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We are familiar with Lycaon from Africa, but around half a million years ago, these predatory mammals also inhabited the territory of present-day Poland. Scientists from the University of Wrocław, who examined the remains of the last Eurasian Lycaon from the Wieluń Jurassic system, refer to it as “Psi Kuba Rozpruwacz” (Canine Jack the Ripper). It was capable of bringing down a very large prey and consuming its flesh whole.

Following the recently signed letter of intent on mutual cooperation https://uwr.edu.pl/ossolineum-i-uniwersytet-chca-laczyc-sily-wydawnicze/, the University of Wrocław and the Ossolineum National Institute concluded an agreement on 29 April 2024 concerning publishing cooperation in the fields of history, philosophy, art, culture, social sciences and other aspects of the broadly defined humanities of our region.

Thursday, 25 April 2024, marked the end of a series of workshops on the origins of the manuscript book and writing offered to students as part of the BEYOND LANGUAGE course. During the first two meetings, mgr Dawid Kuriański and dr Adam Poznański from the Manuscripts Department of the University Library in Wrocław, introduced the students of the MSI College to the fascinating origins and dynamic changes in writing over the past centuries. Writing itself, and even more so the written and printed book, are groundbreaking, albeit relatively ‘new’ inventions in the history of cultural and linguistic development.

Candidates for deans have already been formally elected at four UWr faculties. Once the elections have been approved by the University Electoral Commission, the Rector will appoint the new deans on 1 September, in addition to the three deans from the faculties that were created after the division of the Faculty of Letters. In the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Social Communication and Media and the Faculty of Neophilology, elections will be held in October and November.

Another edition of Millennium Docs Against Gravity is coming! The Wrocław edition of the festival will last from the 10th to the 19th of May. At Lower Silesian Film Centre (Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe; DCF), we will present over seventy documentaries from all over the world. Unforgettable cinematic journeys will traditionally be accompanied by meetings with creators and protagonists and debates regarding important topics presented on the screen.

Wednesday evening. The dissecting room. Where else but here is the best place to learn about anatomy?

Our students and doctoral students attended a special educational workshop on the history of anatomy by candlelight. In the dissecting room at the University of Life Sciences, they had the opportunity to actually participate in an attempt to recreate a modern lesson in animal anatomy.

Lemkos are a national minority whose origins date back to the period between the 14th and the first half of the 16th century. They lived in the Lemko Region, an area situated between Polish and Slovakian ethnic territory. The region included Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski, and fragments of Bieszczady Mountains. These individuals are part of the Slavic nations and have Byzantine origin in their faith. They have their own language, writing, culture, and customs. For a few hundred years, they were themselves, Rusyn–Lemkos.

The result of the project “Partnerstwo z DAWG dla rozwoju kompetencji społecznych i biznesowych studentów i doktorantów Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego” (‘Partnership with DAWG for the development of social and business competences of students and doctoral students at the University of Wrocław’) is a declaration of cooperation signed on 26 April 2024 between the UWr and the Lower Silesian Agency for Economic Cooperation.