UL: Popularisation of science

More than 30 valuable archaeological sites, previously unknown cave paintings, fragments of pottery and stone tools have been identified by Polish archaeologists in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. This is the first Polish research at the site.

We cordially invite you to the 1st Wrocław Mineral and Jewellery Exchange ‘Pod Platanami’, which will take place on 14.09.2024 on the beautiful Zwierzycki Boulevard by the Pomeranian Bridge.

The event, in which the UWr Institute of Geological Sciences will participate, is held under the patronage of His Magnificence the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz.

Is mathematics still the queen of sciences? This question will certainly be answered in the affirmative by young and talented mathematics enthusiasts from all over Poland, who will turn out in large numbers at the University of Wrocław for the 9th Congress of Young Mathematicians.

  “We the People …” This is a beginning of the famous preamble to the U.S. Constitution, which – as the world’s first basic law – went into effect on 4 March 1789. However, it is not always remembered that the basis of this constitution was an important document signed a dozen years earlier.    

The fourth edition of the international conference of young researchers BEYOND LANGUAGE 2024 is already a thing of the past. This year, speakers from Israel, Romania, Ukraine, Dresden, Ireland, Wrocław, Poznań, Kraków, Olsztyn, Gdańsk and Warsaw met for four days in May at the Jagiellonian University (UJ), the University of Wrocław (UWr), Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) and online to discuss, among other things: humor, Chinese novels, Georgian verbs, Dongba symbols, the language of poetry, the etymology of words, map grammar, mythical heroes, Homeric comparisons, syncretic cultural forms, interference of worlds and melic translation.

The spring edition of the Tutoring Academy course starts this Saturday, 11 May (there are still places available – you are welcome!). The next edition – the autumn edition – starts on 14 September and will run until 27 October. Registration is ongoing.

Lemkos are a national minority whose origins date back to the period between the 14th and the first half of the 16th century. They lived in the Lemko Region, an area situated between Polish and Slovakian ethnic territory. The region included Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski, and fragments of Bieszczady Mountains. These individuals are part of the Slavic nations and have Byzantine origin in their faith. They have their own language, writing, culture, and customs. For a few hundred years, they were themselves, Rusyn–Lemkos.

In October 1940, more than a year after the start of World War II and the occupation of Warsaw, the Warsaw Ghetto was established. During the initial year, Jewish rights were getting progressively limited. A few months after the war began, Jews were required to wear armbands bearing the Star of David, which made them easily spotted in the city, leaving them open to violence. Various rights, such as the right to keep savings in the bank or to receive a pension, were taken away from them. At a certain point, even though the ghetto was yet to be officially created, Jews were prohibited from settling outside of the settlement area, a place specified as being at risk of an epidemic outbreak. Later, due to high population density and poor sanitation, an epidemic broke out in the ghetto.

W dniach 21-23 marca 2024 odbyła się w Warszawie druga z zaplanowanych trzech międzynarodowych konferencji The Lost-and-Found. Revising Art Stories in Search of Potential Changes. Zorganizowano ją dzięki współpracy głównie trzech instytucji: Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Universidade Nova de Lisboa oraz Polskiego Instytutu Studiów nad Sztuką Świata. Pierwsze zgromadzenie, w Lizbonie, odbyło się w dniach 6-7 grudnia 2023, a szczegółowe sprawozdanie z niego można przeczytać w „Sztuce i Krytyce” (2024, nr 1). Konferencja warszawska odbyła się w trzech lokalizacjach: siedzibie SARP przy Foksal, Muzeum Narodowym przy Alejach Ujazdowskich oraz w Narodowej Galerii Sztuki przy placu Małachowskiego. Podkreślić należy wspaniałą współpracę zarówno z Zachętą, jak i z Muzeum Narodowym oraz warszawskim oddziałem SARP. Dzięki temu bowiem program był niezwykle zróżnicowany. Możliwość przebywania w bliskości dzieł sztuki działał stymulująco na uczestników, wspierając rozmyślania nad sprawczością dzieł. To okazało się niezwykle cenną wartością dodaną. Ostatnia z trzech konferencji, w Rydze, zaplanowana jest na początek czerwca bieżącego roku. 

The UWr team composed of: Krzysztof Boryczka, Antoni Buraczewski, Łukasz Pluta, ranked 5th and won the bronze medal in the first ever European Team Programming Championships!