Another month full of exceptional events organised by the students of the University of Gdańsk as part of the Academic Culture Centre ALTERNATOR! The calendar features something for fans of the visual arts, events, theatre and film. Take a look at the programme.   2-3.03.2024 - 'BOUT IT - Artists Forum WHERE. Artists' Colony, 53 Grunwaldzka Avenue 'BOUT IT is an event where we invite you to have a coffee and cake…

prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn Researchers from the UG Department of Biology with a new European patent. The patent relates to a treatment method for Huntington's disease, a severe genetic disorder that runs with neurodegenerative processes and very severe symptoms. The invention offers hope for a drug that will slow down or halt the…

The Psychological Research Circle 'Experior' and doctoral students of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk invite you to a conference on the occasion of the National Day for Combating Depression. At the conference, we will approach the topic of depression interdisciplinarily from the following perspectives: scientific, philosophical, police, therapeutic, suicidological, and adolescent. Programme:…

You are cordially invited to participate in the 4th Young Science Congress, which will be held on July 11-13, 2024. This unique event is aimed at students, postgraduates, and academics, providing the opportunity to present research results, share theses, and build international scientific networks. Panel submission details: Panel submission deadline: Until March 19, 2024. Requirements: Each panel must be under the…

Between.Pomiędzy Research Group co-organizes the Blended Intensive Programmememe course Choreographic project and collaborative work between the Science, Art and Creation as part of the SEA-EU programmemememe   February 12, 2024, saw the beginning of the Blended Intensive Programmememe (BIP) course, titled Choreographic project and collaborative work between Science, Art and Creation. The main organizers of the course…

fot. Mariusz Konfiszer Left and right hook on the one hand, partial differential equations on the other. UG doctoral student Rafał Perczyński is potentially facing a very exciting summer - the defence of his doctorate and possible participation in the Olympic Games. Everything will turn out at the Olympic qualification in early…

photo: FNP archive Dr hab. Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, prof. UG from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG has been elected President of the European Epidermal Barrier Research Network. She will hold the position together with dr Ryan O'Shaughnessy from Queen Mary University of London. 'Being elected as President by…

The Director of the UG Institute of Political Science, dr hab. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, prof. UG invites to a panel discussion ‘Polish-Ukrainian relations after February 24, 2022’, which will be held at the Faculty of Social Sciences UG on February 26 at 2 p.m. in Aula S207. The panel will be attended by, among others, former Polish Ambassador to Kyiv Jacek Kluczkowski, former Ukrainian Consul in Gdańsk Lev Zakharchyshyn…

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…

Are you a Bachelor, Master, or Doctoral student with an innovative idea for strengthening student collaboration across Europe? Are you keen to help shape the future of European education from a student point of view? The SEA-EU Alliance has now opened a call for proposals for student-led projects that aim to improve education and strengthen student…

A new project - ‘Early Childhood and Sustainable Citizenship Routes in the Digital Era’ (EACH) - has received €250,000 in Erasmus+ funding, with a budget of over €23,000 for the University of Gdańsk researchers. The project on the UG side is led by dr Jarosław Jendza from the Institute of Pedagogy. The EACH project is primarily a study of preschool education, which combines a deep understanding of the environment and…

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…

The athlete of the athletics section of ASA University of Gdańsk Weronika Mikołajewska (Faculty of Economics) has been appointed to the Polish National Team for the Academic World Championships in cross-country running in Oman. The competition will take place on 17-18.02.2024 in Muscat. Weronika Mikołajewska, in the colours of ASA…

Experts, local government representatives, and journalists will discuss landscape as a challenge, a media topic, or a legal issue. Social-Scientific Forum Landscape and People. People in the Landscape will take place on March 1, 2024, in J. Limon Theatre Aula in the Neophilology building. ‘I understand Social-Scientific Forum Landscape and People.…

Employees of the Research and Implementation Laboratory, from left: dr Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, dr Natalia Kaczyńska, Weronika Babińska-Wensierska, M.Sc. Wojciech Śledź, prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska, trainee mgr Michał Prusiński. Photo: Alan Stocki The Research and Implementation Laboratory of the Intercollegiate Faculty of…

Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, in cooperation with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, is looking for young, talented researchers for post-doc positions. KiTE - Kiel Training for Excellence - is an excellence and development programme for researchers from all over the world interested in conducting independent,…

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…

photo by Alan Stocki/UG Director of the UG Office of Science, dr Katarzyna Świerk, has been awarded this year's Stars of Internationalisation in the Star of Development category! This is an award for people who have contributed most to the internationalisation of Polish universities. ‘This is a great distinction and a great joy for…

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…

Exhibition space It is a matter of the next few months before the University of Gdańsk Museum, based at 5 Bielańska Street in Gdańsk, opens a permanent exhibition dedicated to the university's history. It will include artefacts relating to the most significant events in the 54 years of the University of Gdańsk's existence and more!…

Based on research in Myanmar in southern Asia, a team including dr hab. Jacek Szwedo, prof. UG from the Faculty of Biology prepared a publication on the evolutionary history of cicadas. The article appeared in ‘Nature Communications’, a journal with an impact factor of 17,694, which is among the journals highest-ranked by the MEiN. The publication was…

Notes, fiches, letters, photographs, and priceless books - a ceremony was held on the last day of January to hand over the legacy of Prof. Lech Mokrzecki (1935-2021) to the University of Gdańsk Archives. The rich historical materials and personal memorabilia are available in the Reading Room of the UG Archives. After the scholar passed away, his heirs…

A month full of inspiring meetings at the Andrzej Wajda Film Centre of the University of Gdańsk lies ahead. Come and join us! On February 9 at 6 p.m., we will play Hundreds of Beavers (2022) by Mike Cheslik, a slapstick comedy that pays tribute to the best Buster Keaton films with its wit and unpredictability! After the screening, we will talk to…

The University of Gdańsk is once again breaking the record for the amount of money collected for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity Foundation. This time, thanks to auctions organised by the academic community, we managed to collect as much as PLN 35,416.99. In 2020, when the UG played for the GOCC for the first time, PLN 8 630 was collected,…

Are you looking for products with the University logo? The Foundation for the Development of the University of Gdańsk would like to invite you to the UG Souvenir Shop located in the Main Library building on the Oliwa Campus! The UG Shop offers products with the University logo. The range includes clothing, conference items, electronics, coffee, tea,…

The Head of the Aquaculture Laboratory of the Department of Marine Biology and Biotechnology at the WOiG, dr hab. inż. Konrad Ocalewicz, prof. UG has been appointed to the Scientific Council of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split (Croatia). The competencies of the Scientific Council are advisory in nature. The scope of the Council's…

How to view migration? Is it a weapon, a political fuel, a humanitarian crisis, or perhaps an opportunity for development? We discuss the influx of migrants and refugees into Europe from the South and East with dr Martin Kilgus from Ifa Academie. In January this year, the German researcher visited the Institute of Political Science UG to teach a class…

Prof. Hanna Mazur-Marzec from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography UG talks about blue, green, white and red biotechnology and the resources of the Baltic Sea. We would like to remind you an interview with this year's winner of the Jan Hevelius Science Award of the City of Gdańsk, conducted by dr Beata Czechowska-Derkacz. Dr Beata Czechowska-…

What was Adam Mickiewicz's lost utopia about? Who writes the most popular utopias today? And why does the dystopian vision of the world appear so often in young adult literature? This is what we are discussing with this year's winner of the Jan Hevelius Science Award of the City of Gdańsk in the field of humanities, prof. dr hab. Artur Blaim from the…

English scholar, a specialist in utopia and dystopia in culture prof. dr hab. Artur Blaim and oceanographer and chemist prof. dr hab. Hanna Mazur-Marzec are this year's winners of the Jan Hevelius Science Award of the City of Gdańsk. ‘Prof. Artur Blaim became famous for his research on literary utopia and dystopia in English culture. A spectacular…