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The mentoring program has been implemented by the Academic Career Office of the University of Wrocław for thirteen years. Recruitment for the 14th edition is currently underway. Until December 6, students can read bios of mentors and mentees and apply. This year, there are 63 specialists from various industries waiting for them.

The occupation of the teaching halls in the building at ul. Szewska by student protesters in defense of Free Palestine has been ongoing since June 2024. Today there was a chance to end this protest.

What’s new at the University of Wrocław Press? In our series #MondayswithWUWr, we keep you up to date with the most important events, book news and issues important to the Publishing House! We also encourage you to follow the wuwr.eu website and the Publishing House’s social media – Fb, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. We encourage you to watch!

Two researchers from the University of Wrocław were awarded this year’s Prime Minister’s Award in the category for an outstanding doctoral dissertation: dr Piotr Antoni Kołaczek-Szymański from the Institute of Astronomy, and dr Rafał Muda from the Institute of Psychology.

Why do plants migrate and in which direction? Is it caused by global warming? With what speed do they move?

During the Celebration of Science in Wrocław on 15 November 2024, appointment letters were presented to new members of the Academy of Young Scientists and Artists. The 7-member group included our researcher dr Justyna Zeler from the Faculty of Chemistry.

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of prof. Georges Boulon, Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Wrocław, retired academician of the Faculty of Physics at Claude Bernard Lyon University1 in France, on 17 November 2024.

During the second plenary meeting of the Biotechnology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a by-election was held to select three new members/members of the Committee – specialists in biotechnology. The Committee was composed of three members, including prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, a RDN member and head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology at the Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Wrocław.

Centrum Meta Badań Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego jest współorganizatorem VII Międzynarodowego Kongresu Polskiego Towarzystwa Zdrowia Publicznego, który odbędzie się w dniach 27–28 listopada 2024 roku w Sali Konferencyjnej Państwowego Instytutu Medycznego MSWiA w Warszawie.

We would like to invite you to the second Academic Debate “1000 Days of War in Ukraine” under the patronage of prof. Robert Olkiewicz, rector of the University of Wrocław.

On 13 November 2024, at the Honorary Consulate of India in Wrocław, a ceremony was held to award two vouchers for air tickets to India, for flights Warsaw – Delhi – Warsaw, which were funded by the Honorary Consul of India in Wroclaw, Mr. Kartikey Johri. The persons honoured with the award of the Honorary Consul were Ms Zofia Błasińska and Katarzyna Piróg, outstanding students in the first year of graduate studies in Indian Studies. The two awarded students were selected from among all students of Indian philology from the second year of undergraduate studies, as a result of a secret ballot of the staff of the Department of Indian Studies (ISKŚiO UWr).

Joint Programs means International Joint Studies, a term that covers a wide range of different possibilities for creating study programs in which universities from different countries participate. Participation can take many forms, but two elements are key – the joint creation of the program and the participation of students or staff from all the universities involved.