The high number of University of Gdańsk employees who have taken advantage of the vaccination programme against SARS-CoV-2 (91%) as well as students (81.2) and PhD students (87.8%) suggests that the organisation of education in the summer term should be similar to that in the winter term. As a rule, classes will be held on a stationary basis, but deans, heads of doctoral studies and doctoral schools as well as heads of…

Students of the University of Gdańsk got involved in many pre-Christmas initiatives aimed at helping those in need. Nearly 45 kg of food was collected in a food collection for the "Za Stołem" community shop in Gdańsk organised by the Logistics Students' Club of the Faculty of Economics. The Gdańsk University…

UG's Faculty of Biology, The Gdańsk Zoological Garden and The Gdynia Aquarium invite you to the Night of Biologists i.e. lectures, workshops, and shows presenting modern biology. "Biodiversity: from gene to ecosystem" is the theme of this year's Night. It fully reflects the nature of biology - DIVERSITY! The theme also characterizes not only biological organisms but also…

A collection of previously unpublished texts by UG students of film and audiovisual arts was published as an e-book entitled Projekt Szuflada. Alternator, Academic Cultural Centre of the University of Gdańsk, has several publications to its credit: the academic periodical 'Panoptikum', the student yearbook 'Przezrocze', the anthology 'Proza życia' (created on the occasion of the Literary Competition), a Kashubian…

The winter collection for animals from Tri-City shelters is still on until the end of December 2021. If you have excess unnecessary towels, blankets or old bed covers at home, share them with the animals. Throughout the year the shelter uses a lot of towels (e.g. to dry dogs after bathing), and blankets and pillowcases are mainly used for kittens and puppies. The textile…

Too many resolutions are an easy way not to keep any of them. It is better to take small steps towards change. January is often a month of change, a surge of new energy and a desire to act. It is also the time of New Year's resolutions. We talk to a psychologist dr. Agata Rudnik from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk about whether…

- 'The Gospel accounts about the birth and the adventures of Jesus' childhood are not at all from the genre of idyll, to which we have become accustomed by the sentimental Christmas devotion. It is like a drama composed of several acts,' - said prof. Bogusław Górka, historian and religious expert from the Faculty of History of the University of Gdańsk, in a conversation with…

The Committee of the Ivan Vyhovsky Prize announces a call for applications for the Main Prize and Scientific Internships for the academic year 2022/23. Applications, including a description of the candidate's merits and achievements - from universities, institutes, organizations, institutions, associations etc. or individuals, as well as applications of the candidates…

A group of children from the University Kindergarten visited the authorities of the University of Gdańsk. They presented the rector with hand-made Christmas cards. It was certainly an unusual visit. The group of preschoolers pleasantly surprised the University of Gdańsk authorities. The kids handed their self-made cards with Christmas wishes to the Rector of UG, prof. Piotr…

Gdańsk scouts gave the lantern with the Light to the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski. The Bethlehem Light of Peace has an almost 30-year tradition and is a symbol of reconciliation and peace. The motto of this year's edition is 'Light of Hope'. The Bethlehem Light of Peace was organised for the first time in 1986 in Austria, as a part of the…