UL: Cooperation

For the twenty-seventh time, during the Lower Silesian Science Festival, the ‘Physical Circus’ at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy captivated enthusiasts of science and spectacular experiments.

The Library of the University of Wrocław just implemented the state-of-the-art Alma system and began co-cataloguing with the National Library of Poland. The cooperation within the nationwide librarian network, made possible due to unified rules of cataloguing, benefits both librarians, who may now manage the collections more efficiently, and readers, who gain broader, quicker and more transparent access to the information.

In September, the Institute of German Studies at the University of Wrocław hosted the tenth anniversary edition of the three-day international academic conference series ‘Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław’.

The New Horizons Association invites you to take part in the Academy of World Cinema and the Academy of Polish Cinema.

On Tuesday 16 September, the Lower Silesian Congress of Young Explorers will begin – a unique two-day event aimed at secondary school pupils with an interest in mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence.

Prof. Michał Tomczak from the University of Wrocław’s Institute of Astronomy was elected the new president of the Polish Astronomical Society.

The jubilee, 20th Polish-Belarusian Scientific and Practical Round Table, titled “Kształtowanie społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Białorusi a polskie doświadczenia transformacyjne” (eng. “The Relation between Shaping the Civil Society of Belarus and Polish Experiences with Democratic Transformation”), will take place on Friday, November 3. The event will be held at 9 a.m. at the University of Wrocław’s Institute of International and Security Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences located at ul. Koszarowa 3, room 114. The co-organisers of the event are the Municipal Office of Wrocław and the Free Belarus University Foundation.

Obesity is a global problem, but in Poland it is an especially important issue for consideration. Hence, Wroclaw Medical University introduces the health campaign raising awareness about obesity, which is supported by the University of Wrocław.

The human brain contains 86 billion neurons and just as many glial cells, responsible for supportive, nutritional, and protective functions. Each neuron can form connections with thousands of others, creating a network of trillions of synapses. These connections determine the brain’s capabilities – they are what make it so extraordinary. And so difficult to study.

People who meet their partners on the internet may experience lower marital satisfaction and feel love less intensely than those who meet in person. At least, that is what emerges from research conducted by an international team of scientists led by dr Marta Kowal from the UWr Institute of Psychology.

Poland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union is drawing to a close. One of the final and significant events of this presidency was the European University Alliances Forum, held on 12–13 June at the Library of the University of Wrocław. The University of Wrocław hosted the Forum on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.