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Four students from the University of Wrocław became laureates of the BioLAB Program 2024/2025. One-year traineeships in American research institutions as a part of the program were awarded to Iga Sudoł and Maja Wierzbińska, second-cycle students in Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology at the Faculty of Chemistry. Weronika Gniadzik, a second-cycle student in Genetics and Experimental Biology at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, and Dominika Rudzka, a second-cycle student in Genetics and Experimental Biology at the Faculty of Biological Sciences.

This year, just before the recruitment for the next academic year, individual faculties and institutes of the University of Wrocław will organise OPEN DAYS. This will be a series of events during which candidates for studies at our University will have the opportunity to get to know the fields of study, scientific associations, see the buildings of the faculty or institute, listen to interesting popular science lectures, meet their future lecturers, talk to students of specific fields of study and, of course, find out everything about the university recruitment procedure. Below you will find information about the Open Days – the list will be updated regularly as we receive information from the individual units.

The first edition of the Artificial Intelligence Olympiad starts today, 22 April. The initiative is the result of extensive cooperation between four Polish universities: Jagiellonian University, Adam Mickiewicz University, the University of Warsaw and the University of Wrocław (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science). The aim of the Olympiad is to select a four-person team to represent Poland at the International Olympiad of Artificial Intelligence for secondary school students (IOAI) , which will be held in Burgas (Bulgaria) from 9-15 August this year.

From 15 to 20 April, the Digital Justice Center had the pleasure of hosting a Professor from the University of Cologne, Thomasa Weigenda. This visit became possible through funding received from a competition awarding short visits for professors, financed by IDUB (Initiative of Excellence – Research University)
There’s a lot going on at the University of Wrocław Press and we want to keep you informed! With this post, we start #mondayswithWUWr. We will keep you informed about the most important book launches, events and promotions, invite you to publications and describe what’s new! Today is the first Monday summary. For more, visit wuwr.eu! […]

In October 1940, more than a year after the start of World War II and the occupation of Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto was established. During the initial year, Jewish rights were getting progressively limited. A few months after the war began, Jews were required to wear armbands bearing the Star of David, which made them easily spotted in the city, leaving them open to violence. Various rights, such as the right to keep savings in the bank or to receive a pension, were taken away from them. At a certain point, even though the ghetto was yet to be officially created, Jews were prohibited from settling outside of the settlement area, a place specified as being at risk of an epidemic outbreak. Later, due to high population density and poor sanitation, an epidemic broke out in the ghetto.

This has been verified by researchers from the University of Wrocław and the Wrocław Medical University. National Geographic has just written about the research project „Odtworzenie i analiza preparatów leczniczych zidentyfikowanych na podstawie egodokumentów epoki staropolskiej (XVI-XVIII wiek)” (Reconstruction and analysis of medicinal preparations identified on the basis of Old Polish documents (16th-18th century)).

We invite adult women to participate in scientific research titled: “Functioning of women with irritable bowel syndrome; psychophysiological and nutritional aspects.” The research is carried out by the Eating Behaviour Research Laboratory (EAT Lab) team at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Wrocław. This research project received permission from the Committee for the Ethics of Scientific Research at the UWr Institute of Psychology. (permission number: 2023/ACDRT).
On 16 April 2024, the signing of a letter of intent commencing cooperation between the University of Wrocław and PPG Business Global Services took place at the University of Wrocław. On behalf of the University, the letter was signed by His Magnificence Rector of the UWr, prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz, and, on behalf of […]