Univentum Labs, a special purpose vehicle of the University of Gdańsk, in cooperation with the UG Technology Transfer Centre, is organising the second edition of the Univentum Labs Ideas - Young Fahrenheit competition. It is aimed at young employees, doctoral students and students of the University whose research has commercialisation potential. The aim of the competition is, on the one hand, to promote interesting…

The University of Gdańsk Library has prepared a new service called 'Ordering Books to Faculties'. It is aimed at the academic staff of the University of Gdańsk who have an active library account, unencumbered by overdue items. Under this service, books can be ordered from the book collection available for lending from both the Main Library and specialist libraries (except for the Oceanographic Reading Room in Gdynia).…

November is a month that can be associated with moustaches, thanks to the combination of the terms moustache and November into the word Movember. This catchy neologism was coined not just for the sake of it, but to help promote an important health campaign that takes place in November. The campaign, which began in Australia in 1999, has been promoted around the world to raise awareness and direct people's attention to…

The book A Fairytale City by Paulina Siegień, which tells the story of Kaliningrad - a city not far from our border, built on the ruins of Königsberg, was appreciated by the jury of the Conrad Prize competition as well as the audience and announced the best prose debut of the past year. The award ceremony took place during a gala on the last day of the Conrad Festival held in Kraków. The organisers of the Conrad…

In the photo is Marika Knapp, author of the award-winning thesis. Ms Marika Knapp's bachelor's thesis, written under the supervision of dr Katarzyna Pastuszak at the UG Artistic Institutions Management Faculty, won first place in the Project Master 2022 competition in the bachelor's thesis category. The award ceremony took place on…

We invite you to read the latest, very comprehensive, issue of the University Gazette. You will find information about such events as the inauguration of the academic year, an exhibition of paintings by prof. Aneta Oniszczuk-Jastrząbek, the 6th Congress of the Polish Society of Social Communication, the Euro-Trans 2022 conference, the SEA-EU Intensive Course 'Secrets of the…

On October 24th this year, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the University of Gdańsk, together with representatives of all the trade unions operating at the University of Gdańsk, reached an agreement on the implementation of salary increases for university employees. In pursuance of the policy of full transparency of the principles of remuneration of University of Gdańsk employees, we present below the full…

Faced with today's reality: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war across our eastern border, the daily rush, stress and uncertainty, psychological help has become extremely necessary for many. The Independent Students' Union comes to the rescue! For students in need of support, it is offering free psychological consultations, which will take place remotely via the Microsoft Teams…

Photo by Alan Stocki/UG Prof. Beata Możejko received her appointment as Director of the Memling Research Centre today from prof. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the UG. - 'For me, this appointment is first and foremost a commitment to continue working on the team-based Memling project at the University of Gdańsk. It is not…

Do you love cinema, do you want to join the ranks of film enthusiasts and try your hand as a film project organiser? Then come and join us! October 27, 2022 (Thursday) 5 pm Place: Aula 1.43, Faculty of Philology and History, UG ul. Wita Stwosza 55, 80-306 Gdańsk Organisational meeting and recruitment for the UG's FILM CLUB MIŁOŚĆ BLONDYNKI CINEMA PEOPLE PASSION LECTURES // SCREENINGS // DISCUSSIONS FILM PRODUCTIONS…