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Letter from the Rector of the University of Silesia
Ladies and Gentlemen, All of you who create the Community of the University of Silesia. Thank you. For the votes of the Electors who, on our behalf, decided that I should serve as the Rector of the University of Silesia in the next term. Thank you not only for the votes cast directly for me,...
Prof. Ryszard Koziołek elected as USil Rector for 2024–2028
The Electoral Committee of the University of Silesia in Katowice has elected the Rector of the Silesian Alma Mater for the term 2024–2028, entrusting this function to Prof. Ryszard Koziołek. The voting was carried out by electronic means on 16 April 2024. Three candidates had been running for the upcoming term. These were: Prof. Jacek Barcik, Faculty...
Ninth issue of No Limits — USil popular science journal
The ninth issue of No Limits, a biannual popular science journal of the University of Silesia promoting research undertaken at the University was recently published. Challenges in education are the topic of the latest issue. You can read there about early childhood development support and art education, which plays a crucial role in the education...
Additional call for applications in the City-Region-Academia stream!
Due to the exceptional involvement of employees of the University of Silesia in activities within the City-Region-Academia stream as part of the European City of Science Katowice, we would like to inform you about an additional call for applications lasting until 5 May 2024. In this stream you can propose: initiatives resulting from the statutory...
Deadline for applications to 16th Rector’s Distinctions competition extended
The admission of applications to the 16th Rector’s Distinctions competition for students and PhD students lasts until 12 April 2024, 11.59 p.m. The distinctions are awarded for activities and achievements in the following fields: social, cultural, artistic, sport, scientific, popular science, as well as initiating and developing student life. The award will be given not...
Easter wishes
Dear All, Dear Employees, Dear Students, Dear Doctoral Students, On the occasion of Easter, I would like to extend my heartfelt wishes of prosperity to all members of our academic community. May it be a time of joy and hope, and an opportunity to find one’s inner peace, which is often the hardest to find....
Report from the premiere of the film by Dagmara Drzazga, PhD, DLitt, Assoc. Prof.
On 22 March 2024, a pre-premiere screening of the film Zagłębie. Pamięć (Zagłębie. Memory) by Dagmara Drzazga, PhD, DLitt, Assoc. Prof. took place at the Kosmos Cinema. After the screening, a conversation with the film’s characters and some of its creators took place. The meeting was attended by, among others: Danuta Niciarz, who remembers the...