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Bartosz Rusin, our doctoral student, has been awarded the Arkadiusz Piekara Prize of the Polish Physical Society for his master’s thesis devoted to materials that may revolutionise superconducting technology.
The Institute of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Wrocław is pleased to announce that on 13 October 2025, as part of the IDUB visiting professors programme, Prof. Melvin M. Vopson from the University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom).
The Institute of Slavic Studies at the University of Wrocław invites you to another meeting in the CZECH It Out! online series, which will take place on 1 September at 5:30 p.m. via MS Teams.
We returned safe and sound, enchanted by the Arctic, full of energy and ready for new challenges. It’s hard to capture in a short text all the wonderful moments we experienced up there in the far north. Perhaps these recollections in the form of a logbook (yes, we kept one) can convey at least some of the emotions we felt.
Among the new members of the Academy of Young Scholars and Artists is our doctoral student, Kacper Rosner-Leszczyński. Membership of the Academy is open to individuals under the age of 35 who have distinguished themselves with outstanding academic achievements. Each term of office lasts five years.
From 27 August to 2 September 2025, the Department of Genetics and Cell Physiology of the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Wrocław will host Professor Pat (J.S.) Heslop-Harrison from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.
We are deeply saddened to announce that on 20 August 2025, Senior Brigadier Andrzej Jaroszek, a long-time administrative employee of the Occupational Health and Safety and Fire Protection Department at the University of Wrocław, passed away. The funeral will take place on 26 August 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at the Osobowicki Cemetery. […]
The human brain contains 86 billion neurons and just as many glial cells, responsible for supportive, nutritional, and protective functions. Each neuron can form connections with thousands of others, creating a network of trillions of synapses. These connections determine the brain’s capabilities – they are what make it so extraordinary. And so difficult to study.
From 24 to 29 August 2025, the University of Wrocław will host a prestigious international event, a combined conference of EUCMOS (European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy) and EMPOC (European Meeting on Physical Organic Chemistry).
On 21 August 2025, the University of Wrocław signed an agreement with P.B. Alfa Dach Sp. z o.o. for the construction of the Polish–Ukrainian Cooperation Centre, a facility that will include teaching areas and a library for the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences (specifically, the Institute of Musicology). The building will be located at ul. Kuźnicza 29b.
People who meet their partners on the internet may experience lower marital satisfaction and feel love less intensely than those who meet in person. At least, that is what emerges from research conducted by an international team of scientists led by dr Marta Kowal from the UWr Institute of Psychology.
We are speaking with the laureate of the first edition of the award – dr hab. Katarzyna Majbroda, prof. UWr, a literary scholar and anthropologist, whose interests include theories and methodologies in the humanities and social sciences, open education, environmental anthropology, posthumanism and citizen science.
On Tuesday, 5 August, in the afternoon, after spending 1.5 days in Ny-Alesund, the northernmost human settlement, the STS Generał Zaruski with the UWr crew on board set sail. This time, the first goal was to break the ship’s record from 1975. You may ask, what record is that? Well, exactly 50 years ago, STS […]
