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After great interest in the first edition in 2025, the Library of the University of Wrocław once again opens its doors for lovers of books, history, and culture! The second edition of „NIE!straszna Biblioteka 2.0” (The Not-So-Scary-Library 2.0) will take place in 2026. It is oriented towards high school students. This event aims to demystify the image of a library as a quiet and serious place and to show it as an open, friendly, passionate, and inspirational space.

For several years now, the Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław has been open to visitors during the winter months. From January to March it is also open at weekends, allowing guests to explore its rich greenhouse collections more extensively.

Today, 24 February, at 5:30 p.m., a meeting devoted to the reconstruction and construction of the Kashubian bagpipes kôzlô barina will take place at the Municipal Centre of Culture, Sport and Recreation in Chmielno, with the participation of a scholar from the University of Wrocław.

The Wrocław Branch of the Polish Biochemical Society has elected its authorities for the 2026–2029 term. The Chair of the Branch is prof. dr hab. Aleksander Czogalla, a scientist from the Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Wrocław (Department of Cytobiochemistry).

The Historical Institute at the University of Wrocław invites you to the next Szewski czwartek – this time opening up the vast medieval world of trade to participants.

Staff of the Kazimierz Maślankiewicz Mineralogical Museum of the University of Wrocław invite you to the opening of the exhibition Fruits of the “Rare Earths”, where visitors will be able to see sculptures and macrophotographs by Janina Kudlaszyk-Wrotnowska and Albert Wrotnowski. The event will take place on 26 February at 5.00 p.m. at the Museum’s branch at ul. Kuźnicza 22.

On Thursday, 19 February, the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław hosted the 3rd Wrocław Luminescence Seminar (WSL). The event brought together experts in electron spectroscopy and young researchers from three key institutions: the University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The Library of the University of Wrocław invites you to another lecture as part of the ‘Colloquia Bibliologa Wratislaviensia’ series.

The Department of Strategic Communications and Countering International Disinformation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland informs about a competition announced by the NATO Science and Technology Organization (the Women & Girls in Science Challenge, WGS2026).

Linda Parys – creativity trainer, brand strategist, coach and graduate of French Studies at the University of Wrocław – is one of the lecturers of the extracurricular course ‘Twoje kompetencje przyszłości’, run by the Academic Career Office at the University of Wrocław. As part of the course, participating students and graduates will have the opportunity to work on their own development, discover their individual resources and learn how to use their creativity.

The International Office at the University of Wrocław organises Orientation Days and a Welcome Ceremony every semester for all international students who come to study with us.

The staff of the Faculty of Biotechnology are pleased to invite you to a lecture by Robert Zarnowski, PhD (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA), entitled “The Untold Story of eDNA in Candida Biofilm Extracellular Vesicles”. The lecture will take place on 24 February at 1.00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1.05 of the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław (ul. F. Joliot-Curie 14a). Dr Zarnowski is visiting the University of Wrocław under the “Visiting Professors” programme (IDUB).