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The sculpture of the gorilla Pussi, the projector head made for the Luftwaffe, professor Rospond’s flashcards, professor Teisseyre’s notes from Lviv, and a 19th-century sewerage map from 1879 are just some of the objects featured in the exhibition “Rzeczy Mówią. Uniwersyteckie historie opowiedziane przedmiotami” (eng. Objects That Speak: University stories told through things), which has been viewed by 69,000 visitors at the University of Wrocław Museum since July 2024.

On behalf of the Scholarly and Organizing Committee, we are delighted to announce that this year’s BEYOND LANGUAGE International Conference for Young Scholars will be hosted at five esteemed universities across Europe from May 14th to June 12th.

From 22 April to 7 May 2025, eight students of Spatial Management from the Institute of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Wrocław are taking part in a study visit to Tsinghua University in Beijing – ranked the best university in China according to the Shanghai Ranking, and 22nd globally.

On 24–25 April, the IDUB Project Office at the University of Wrocław hosted the 4th Conference of IDUB Implementation Teams, aimed at programme managers and implementation teams.

On 7 May 2025 at 10:15, the Institute of English Studies at the University of Wrocław will host an open lecture organised as part of the IDUB programme. The lecture, entitled “Malinowski and the Eternal Return of the Speaker”, will be delivered by Professor John E. Joseph (University of Edinburgh, Scotland).

If you haven’t yet decided how to spend your May Day weekend, we warmly invite you to visit the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden and the Arboretum in Wojsławice.
The Botanical Garden is currently at its springtime best. Although the Tulip Festival was officially scheduled for April 26, the tulips are still in full bloom and will remain a spectacular sight until at least May 4.

On 7–9 May 2025, the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław will host Prof. Alessandro Laio from the Theoretical and Scientific Data Science Group at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy.ytetu Wrocławskiego będzie gościł prof. Alessandro Laio z Theoretical and Scientific Data Science Group działającej przy Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) w Trieście we Włoszech.

At first glance, a thick blanket of snow may seem uninviting for a beetle. Carabus variolosus is different. This beetle is the variegated ground beetle, which thrives in areas where snow lingers. Snow cover is a crucial factor influencing the population size of this species.

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The Institute of Romance Studies and the Institute of English Studies cordially invite you to open lectures from professors who visit the Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures as part of IDUB visits at the beginning of May: Prof. Marjana Collettiego of University College London and Dr. Víctora Pueyo Zoco of Temple University (USA).

The Institute of International and Security Studies is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Prof. Matthew Schnurr entitled ‘The rhetoric and reality of digital agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa’, which will take place on 20 May 2025 at 1:45 p.m. in room 101 of the Institute of International and Security Studies at ul. Koszarowa 3.