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EUROSTUDENT IX is the latest edition of an international research project aimed at analysing the socio-economic conditions of student life and comparing them across nearly 30 European countries. A project of this scale enables students in Europe to compare themselves in various aspects. The survey covers private life, financial and economic matters, employment, academic experiences, and international mobility.
The University Badminton Tournament will take place on Sunday, 1st June 2025, from 12:00 to 15:00 at the University of Wrocław Sports Hall, located at ul. Przesmyckiego 10.
Fire, toxins, structural collapse, weapons on university grounds, hazardous objects, pyrotechnic or explosive materials, suspicious packages, and aggressive behaviour are just some examples in the open list of potential dangers.
We invite you to an international academic conference entitled ‘Legal Traditions in Poland and Hungary,’ which will take place on 12 May 2025 (Monday) at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Hall of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics (ul. Uniwersytecka 22/26, 1st floor). The conference will be attended by doctoral students from the University of Wrocław and the Péter Pázmány Catholic University in Budapest.
As of 24 March, the Research Data Repository of Kraków Universities (RODBUK) at the University of Wrocław is fully operational and accessible to academic staff, doctoral candidates, and students of the University of Wrocław via the website: https://uwr.rodbuk.pl
In the second half of May, the Institute of Musicology at the University of Wrocław will host pianist Alejandra Pacheco as part of the Erasmus+ Training programme, which supports cooperation between the Institute and the University of Seville (via the Vicerrectorado de Proyección Institucional e Internacionalización). Two events featuring the Spanish pianist will take place […]
On April 25, 2025, the first — and, according to the organizers, certainly not the last — National Interdisciplinary Conference of Silesian Researchers took place at the University of Wrocław. The student-run Interdisciplinary Research Association, affiliated with the College for Interdisciplinary Individual Studies, organized the event.
The Foundation for Polish Science has announced the results of the 1/2024 call for proposals under the FIRST TEAM activity funded by the National Centre for Research and Development. A total of 174 projects were submitted for the call, and funding (amounting to nearly PLN 71 million) was awarded to 18 projects. Among them is “PROT-TOWING: opracowanie innowacyjnej technologii molekularnego holowania do selektywnej inaktywacji chorobotwórczych białek (eng. PROT-TOWING: Development of Innovative Molecular Tugging Technology for Selective Inactivation of Pathogenic Proteins)”, a project led by prof. Łukasz Opaliński from the Faculty of Biotechnology. Congratulations!
We are pleased to announce that the project “Magic Bullet Gels: Unleashing Antimicrobial Peptide Metal Complexes”, led by professor Magdalena Rowińska-Żyrek from the Faculty of Chemistry, has been awarded funding through the MAPS (Multilateral Academic Projects) programme. The competition is organized by the Swiss National Science Foundation as part of Swiss-European scientific cooperation.
The Landscape Research Laboratory of the Institute of Geography and Regional Development cordially invites you to a guest lecture, which will take place on Monday, May 12, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 332 of the Institute of Geography and Regional Development, Plac Uniwersytecki 1. The lecture, titled “Rural Transformation and Revitalization in China”, will be delivered by prof. Yuheng Li, a world-renowned rural geographer from the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The presentation will explore contemporary processes of rural transformation in China and will be followed by an open discussion and opportunity for exchange of insights and experiences.
The Institute of Polish Studies and the Society of Friends of Polish Studies in Wrocław invite you to the Meetings at ‘Nehring’ room – popular science lectures on Polish studies in the 2024/2025 academic year. On 18 May (Sunday) at 11:00-12:00, dr Karolina Chyła will give a lecture entitled ‘Błędny rycerz w wielkim mieście, czyli “Walka z szatanem” Stefana Żeromskiego’ in the Nehring Hall, in the reading room on the ground floor of the Institute of Polish Studies (pl. Nankiera 15b). Admission is free.
In one of the most prestigious journals in the world specializing in the medicinal chemistry and discovering pharmaceuticals, The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS), a publication appeared which describes the discovery of nanobodies blocking galectine-7 and of which the co-authors are dr Natalia Porębska and prof. dr hab. Łukasz Opaliński from the Department of Medical Biotechnology. The publication came into being in cooperation with the prof. Yves St Pierre team from INRS Quebec, Canada.
Polish scientists, including researchers from the University of Wrocław, have investigated how climate change is reshaping the Arctic water cycle. The results of their analysis can be used to develop strategies to minimize the risks associated with extreme hydrological events in the polar and alpine regions. Dr Łukasz Stachnik, prof. Krzysztof Migała, dr hab. Mirosław […]
