How were people with mental illness treated in the 19th century? Have our ways of dealing with the epidemic changed over the last 100 years? What was the political situation like in the Prussian partition? This is what we discussed with prof. Satoshi Warita, who came from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo as part of the ‘Visiting Professors UG’…

Live Christmas music, a performance by children from the University Kindergarten, charity events and more than 30 exhibitors at the fair: on December 12, the Faculty of Social Sciences once again hosted the University Christmas Meeting, organised for the benefit of our university's academic community by the Centre for Student and Doctoral Activities…

The skeleton of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) found on the beach in Stegna nine years ago has become part of the permanent exhibition at the Krzysztof Skóra Marine Station in Hel. The exhibition's opening ceremony was held on December 6 and was attended by representatives of the UG, local authorities, and regional institutions. Speakers at the…

More projects created thanks to the Academic Citizens' Budget are flourishing at UG. The Oliwa Campus has already seen the creation of, among other things, an outdoor exercise zone and a pocket park - now the time has come for Sopot, where on December 11 the grand opening of two spaces took place: the Co-economy coworking zone and the eco-nomic park.…

Participants from 15 countries attended the Staff Week event ‘Happiness at Work 2024’ organised by the University of Gdańsk's Office for Cooperation and Internationalisation. It was an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences on internationalisation. From November 18 to 22, 2024, participants from 15 countries, including the USA, Finland,…

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity will soon be playing for the 33rd time, and we as an academic community can make our contribution to make this world a better place for the fifth time. This year's edition is being held under the slogan ‘We Are Playing for Children's Oncology and Haematology’. According to the GOCC: ‘Cancer is the second most…

Christmas kits, quality clothing with the UG logo and beautiful ceramics - these are just a few of the gift ideas from the UG Shop, which have inspired the mysterious envoy from the North Pole! Take a look at the Christmas promotional spot! There's a certain place in the University of Gdańsk Library teeming…

‘This year's Nobel Prize winners Baker, Hassabis and Jumper used an approach that is de facto an extension of three previously known methods: homology modelling, sequence threading and dynamic fragment assembly. In this situation, having at their disposal quite a large database of sequences, they applied machine learning methods to approximate an…

The third edition of the competition for the UG Rector's Special Award ‘Including Gender in Research’, which rewards the highest-ranked master's and doctoral theses incorporating a gender perspective in research, has been decided! This year, as many as 20 theses were submitted for the competition. As part of the EU Horizon 2020 project ‘Modifying…

Are you finishing your studies and interested in European issues? Are you considering further academic and professional development in this field? You may be interested in the offer of scholarships from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the College of Europe. We invite you to an information meeting on 11 December at the UG…