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Poles in Brazil fought not only pumas and snakes, but also for the Polish language. Dr Fabricio Wichrowski, a Brazilian historian and archaeologist of Polish descent, talks about the Polish diaspora in Brazil. Dr Wichrowski is currently at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław as a fellow of NAWA’s Polonista programme.
There has been considerable discussion within the academic community at the University of Wrocław regarding the current situation and future of the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies (CWB), which the University co-manages with the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). We provide clarification.
Applications are open until 31 August for the third edition of the IDUB Teaching Award. We speak with a previous recipient of the IDUB teaching award – dr hab. Maciej Matyka, prof. UWr, from the Institute of Theoretical Physics – about teaching in the field of physics.
The academic conference “1000 years of Poland in Europe – a balance of experience and visions for the future”, held in June 2025 at the University of Wrocław, provided an interdisciplinary platform for debate on Poland’s place in Europe.
On 18 July, 185 students from English-language degree programmes took part in the Graduation Ceremony held in the magnificent Aula Leopoldina — a formal celebration marking the awarding of diplomas to graduates.
Urszula Kozioł, poet and honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław, passed away.
As every week, the University of Wrocław Press brings you a new release. This time, we are pleased to present the latest publication edited by prof. Jerzy Skorupka and dr Artur Kowalczyk: Fundamenty nowego procesu karnego. Does the Polish criminal procedure require a thorough overhaul? What values should underpin a modern model of criminal proceedings? […]
The “Switch on classy Passenger Mode” awareness and education campaign has been launched with the aim of raising passengers’ awareness about the consequences of inappropriate behaviour, promoting a culture of kindness and responsibility during air travel, and reducing the number of incidents that disrupt both flight comfort and safety.
The 44th Stochastic Processes and their Applications (SPA) conference — the world’s largest academic event dedicated to stochastic processes and their applications, one of the key areas of modern mathematics — is drawing to a close in Wrocław.
Applications are open until 31 August for the third edition of the IDUB Teaching Award. On teaching in the field of biotechnology and the new programme in Medical Molecular Biotechnology established as part of IDUB – a conversation with prof. Dagmara Jakimowicz
In June and July, the Service Team for Support and Accessibility hosted a series of effective communication workshops for students and doctoral students at the University of Wrocław. We held four sessions, attended by over 50 participants.
The fundamental reason why the White Eagle could not have been replaced by a portrait of the King of Prussia, Frederick II, lies in the fact that these two representations were never located in the same place. The White Eagle, in various forms, has been displayed since the 1950s on the western wall of the […]
