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Joanna Helios, a PhD in Legal Sciences, is a professor at the University of Wrocław and a legal advisor at the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Wrocław. Her research interests include violence against children, legal protection of animals, ethics in legal professions, and statutory interpretation. Recently, she was appointed as the Rector’s Representative for protection from harm to minors at the University of Wrocław. Professor Helios talks about the standards of protection of minors at our university.

On 1 October 2024, the Community of Ukrainian Students and Academicians was established within the walls of the University of Wroclaw. WUSA is the first Ukrainian student community during the time of the University of Wrocław, with the aim of integrating Ukrainian students into Polish society. The community took almost a whole year to form, starting its existence with social integration meetings in a small but nevertheless passionate group of Ukrainian students.

The 36th Teachers’ Forum National Academic Conference organised by the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Wrocław will take place on 25 and 26 November. Representatives of many disciplines will focus on the theme of this year’s edition: “Pedagogy and education in the Anthropocene.”

Elections to the UWr Student Self-Government’s statutory bodies – the Student Parliament, the Faculty Student Self-Government Council and department heads – are approaching.

Dr Julia Chudzian from the Faculty of Biotechnology has been awarded funding by the National Science Centre through the MINIATURA competition for her research titled “Alternatywne formaty przeciwciał rozpoznające receptor 3 czynników wzrostu fibroblastów do zastosowań terapeutycznych.”

The Student Scientific Association briefly. operating at the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication at the University of Wrocław, together with former members of the association, wrote the report ‘ADHD. I jak tu planować?’ [eng. ADHD. And how to plan?].

The UWr Department of Climatology and Atmospheric Protection invites kindergarten and school teachers, environmental education educators and anyone interested in environmental issues to an online workshop ‘How to talk to children about air quality?’.

The role of consumers in the creation of the phenomenon of deliberate obsolescence will be examined by dr Alicja Sielska, assistant professor at the Department of General Economic Theory of the Institute of Economic Sciences of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław.

On 1 October, the Environmental Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025, i.e. the inauguration of all public universities in Wrocław, was held in the Aula Leopoldina of tje University of Wrocław. The inaugural speech was delivered by the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz, Chairman of the Collegium of Rectors of Wrocław and Opole Universities.

Dr Wojciech Wiertelak from the Faculty of Biotechnology has received a research grant entitled ‘Wpływ terapii galaktozą na transkryptom komórek ludzkich’. Five of our young scientists were included in the next NCN Miniatura grant.

We are deeply saddened to announce that Krzysztof Burski, a long-time employee of the University Library in Wrocław, passed away from us on 29 September 2024 at the age of 91.

We were saddened to learn that prof. Ryszard Herbut, an eminent political scientist, long-standing employee of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Wrocław and its director, passed away on 2 October 2024. On behalf of the dean’s authorities and the staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences, we extend our condolences to his family and loved ones.