is part of…

Borderland, inseparable from it change, the experience of encounter with diversity, but also persistence, adaptation and transformation. These are the leading topics during the 10th Conference of the Migration Research Committee (KBnM) of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which will be held in September at the University of Gdańsk and the Emigration Museum in Gdynia. The organisers of the three-day conference, scheduled…

- 'Drugs from the social margin have entered the mainstream. It is enough to visit any addiction therapy centre to see that we have the whole social cross-section there and not adolescents from the area of exclusion,' - convinces dr Marcin Szulc, UG professor from the Faculty of Social Sciences, UG. He spoke about new drugs and new related threats for children and adolescents during a lecture at the Summer Meetings with…

- 'Tourism has changed its face in recent years. It has long ceased to be just passive relaxation on a seaside beach full of sunshine. It is more and more often active and cognitive leisure, focused on taking care of harmony and balance of your body, mind and soul,' - says dr Anna Dziadkiewicz from the Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, representing the project…

Research on chemical recycling of selected plastics in the presence of new catalysts - metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) will be conducted by dr inż. Patrycja Maria Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk. The project entitled: 'Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as potential catalysts for chemical recycling of polymers' received funding within the NCN SONATINA 5 competition. The planned…

The University of Gdańsk has been ranked 15th among Polish universities and 1050th in the world. This is another leap upwards for the University of Gdańsk in the Web of Universities ranking. The results of the latest edition of Webometrics ranking (Ranking Web of Universities) were published. - 'It is the largest international ranking of universities created based on bibliometric and webometric indicators,' - explains…

Are you a student, graduate or PhD student? Have you defended your bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis on social insurance? If so, you can enter the competition of the President of the Social Insurance Institution for the best thesis. There are financial prizes for the winners of the competition. The purpose of the competition is to increase public awareness of the…

- 'In his literary worlds, Grass, playing games with the past, invariably raised important questions of the present day and the human condition, thrown into the vortex of the great history,' says dr hab. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk, prof. UG, Faculty of Philology, UG. The Research Workshop on Borderline Memory Narratives (Institute of German Philology UG) together with the Günter Grass Association in Gdańsk invite…

The cinema premiere of the film The Master by dr hab. Maciej Barczewski prof. UG from the Faculty of Law and Administration UG is scheduled for August 27, 2021. Ewa Karolina Cichocka talks about the film, its protagonist, the genesis of the script and the lawyer's film debut. - The Master is a full-length picture about the story of Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, a prisoner of Auschwitz, and also your first film. It premiered at…

Interview with Professor Piotr Stepnowski, Head of the Department of Environmental Analysis at the Faculty of Chemistry of UG, Rector of the University of Gdańsk. Interviewed by Dr. Beata Czechowska-Derkacz   prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski. Photo by Arek Smykowski / UG Knowledge of the risk of pharmaceutical…

At the site in Nowe Objezierz in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship archaeological works on a roundel - a Neolithic building with the character of a ceremonial centre from 7 thousand years ago - are conducted. The work has been directed for four years by prof. dr hab. Lech Czerniak from the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Faculty of History, University of Gdańsk. Ewa…

Until mid-September, the Pedagogical Provincial Library in Gdańsk will present an exhibition entitled 'The Way to the University. The University of Gdańsk and its predecessors 1945-1970'. The exhibition presents selected fragments of the history of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Gdańsk, the Higher School of Maritime Trade, the Higher School of Economics in Sopot and the first year of activity of the University…

We invite you to read a new series of graduate stories. It features those who chose their field of study by choice, passion or chance. Today we present the graduates of Kashubian Ethnophilology. Recruitment for this course will end on September 14. Paulina Węsierska It all started thanks to the village that brought me up, thanks to my great-grandmother by whose side I used to spend my holidays and winter breaks, thanks…

About SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations, epidemics and chances for survival. Interview with Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska Szewczyk, Head of the Department of Molecular Biology of Viruses of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed   It's summer, we all want to relax after a tough year under the threat of SARS-CoV-2, but another mutation of the virus has emerged - the Indian one. How much more dangerous is it than…

She is a neuropsychologist and electronics engineer with a specialisation in multimedia techniques. She is passionate about the human brain and signal processing issues. She is a co-author of several articles in prestigious scientific journals and has also managed a complex research project under the NCN PRELUDIUM 5 grant, which culminated in the dissertation 'Neuronal and cognitive mechanisms of temporal orientation in…

Prof. dr hab. Stefan Chwin from the Department of the History of Polish Literature at the University of Gdańsk will be the guest of a conversation in the 'Great Questions' series, hosted by Michał Nogaś. The meeting will take place today at 7 p.m. at the Big Book Cafe in Warsaw, and the online broadcast will be available on Facebook. Prof. dr hab. Stefan Chwin, one of the…

The Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, prof. Piotr Gliński, entrusted dr hab. Grzegorz Berendt, prof. UG from the Department of the History of Political Thought and Culture of the Faculty of History UG, with the duties of the Director of the Second World War Museum in Gdańsk. Following the resignation of dr Karol Nawrocki from the post of Director of the Second…

Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, virologist from the Department of Molecular Biology of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed was a guest on Monday's edition of Fakty po Faktach. The topic of the conversation was vaccination against COVID-19. Decision on vaccination: emotions replaced scientific knowledge Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, a…

Computer Science, Criminology, English Philology and Psychology - these are the four most popular full-time first degree and master's degree majors chosen by candidates at the University of Gdańsk in the recruitment process for the academic year 2021/2022. The University has planned to admit nearly 12 thousand people this year. The July recruitment process for full-time undergraduate studies at the University of Gdańsk…

Pomerania's three strongest universities have joined forces to form the Daniel Fahrenheit Universities Association in Gdańsk (FarU) in 2020. Its most important task is to identify and prepare to make the best use of the resources and potential of the Medical University of Gdańsk, the Technical University of Gdańsk and the University of Gdańsk in the scientific, research, teaching, organisational and development areas…

In the photo, Dr Katarzyna Węgrzyn from the Department of Molecular Biology UG Professor Igor Konieczny's team from the Department of Molecular Biology MWB UG and GUMed has published a journal entitled: "Defining a novel domain that provides an essential contribution to site-specific interaction of Rep proteins with DNA" in the journal Nucleic Acids…

Recruitment to the doctoral schools of the University of Gdańsk starts in August. The University offers education at: Intercollegiate Doctoral School of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk, Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Doctoral School of Science and Life Sciences. Doctoral schools, in operation since 2019, educate doctoral students preparing them to…

Computer Science, Criminology, English Philology and Psychology are the most popular majors chosen by candidates for the University of Gdańsk. The University has planned to admit nearly 12 thousand people this year. This year's novelties include Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in English - Production of Audiovisual Forms and Quantum Information Technology and Cultural…

The Education Programme, within the framework of which the co-financed project was prepared, was established under the Intergovernmental Agreement on the implementation of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area for the period 2014-2021. The Programme aims to reduce economic and social disparities within the European Economic Area and to strengthen bilateral relations between Poland and the Donor States…

The Forensic Science Museum of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk houses a wide collection of exhibits from all fields of forensic science: ballistics, dactyloscopy, trace evidence, photography and others, as well as forensic medicine and related fields. In this respect, it is the only facility of its kind in Poland. The Museum of the Faculty of Law and Administration has been featured in…

The Rector of UG, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski awarded medals of the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk to particularly meritorious employees of the Faculty of Law and Administration of UG, as well as to external stakeholders - proven friends of the Faculty. The ceremony of awarding the medals of the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk took place on July 6, 2021, in the Hall of the Faculty of Law…

The University of Gdańsk shared with other universities in the region its experience from the implementation of European projects STARBIOS2, RESBIOS and MINDtheGEPs implemented under Horizon 2020. The webinar entitled Gender equality in research and innovation was organised in June 2021, by the Regional Office of the Pomorskie Voivodeship in Brussels. The topic of the meeting was activities conducted for gender equality…

For the past couple of years, Gdańsk scientists and the University Kindergarten have been cooperating with the Positive Initiatives Foundation, which works for the development of modern education and care and cooperates with local governments, universities and other public institutions. In 2016, the Foundation signed an agreement on cooperation with the Faculty of Economics of the University of Gdańsk as part of the…