Prof. Jakub Kierczak from the Department of Experimental Petrology of the Institute of Geological Sciences at the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Management has been awarded the European Mineralogical Union Medal for Research Excellence 2022. The medal was officially presented to him at last week's European Mineralogical Conference 2024 in Dublin.

Prof. dr hab. Edward Białek, the historian of literature, and head of the Department of Literature Didactics at the Institute of German Studies, was honoured with the Andreas Gryphius Prize for 2024, awarded for his significant contribution to the promotion of dialogue between Poles and Germans.