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In the world of science, every detail matters. Even those hidden in a thousand-year-old tooth enamel. The study described in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) sheds new light on prehistoric communities of the Nile Valley and provides us with unique information about the biological and cultural relationships between peoples of ancient North-Eastern Africa.
On April 2-3, the meeting of the COST Action scientific network “Regaining Linkage? Digital Technologies Improving Civic Engagement, Political Organizations and Democracy” (RELINK²) is held. The meeting is hosted by the Institute of Political Science at the University of Wroclaw. The event brings together more than 60 researchers and invited guests from 29 countries to debate artificial intelligence and its potential for civic and political engagement, digital competence in democracy, and the digitization of political organizations.
Prof. dr hab. Eugenia Fojcik-Mastalska, born on July 8, 1943, passed away on April 3, 2025.
The employees of the Department of Microbial Ecology and Acarontomology at the University of Wrocław would like to invite you to an open lecture as part of the visiting professor programme (IDUB), which will be given by prof. Marco Pombi from the Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases – Parasitology Section at the University of Rome ‘Sapienza’.
April 2025 marks the double and round jubilee of two important events in the history of Poland: The 1000th anniversary of the coronation of its first king and the 500th anniversary of the Prussian Homage. On this occasion, the University Library in Wrocław is presenting the most valuable objects from its collections. Mainly artefacts related to the history of Poland during this period or those times, including manuscripts, antique prints, maps and iconography.
The prestigious journal Nature Communications has published an article entitled Evidence of isospin-symmetry violation in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei (pl. Dowód naruszenia symetrii izospinowej w wysokoenergetycznych zderzeniach jąder atomowych). The authors of the publication are scientists from the NA61/SHINE group, which includes researchers from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Wrocław: Z. Fodor, M. Kuchowicz, M. Lewicki, M. Naskręt, R. Szukiewicz, L. Turko, O. Vitiuk and E. Zherebtsova.
Graduates of the University of Wrocław! The Academic Career Office has prepared several interesting initiatives for you! – Wrocław Magnolia Competition You can submit your master’s thesis, which you defended in the academic year 2023/2024, that dealt with improving the quality of life of Wrocław residents in the broadest sense. You can win up to […]
During the anniversary conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Polish Institute of World Art Studies, on 28 March in Warsaw, prof. dr hab. Anna Kutaj-Markowska, head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Institute of Art History at the University of Wrocław, received an award from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Anna Kutaj-Markowska, head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Institute of Art History at the University of Wrocław, received the silver Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Achievement from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage at the anniversary conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Polish Institute for Polish Institute of World Art Studies in Warsaw on 28 March.
In our latest video, we explain step by step how the application process at our university works.
On 28 March 2024, the Oratorium Marianum at the University of Wrocław hosted the presentation of a report titled ‘Model współpracy Miasta Wrocław z organizacjami pozarządowymi w okresie 2004-2024. W kierunku europeizacji standardów współzarządzania’ (eng. The Model of Cooperation Between the City of Wrocław and Non-Governmental Organizations in 2004–2024: Towards the Europeanization of Co-Governance Standards). The event brought together representatives from Wrocław’s local government, NGOs, and the academic community.
The AJMP editorial team is delighted that our academic journal, Academic Journal of Modern Philology (ISSN 2299–7164; e-ISSN 2353–3218), has been accepted into the prestigious SCOPUS index database!
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‘Krajobraz po powodzi’ (eng. Landscape after the flood) is the title of the seventeenth episode of the podcast Fantastyczny Dolny Śląsk, whose guest was dr Marek Kasprzak, prof. UWr from the Department of Geomorphology of the Institute of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Wrocław. During the conversation, prof. Kasprzak discussed the causes, effects and prevention of flooding. We encourage you to listen!
Until Monday 31 March, the Rector’s Office of the University of Wrocław is accepting applications for the Wrocław Freedom badge of honour. The badge of honour ‘Wrocław Freedom’ is awarded to persons who, in the period of communist dictatorship before 1989, while being members of the University of Wrocław community (employees or students) stood up […]
