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On Tuesday, 30 October, a two-hour debate dedicated to the current situation in the Middle East took place in W. Świda’s hall at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics. The participants were University of Wrocław’s experts: dr Jagoda Budzik, dr Ewa Górska, dr hab. Barbara Kowalczyk, prof. Jarosław Jarząbek and dr Paweł Wróblewski. The conversation, which focused on the genesis and circumstances of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was moderated by prof. Patrycja Matusz, Vice-Rector for internationalisation.

The new palm house in the botanical garden of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Wrocław is set to be completed in about two years. Maciej Marzecki is the project’s architect, and Berger Bau is the project’s building company.

Registration is underway for the University of Wrocław Swimming Championships, which will be held on Friday, 22 November from 16:00-17:00 (locker room entrance 15:40, start 16:10). The championship will be held at Pool No. 1 at ul. Teatralna (caps are required).

Registration is underway for the University Badminton Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, 7 December, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the UWr Sports Hall at ul. Przesmyckiego 10).

Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Hanna Wróblewska appointed professor Krzysztof Ruchniewicz as director of Witold Pilecki’s Institute of Solidarity and Courage.  His five-year term in office starts on 5 November 2024. Dr Wojciech Kozłowski, who had been the acting director of the Institute, will assume the position of vice-director.

Elections to the regulatory bodies of the University of Wrocław Student Self-Government for the 2024-2026 term were held on 17-18 October.

Jakub Stachurka, a fourth-year student at the UWr College for Interdisciplinary Individual Studies, has joined the ranks of Sur-Place Scholarship (Sur Place Stipendium) laureates. The Scholarship is awarded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Thirteen new tutors graduated from the fourth edition of the Tutoring Academy of the University of Wrocław.

The Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław and the Society of Friends of Wroclaw Polish Studies invite you to Meetings in the “NEHRING” – popular science lectures in Polish Studies in the academic year 2024/2025, cycle twenty-nine.