Creating a platform for the exchange of experiences and good practices, as well as making an attempt to examine current trends and directions of development of open science in Poland - this is the main objective of the 4th Pomeranian Conference Open Science - sharing research data, which will be held on April 14-16, 2021. The subject of Open Science is becoming more and more…

The award Scientist of the Future 2021 in the category Science and Technology for an Innovative Future for dr Illia Serdiuk from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of UG was granted by the Centre for Intelligent Development. Thus, the research of the scientist in the project 'Two current problems, one solution: improved organic materials for OLED and…

Prof. dr hab. Józef Adam Liwo. Photo: Piotr Pędziszewski Prof. dr hab. Józef Adam Liwo from the Faculty of Chemistry and dr hab. Artur Szutta, prof. UG from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk received the Award of the Minister of Education for many years of scientific activity and significant achievements in this field. The awards…

We invite you to take part in the Pomeranian Academic Skiing and Snowboarding Championships. The competition will be held on 24.02.2021 on the 'Koszałkowo' slope in Wieżyca. Representatives of universities from our region (students, employees, PhD students) and graduates with a valid AZS identity card can take part in the competition. If you do not have an identity card, you…

Dr Karolina Pierzynowska. Photo: Arek Smykowski/UG She is less than 30 years old, a scientist and academic teacher at the Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, with great passion and ambitions. In her private life, she is a mother and a wife who, apart from her scientific and family life, can find time to pursue her…

The Support Programme for the Gdańsk Humanities aimed at academic teachers at the University of Gdańsk has been launched. The activities of the Excellence Initiative - Research University programme and the Programme for Support of Gdańsk Humanities were announced in his election programme by prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of UG. The programme is addressed to academic…

I would like to inform you that the registration of UG employees for vaccination has been completed. I would like to thank the academic community of our University for the high number of participants in the registration process. Those who, for various reasons, were not able to register will be able to do so in the next round, according to the information from MEiN. The lists of registered persons have been forwarded to…

The enrolment of UG employees for online language courses organised within the Welcome to Poland - University of Gdańsk - Internationally Friendly project for the summer term 2020/2021 is now open. The International Cooperation Office and the Foreign Languages Centre of the University of Gdańsk would like to invite you to take part in online English language courses for…

- 'Celebration of Science at the University in a sense takes place every day. Science is the essence of our existence as an institution and as scientists who every day unravel the sense and essence of the phenomena, behaviour, processes of the world around us,' - says prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk. On February 19th we celebrate for the…

Photo: Stockphotosecrets.com The Psychological Counselling Centre for Genetic Rare Diseases, operating since 2019 within the structures of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Gdańsk, conducts scientific research into, among other things, the psychological functioning of people with rare diseases on a genetic basis. In 2020 alone, 150 children…

The National Centre of Science announced the results of MAESTRO and SONATA BIS competitions. Among 40 projects, which will receive funding within SONATA BIS - ST panel, there is a project entitled 'Technology of additive manufacturing of spatial structures of polylactide composites reinforced with diamond,' realised in partnership between the University of Gdańsk and the…

From left: Vice-Rector Zbigniew Jaśkiewicz, Rector prof. dr Stanisław Matysik, Dean of the Maritime Department prof. Józef Kulikowski, October 6, 1960. The Higher School of Economics was the first university in Tricity to receive the insignia of rector authority. In this respect, it overtook (by a few days) the Medical Academy in Gdańsk. One of the…

The Faculty of History of the University of Gdańsk is hosting prof. dr hab. Wiktor Horobec from the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. The scholar is a laureate of the Ivan Vyhovsky Prize for 2020. Prof. dr. hab. Wiktor Horobec is an internationally renowned and experienced researcher-historian and educator. He is a…

- '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…