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Stanford University and Elsevier have published another edition of the ranking of researchers who have had the greatest impact on the development of science worldwide (the so-called TOP 2% list). We are delighted that every year more and more researchers from the University of Wrocław appear in this ranking.

Visiting kolekcjalwowska.uwr.edu.pl website, we see not only familiar faces who created University of Lviv but also buildings where they worked, smiled and talked about life itself. We turn back in time and we can access everything with a single click On September 25th scholars will recap their years-long work during the conference in the university Library.

During the inauguration of the academic year, which is soon to be held at the University of Wrocław, the Heisig Prize will be given to the winner — and it is already known who that is!

In September, the University of Wrocław hosted the 18th edition of the conference Formal Description of Slavic Languages.

On September 23, the University of Wrocław welcomed the participants of the international academic conference organised as part of the “European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle” project.

On September 25, at 11 a.m., a seminar summarising the project “Alma Mater Leopoliensis. History of Lviv humanities 1661-1946” will take place at the Library of the University of Wrocław. Among those who participated in this landmark event were staff members from the UWr Institute of Polish Studies, the Library of the University of Wrocław, and Polish and Ukrainian archivists and researchers.

A scientific conference organised under the auspices of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) entitled ‘DNA Topology and Topoisomerases in Genome Dynamics’ has concluded in Szklarska Poręba.

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Francesca Fornari from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice entitled O krytyce genetycznej i rękopisach Zbigniewa Herberta – część II, organised as part of a short visit by visiting professors. The meeting will take place on 22 October 2025 at 2 p.m. in room 145 of the Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław (pl. Biskupa Nankiera 15b, 50-140 Wrocław).

For the twenty-seventh time, during the Lower Silesian Science Festival, the ‘Physical Circus’ at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy captivated enthusiasts of science and spectacular experiments.

The Library of the University of Wrocław just implemented the state-of-the-art Alma system and began co-cataloguing with the National Library of Poland. The cooperation within the nationwide librarian network, made possible due to unified rules of cataloguing, benefits both librarians, who may now manage the collections more efficiently, and readers, who gain broader, quicker and more transparent access to the information.

Dear UWr Students, from 23 September (7:00) to 4 October (22:00) you can sign up for free extracurricular classes offered as part of the University-wide Extracurricular Course System.

We invite you to read the latest issue of Przegląd Uniwersytecki No. 1 (245) 2025.