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Over 100 mobilities under the PROM project
From May to October 2025, over 100 international mobilities have already taken place as part of the ‘PROM – Short-term academic exchange’ project, financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. Participants included students and doctoral students of the University of Silesia, academic and administrative staff, as well as guests from foreign universities. The...
Travel and scientific expeditions – the latest issue of No Limits
The twelfth issue of No Limits, a popular science biannual published by the University of Silesia in Katowice, has just been released. This time, the theme of the issue is travel and scientific expeditions. Among the topics covered are paleontological expeditions through time, ocean depths, and continents, as well as physical journeys through space-time and...
POP Science cooperation network
POP Science About science. For people. Science communication makes scientific discoveries more understandable. It allows us to see the importance of scientific research in everyday life and notice its impact on our future. The POP Science project, coordinated by the University of Silesia in Katowice on behalf of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education,...
‘Dad’s Not Home’ wins Student Oscar!
The short film Dad’s Not Home directed by Jan Saczek won gold in the Narrative category at the 52nd Student Academy Awards in New York. This was the first time that filmmakers from the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at the University of Silesia were presented with this prestigious award, which often paves the way to...
Back from Orbit: USil Experiments Land Safely
After having spent 433 hours—equivalent to 18 days or 288 orbits around the Earth—the crew of the Ax-4 Mission is back on Earth. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Grace, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began its return journey on 14 July 2025. Among the crew was Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, PhD. The...