An RPG session set in post-apocalyptic Poland, a LARP  (live-action role-playing game), and cult board and card games - these await the participants of the Board Game Night organised by the ‘UGranie’ Scientific Circle and the Chemical Business Scientific Circle.  We invite both fans of short, quick games and long, complicated sessions. The event…

On the initiative of the UG Center for Student and Doctoral Student Activity (CASiD) and thanks to the commitment of female students, doctoral students and employees of our university, March will be celebrated as Women's Rights Month. March is the month when women celebrate their holiday. On this occasion, once again, CASiD UG has prepared a series of…

A team of qualified gardeners - employees of the university instead of an external company - will take care of the plantings on the university campus. The employees will mainly take care of the day-to-day maintenance of the Campus' green areas and their functionality. The main field of activity will be the University Campus in Gdańsk-Oliwa, but the…

  ‘Science is infinite. Each of us scientists carries within us questions that are the leaven for research. We get involved in discussions and polemics that build cooperation or direct us on specific scientific paths,’ with these words, Rector prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski opened the first part of the celebrations of the 54th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Gdańsk. At the University of Gdańsk…

How have Polish-Ukrainian relations changed over the past two years? The six-day celebration commemorating the 10th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the 2nd anniversary of the full-scale war concluded with the panel 'Polish-Ukrainian relations after 24.02.2022'. On 26 February, diplomats, politicians, academics and activists met at the…

There is a ban on bringing dogs on faculty premises, but what would happen if it was lifted? This was investigated by researchers dr Magdalena Gajewska, dr Natalia Treder-Rochna and dr Magdalena Żadkowska. A pilot study 'Dog at WNS' took place at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Twenty-one students and faculty took part, bringing their charges to work…

Today (February 19, 2024) we celebrate Polish Science Day. On this occasion, a celebratory gala was held in the auditorium of the Warsaw University of Technology, during which the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Dariusz Wieczorek, presented awards to the most distinguished representatives of the scientific and academic community. Two scientists from the University of Gdańsk were awarded: prof. dr hab. inż…

The second round of the Academic Citizens' Budget is behind us. Among the winning projects of the previous editions, some serve the purpose of rest, quiet and peaceful work in the faculties. We checked how they functioned and asked students what they thought of them.   CHILLOUT ZONE A student project called 'CHILLOUT ZONE at WNS' was realised in 2022…

Scientists from the UG Faculty of Social Sciences are carrying out comprehensive studies of memory, smell, and attention in post-COVID-19 patients. The team is trying to establish the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the central nervous system, particularly on the right hemisphere of the brain. The psychologists are currently looking for volunteers to…

The Dean of the Faculty of Languages, dr hab. Urszula Patocka-Sigłowy, prof. UG, and dr Justyna Pomierska, specialising in the didactics of the Kashubian language, from the Department of Applied Polish Studies at the Institute of Polish Philology, UG, met in Warsaw on February 6, 2024, with the Minister of Education Barbara Nowacka and senators of the…