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On 11th of May 2024, the 12th charity Bieg Firmowy [eng. Company Run] took place. It was a 5 x 5 kilometers relay. The idea behind the run was to promote a healthy rivalry and physical activity among the employees through running, integration and cooperation within and between companies. Above all, however, it was to contribute to charity for disabled and ill children. The main originator and organiser has been the Everest Foundation.

The 12th International Staff Training Week organised by the International Office began on 20 May.

On 17 May, on the eve of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the capture of Monte Cassino by General Władysław Anders’ soldiers, two representatives of the University of Wrocław paid tribute to the fallen soldiers buried at the Polish War Cemetery on Monte Cassino. Rafał Tomczak from the University Centre for Physical Education and Sport, the initiator of the bicycle rally organised by the Lower Silesian Association of Health Culture and Sport NSZZ ‘Solidarność’, in which he holds the position of president, and Tomasz Kalota – Director of the University Centre for Digital Humanities, a participant in the bicycle rally after running 10 km, reached the Polish War Cemetery on Monte Cassino in the evening hours.

The University of Wrocław participated in the EU-funded EDUPART project, offering distance learning courses in the field of public policy and public administration via Teams app (February-May 2024)

The University of Wrocław and Sokhumi State University of Tbilisi (Georgia) have solemnly confirmed their willingness to continue their ongoing cooperation from 2019.

On 10-12 May 2024, the first edition of the BioLOCK International Conference took place at the Faculty of Biotechnology.

We present the composition of the new Rector’s College of the University of Wrocław. As of September, changes will take place in the positions of Vice-Rectors for student affairs and for finance and development.

In this year’s edition of the Young Talents competition, a young chemist from the University of Wrocław, Daria Wojtala, was nominated for the main prize in the scientific success category.

The President of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities (CRUP), prof. dr hab. Bogumiła Kaniewska, on behalf of the Polish university community, appealed to the authorities, as well as the peoples of Israel and Palestine, to end the conflict and cease hostilities.

On 17 May 2024, the educational project ESCAPETRUCK was launched in Wrocław and is visiting Poland for the second time.

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