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In 2025, two equal awards in the category of theoretical aspects of computer science were given to dr Piotr Ostropolski-Nalewaja from the University of Wrocław and Marek Sokołowski from the University of Warsaw, and in the category of applied computer science to Marcin Sendera from the Jagiellonian University.

On 1 October, the Parents and Children’s Zone was opened at the Library of the University of Wrocław.

Another year at the University of Wrocław, as part of the ARQUS European University Alliance, has begun. Thanks to these projects, initiatives constantly come to life, crossing not only national borders, but also redefining academic life. In the interview with dr Katarzyna Kajdanek, sociologist and ARQUS project participant, we can take a closer look at an international collaboration in urban research and reflect on academic culture.

The Institute of Geography and Regional Development of the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management at the University of Wrocław invites you to an open lecture by Prof. Amy Holt (Florida State University, USA) entitled From Ice to Rivers: Glacier Organic Carbon and Shifting Watershed Biogeochemistry in a Warming World.

On Wednesday, 1 October, the community of the University of Wrocław officially inaugurated the 2025/2026 academic year in the Aula Leopoldina.

– With the planting of the first of eighty trees, we are beginning a series of initiatives that not only symbolise our history and tradition, but also our responsibility towards the future – said the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. Robert Olkiewicz, as he planted the first tree, thus launching the cycle of planting eighty trees to mark today’s anniversary of the University’s 80th year, celebrated on 1 October.

Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy invites for an open lecture of the visiting professor – Dr Christian Pfeifer (ZARM – Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity, University of Bremen, Germany) entitled From kinetic gases to an accelerated expanding universe – The Finsler Friedmann equation.

The Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Wrocław invites to a lecture by Professor Martin Embley (University of Newcastle, Biosciences Institute, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Fellow of the Royal Society) entitled The Tree of Life and the Origin of Eukaryotes.

The Rector and Senate of the University of Wrocław would like to invite you to the Inauguration of the new Academic Year 2025/2026, which will begin on 1 October at 11:00 a.m. in the Aula Leopoldina, pl. Uniwersytecki 1 (main building).

The Rectors of Wrocław public universities are honoured to invite to the Inauguration of the Academic Year 2025/2026 of Wrocław Universities. The inaugural speech will be delivered by ks. prof. dr hab. Sławomir Stasiak, Chairman of the Collegium of Rectors of Wrocław and Opole Universities.

The Magnetic Materials Research Group (Head: prof. Alina Bieńko) at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Wrocław, is pleased to invite you to a lecture by prof. Jerzy Krzystek (USA) entitled Single-Molecule Magnetism: History, Current Trends and Application of High-field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Methods (Polish title: Magnetyzm jednocząsteczkowy: historia, obecne kierunki i zastosowanie metod elektronowego rezonansu paramagnetycznego w silnych polach). The lecture will take place on 30 September 2025 at 10:15 at the Faculty of Chemistry, ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14. The event is organised within the framework of the Visiting Professors – IDUB UWr programme.

On Wednesday, 1 October, applications will begin to be accepted for the next edition of the Student Scholarship Programme.