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Obesity is a global problem, but in Poland it is an especially important issue for consideration. Hence, Wroclaw Medical University introduces the health campaign raising awareness about obesity, which is supported by the University of Wrocław.

The project “W kierunku stosowalnych nadprzewodzących stopów o wysokiej entropii o wysokich gęstościach prądu krytycznego” (eng. ‘Towards applicable high-entropy superconducting alloys with high critical current densities’) has received support from the National Science Centre. The Miniature grant will go to dr Piotr Sobota, assistant professor at the Department of Nuclear Physics and Dielectrics of the Institute of Experimental Physics of the UWr Faculty of Physics and Astronomy.

Applications are open until 31 August for the third edition of the IDUB Teaching Award. In this article, we present an interview about didactics in the administration field with the winner of the IDUB first edition teaching award – dr hab. Magdalena Tabernacka, prof. UWr from the Institute of Administrative Sciences. Prof. Tabernacka received IDUB teaching award also for co-authoring the publication “Europa, dialog i perspektywy młodych ludzi w zwierciadle wyników badań prowadzonych w projekcie GANESA”.

An international research team led by dr Łukasz Stachnik from the Institute of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Wrocław argues that valley glaciers may make an important contribution to the supply of nutrients to Arctic ecosystems. The team’s findings have been published in the journal Chemical Geology.

We announce that our University has been selected as the only Polish institution and one of just two European universities to participate in the prestigious Early Adopters Programme run by Clarivate Analytics.

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.