Two years have passed since the day of the fatal attack on Paweł Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdańsk, stabbed on stage at Targ Węglowy during Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy final. An alumnus of the 1st Secondary School in Gdańsk, he was already politically active during his school years. As a law student at the University of Gdańsk, he was involved in the May 1988 occupational strike at the University of Gdańsk…

We are witnessing a pivotal time in the human history of our generation - the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the University of Gdańsk community, we are also experiencing this world-changing event. From the beginning, our activities have taken various forms - from conducting scientific research, remote teaching, keeping the University administration running to providing psychological support and sharing creative ways to…

On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the first meeting of the newly elected Council of the University of Gdańsk took place. During the meeting, Prof. Piotr Stepnowski, UG Rector presented to the members of the Council the actions taken recently by the University authorities and plans for the near future. The meeting also discussed in detail the challenges facing the university in…

Photo: Ewa Szymczak, PhD, Director of the Centre for Didactic Improvement and Tutoring UG The highest level of education - this is one of the strategic goals of our university," explains Ewa Szymczak, PhD, from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk, whom Professor Piotr Stepnowski, rector of the University of Gdańsk,…

As part of the project "SEA-SEE PERSPECTIVE ON LAW" promotion of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdansk, three image films of the Faculty have been produced to promote studying in Gdańsk to foreign students who want to learn about key legal issues from a modern maritime perspective. The promotion of the Faculty of Law and Administration abroad is intended to encourage students to study law in…

According to the information provided by the Ministry of Education and Science, academic teachers will be able to take advantage of the vaccination against Covid-19 in the first stage, which starts Friday, January 15, 2021. Teachers and students of medical faculties, among others, can register for vaccination within the "zero" group until January 14, 2021. From January 15, 2021, the first stage of vaccination will also…

Phonoholism, cyber-bullying, fake news, digital hygiene and good practices in remote communication usage. These are some of the issues to be highlighted during the next open lecture in the Science Cafes series at the University of Gdańsk. In the series of meetings, bringing the scientific activities of the University of Gdańsk employees closer to a broader audience on January 12, 2021, at 5 p.m. dr Marcin Szulc…

Jacek Pałubicki, a student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, canoed more than four times the length of the Polish coastline, which is almost twice as long as the longest inland route that includes crossing Poland diagonally from the south-east to the north-west. He sailed for 62 days, more than a third of…

Adam Kalinowski - the finalist of The Voice of Poland, a vocalist of the Black Jeans band and a graduate of UG's Faculty of Economics, hosted the "After Class" program conducted by Stanislaw Pawlowski. For the singer, MORS Radio's studio is well known. In the last two years he was a journalist of this radio station, he led his own broadcasts and recorded songs here. Listen to an interview with Adam Kalinowski…

Prof UG, dr hab. Franciszek Makurat - Chairman of the Works Committee of NSZZ "Solidarność" UG (far left), dr Michał Jaśkiewicz - Chairman of the National Trade Union Employee Initiative at UG, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Kordel - President of the Polish Teachers' Union at the University of Gdańsk (far right…