- 'If you can do something to change our world, do it,' said Nobel laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee at a meeting at WNS. The Liberian activist came to Gdańsk to visit her students, who were studying in Kyiv and fled from there due to the war. The students were offered help by the University of Gdańsk. The 1990s were one of the most difficult times for Liberia, a small country in West Africa. A year after the seven-year…

The first meeting of this year's Fahrenheit University Assembly was held on March 3, 2022, at the Medical University of Gdańsk. The meeting was attended by representatives of all FarU member universities. GUMed, the Gdańsk University of Technology and the University of Gdańsk headed by the rectors: prof. Marcin Gruchała, prof. Krzysztof Wilde and prof. Piotr Stepnowski, as well as prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, the…

The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre invites you to shows and concerts. A pool of 100 tickets in good seats has been prepared for UG employees. To get a ticket, send an email to: anna.baldyga@teatrszekspirowski.pl. In the subject line of the e-mail write 'biletUG', and in the body: for which event and how many tickets you wish to order. In response, the sender will receive a link to the purchase and then the tickets. More…

Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of UG and Lawrence Ugwu, Director of the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre. Photo: Alan Stocki/UG The letter of intent signed by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk and the Director of the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre (BSCC) is an official continuation of joint activities of these institutions to strengthen the scientific…

Once again a research vessel from the University of Gdańsk has set out to sea. This time the 'Oceanograf' was mapping the Baltic seabed with a sonar to see if it was a suitable place to store historic shipwrecks. On board were representatives of the Maritime Museum in Gdańsk, UG researchers, as well as students. As of 2019, the 'Oceanograf' serves as a research unit of the Institute of Oceanography UG. Various external…

What should the stops of the new PKM South line look like and what should be done to make the passenger railway as environment- and resident-friendly as possible? This will soon be decided by students of the universities which are part of the FarU, in cooperation with the local government company PKM SA. The competition entitled 'SOUTHBOUND RAILWAY. An architectural and urban study of shaping an environmentally and…

Dr hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG. Dr hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG from the Department of Political Thought and Recent History of the Institute of Political Science UG will take part in the expert roundtable 'War Against Ukraine. The Struggle for the Future of Europe and the World'. The experts also include a dozen political scientists,…

The Senate of the University of Gdańsk adopted a resolution to suspend cooperation with Russian and Belarusian universities and research centres until the end of military operations and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine. 'In connection with the declaration of solidarity with Ukraine expressed in resolution no. 7/22 of the Senate of the University of Gdańsk of February 24, 2022, the…

Cyprian Norwid The Wandering Prestidigitator Cyprian Norwid The Wandering Prestidigitator is the title of an exhibition at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Gdańsk, which will be hosted at the university for a month. The exhibition entitled 'The Wandering Prestidigitator Cyprian Norwid' was presented last year in the Senate of the Republic of…

Campus France Days is a series of seven meetings that will take place between 1 and 28 March. Each will cover a different aspect of applying for a French government scholarship and studying in France. From advice for high school graduates to information on accommodation during Campus France Days, everyone will learn something new. Every…