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On 1 October 2024, the solemn “Gaude Mater Polonia” sounded once again in the Aula Leopoldina, and its baroque interior was filled with the rectors of Wrocław universities, employees, doctoral students and students of the University of
Wrocław, as well as distinguished guests.

The Rectors of Wrocław public universities are honoured to invite to the Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 of Wrocław Universities. The inaugural speech will be delivered by prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz, Chairman of the Collegium of Rectors of Wrocław and Opole Universities.

The Rector and the Senate of the University of Wrocław would like to invite to the Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025 on 1 October, which will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Aula Leopoldina, pl. Uniwersytecki 1 (main building).

On 26 September, the International Office of the University of Wrocław organised Orientation Days and a Welcome Ceremony for all international students coming to study at our university.

There’s a lot going on at the University of Wrocław Press and we want to keep you informed! 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 and Instagram.

Can keeping a healthy diet lead to a pathology? How social media can influence nutrition habits and what increases the risk of orthorexia? We are discussing the issue with prof. dr hab. Anna Brytek-Matera, a specialist in the field of orthorexia nervosa and eating disorders, the author of the first scientific monograph about orthorexia nervosa in the world, Orthorexia Nervosa: Current Understanding and Perspectives, published by Cambridge University Press.

The Cymeliad, which is the adaptation days for students at the University Library, starts in October! We invite you to your first encounter with the University Library, where you will spend many enjoyable moments throughout your studies.

Dr Kamil Blaszczyński from the Faculty of Social Sciences received a research grant entitled ‘Test przekonań religijno-nacjonalnych – narzędzie badawcze’. Five of our young researchers were included in the next NCN Miniatura grant.

The seventh international congress of the Central European Germanist Association (Mitteleuropäischer Germanistenverband) was held at the Universitatea Tehnică de Construcții din București (UTCB) in September. More than 130 speakers from 20 countries worldwide attended the congress.

I would like to thank you once again for your commitment to securing our buildings, collections and research apparatus during the floods. Fortunately, in Wrocław it ended only in danger. But moments like these make us realise how important it is to act together and help each other.

To support parents and childcare providers and those in direct contact with children, researchers have created a guide that can help children recover from flood trauma.