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Who was really the man commonly believed to be St. Nicholas or Santa Claus? What is his true story? Has his image changed over the centuries? During the lecture, prof. dr hab. Leszek Berezowski will talk about the history of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus, his origins and activities, ancient customs, traditions and beliefs, and how the figures of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus has changed over the centuries.

The OPUS 27 and PRELUDIUM 23 competitions were announced in March this year, and decided on 4 December 2024. At the University of Wrocław in this distribution, OPUS funds will go to 12 and PRELUDIUM funds to 13 researchers. Congratulations!

The UWr Faculty of Chemistry invites you to the lecture “From complexes to nanoparticles and back”, which will be given by prof. Pavel Kopel (Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc).

Once again, the UWr Institute of Computer Science will be the organiser of the ICPC Central Europe Regional Contest. From 13 to 15 December, our university will host seventy three-person teams consisting of programming enthusiasts from top universities in Central Europe, who will face complex algorithmic tasks.

Prof. Marcin Wodziński of the Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław, who received the 2024 Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, considered the most important scientific award in the country, talks about his scientific activities!

Registration for the Christmas event at the UWr Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology has begun.

The Second University Debate under the patronage of the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz, the following people took part in the debate: 

The Institute of Art History, together with the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Wrocław, the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław and the Ossolineum National Institute, cordially invite you to the international scientific conference Angelus Silesius: Philosophy, Mysticism and Art. The conference will be held on 10-11 December 2024 in the Conference Hall of the Ossolineum. The conference program can be found at:

With deep regret we announce that dr Jadwiga Kowalewska, born on 14 May 1946, passed away on 29 November 2024.

Our researchers have observed a strictly protected species of black bee on the campus of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Wrocław. It is the first ever occurrence of the insect in this country region!

In our series #MondayswithWUWr, we keep you up to date with the most important events, book news and issues important to the Publishing House! We also encourage you to follow the wuwr.eu website and the Publishing House’s social media – Fb, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. We encourage you to watch!

Three scientists from our university have received grants for research in the sixth and final round of the MINIATURA 8 competition, funded by the NCN (National Science Centre). We congratulate dr Paulina Czechowicz, dr Agata Draus-Kłobucka and dr Szymon Beniuk!