Photo by Alan Stocki - 'We should take every opportunity to raise public awareness of maritime issues. In Poland, despite wide access to the sea, knowledge of maritime issues is very limited and superficial,' said dr Mariusz Sapota, prof. UG from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, UG, on the World Protection Day…

dr hab. Anna Mazurkiewicz, prof. UG and Aleksander Piskorz We invite you to watch the next video in the series "University conversations about sustainable development" prepared by the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdańsk. Within the framework of the programme, the Centre popularises research…

How does surviving COVID-19 affect the human brain? What neuropsychological changes may occur after recovering from this disease? Are the deficits faced by some survivors temporary and will they disappear with time, or will rehabilitation be necessary? Finally, how much does the functioning of people with comorbidities who have undergone COVID-19 change and does this…

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science prepared shows and a lecture for primary school students on the occasion of Pi Day. The date of the holiday was chosen for March 14 because of the association with the first digits of the decimal expansion of the number, as the date of March 14 is written in the USA as 3.14. Take a look at our photo report.   More about the event…

Researchers from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology discovered and described a hitherto unknown species of parasite, a new representative of the bison nose mite family. Until recently, only three out of 90 species of bison-specific parasites were known. Thanks to the scientists from the University of Gdańsk, we managed to discover the fourth one. The…

On March 14, we celebrate the number Pi. The date of the holiday was chosen for March 14 because of the association with the first digits of the decimal expansion of the number, as the date, March 14 is written as 3.14 in the USA. On this occasion, the staff of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Gdańsk have prepared many popularisation events for primary school pupils. All…

Dr Monika Lipińska. Dr Monika Lipińska together with prof. Dariusz Szlachetko from the Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biology, UG, have discovered an astonishing new species of a rare orchid for science. This plant, known from a limited area in the Carchi province, is probably a critically endangered species, as its rare…

Monument to the writer and artist Taras Shevchenko in Lviv In 1991, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ceased to exist and Ukraine declared its independence, and Poland was the first country to recognise this act. Since then, there has been a process of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation, which, despite difficult periods and disputes over history, has…

EUROPEJSKI DZIEŃ LOGOPEDY The celebration of the European Day of the Speech Therapist will take place on March 3, 2022, at the Institute of Speech Therapy of the University of Gdańsk. The programme includes online speeches. A speech therapist is a specialist who deals with the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of speech, hearing and voice disorders in…

It's time for the third meeting organised under the 'Excellence Initiative - Research University' programme, where scientists specialising in in vivo and in vitro research talk about their work. The theme of the meeting, which starts on March 4, at 13:00, is 'TAZD-CBU as a leader of in vivo research projects of Tri-City universities'. The Tri-City Academic Animal Experimental Station - Research and Service Centre (TAZD…