Photo: Krzysztof Krzempek, PG The establishment of the Fahrenheit University Association is one of the most important events in the academic history of Gdańsk and Pomerania. On Friday, the Minister of Education and Science, Mr Przemysław Czarnek, acquainted himself with the plans for the development of the Association's activities and the opportunities…

Another programme supporting scientific development within the Excellence Initiative - the Research University - UG Young Research Group Leaders Programme (junG) has been opened at the University of Gdansk. The programme aims to encourage young scientists to carry out groundbreaking research at the University of Gdańsk. The programme is aimed at people (not only UG employees…

Open meetings in the form of scientific cafés bring the scientific activities of university staff closer to a wider audience. In the next part of the series of meetings, a lecture entitled 'Influential women in past times: warriors, rulers, celebrities' will be presented by prof. dr hab. Beata Możejko from the Historical Faculty of UG. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 18:00, via MS Teams…

Members of the 'Experior' Psychological Research Club. They study behavioural addictions, personality psychology, mindfulness topics, and the psychology of the internet and education. So far, they have received over 100 scholarships, awards and prizes, and there are still more to come. We are talking about psychology students from the Psychological…

The Monitoring Committee of the South Baltic Interreg Programme 2014-2020 decided to extend the SEAPLANSPACE project "Maritime spatial planning instruments for sustainable management of the sea" due to new activities to be financially supported under the Programme with an additional EUR 42,814.99 from the European Regional Development Fund. The international project…

Photo: Arek Smykowski We talk about the Science Cafés project, ways to popularise science and its social responsibility with dr hab. Beata Grobelna, prof. UG, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk and head of the project 'Science Clubs at the University of Gdańsk - known and unknown faces of science' - a project under the programme…

Supporting and developing the scientific activity of young scientists, the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk awarded annual prizes for outstanding scientific achievements. The awards are granted to people under 35 years of age. Among the winners, there are scientists from the University of Gdańsk. Every year the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the…

The Academic Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners is set up as a new, university-wide and extra-faculty unit to coordinate all activities related to the teaching of Polish as a foreign language. - 'Classes in Polish language and culture are intended not only to facilitate communication with Polish colleagues but also to make it possible to get to know Polish…

By the decision of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, the Interuniversity Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk has been granted three new patents. All three patents were developed by the team of prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska, Head of the Department of Plant Protection and Biotechnology and the Research and…

Today the Senate of the University of Gdańsk adopted a resolution on actions to protect and develop the Kashubian language and culture. The resolution was read out in Kashubian by prof. Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński. Scientists at the University of Gdańsk conduct research related not only to the Kashubian language and the culture and history of the region. The Faculty of…