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…

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…