Graphics Alan Stocki/UG. Gloom, reluctance, malaise - depression is a disease. You are not alone with it. How to deal with it, whether and when to go to a psychologist, how to find one - on the Day for Fighting with Depression we ask a psychologist dr Agata Rudnik, the director of the Academic Psychological Support Centre at the University of Gdańsk…

Arthur Schopenhauer. Fot. Jacob Seib/Wikimedia Commons. February 22nd marks 234 years since the birth of Schopenhauer, an icon of philosophical pessimism, a man with a difficult character, shying away from people and achieving spectacular scientific success. We talk about the philosopher who did not live to see his successors with dr Robert Rogoziecki from…

An exhibition entitled 'The Undefeated. Martial Law and the Students' Strike at the University of Gdańsk in the Eyes of Former NZS and NSZZ "Solidarity" Activists' was opened at the Faculty of History UG. It was accompanied by a meeting with the participants of past events, politicians, UG employees and students. There were memories,…

' "Undefeated" - this is the title I gave to the exhibition to honour those who persevered during the most difficult period of repression and continued their activities without resorting to violence,' - says Leszek Biernacki, the author of photographs at the exhibition on the 40th anniversary of the introduction of martial law at the…

The Senate of the Republic of Poland has passed a resolution to declare 2022 as the Year of Botany. It is a good opportunity to further appreciate the importance of plants in science, economy, art or culture. I talk with dr hab. Krzysztof Banaś, prof. UG from the Department of Plant Ecology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk about, among others, how much…

The supplementary recruitment for the 10th jubilee edition of the Inter-University School of French Law has started! The 64-hour course is taught by lecturers from France (University of Toulouse Capitole) and Poland (University of Gdańsk and University of Warmia and Mazury). Recruitment continues until February 28. This is the tenth time that the Faculty of Law and Administration has offered the study of French law in…

If you are a young scientist of the Faculty of Biology UG, you can apply for funding for your own research project. The deadline for applications for the competition announced by the Dean of the Faculty of Biology UG is February 28th this year. Employees of the Faculty of Biology without a PhD degree (employed in research, research and teaching positions and participants of…

He is a co-founder of the Polska Hekatomba Association, which has created a portal listing Nazi and Soviet crimes committed against Poles, addressed to everyone interested in Polish history during World War II. - Crimes against Polish citizens have been written about for decades, research has been carried out, associations are commemorating various events, but everything has…

- 'I feel good, safe in Poland. In Belarus I would be arrested,' says Andrei Arkhipenka, a political science student at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Gdańsk. On Saturday, February 5, journalists from Belsat TV prepared a report on Andrei in the UG within the framework of the programme 'Belarusian World'. - 'The heroes of our reportage are Belarusians who fled political repression. We are looking…

Among the many ways to pass a university-wide lecture, the Academy of Documentary Film course definitely stands out. As part of the course, participants will watch the most outstanding documentary films of recent years, and then take part in a lecture and discussion about the screenings. At the same time, in the case of receiving a positive grade, the student or PhD student may transfer it to the index as a grade from…