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Support of academic community in connection with COVID-19

The current pandemic is a hard time for the academic community. COVID-19 security level 2 (marked in orange) was introduced at the University of Silesia in Katowice on 19 October 2020. It includes limitation of on-site classes, closing of University premises for third parties, introduction of remote work for a majority of employees, suspension of...

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tags : COVID-19

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Polar explorers – specialists in living in isolation | Interview with Dr. Dariusz Ignatiuk

Interview with Dr. Dariusz Ignatiuk from the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Silesia, glaciologist associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia for many years, who has stayed in Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen since September 2019, where he works as the Scientific Integration and Data Officer within the consortium...

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tags : badania polarne

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Virtual Open Day for Candidates for Studies

The University of Silesia in Katowice organises a virtual open day for candidates for studies for the first time. The online event begins on 4 June at 9 AM. During the Virtual Open Day, you will learn the rules of recruitment for studies, get to know the offer of study programmes in Polish and English,...

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Michał Michalak | Relative infection risk modelling

Examination of spatial regularities in disease spread is a significant problem in spatial epidemiology. Equally important is the information about changes observed during the relative infection risk. Such an approach enables to follow trends in determined areas (e.g. voivodeships and municipalities), which may facilitate identification of the causes of occurrence of a particular phenomenon and...

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tags : pandemia

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Marek Drąg | Review of Office 365 apps for education

Marek Drąg from the HR and Internal Communication Department at the University of Silesia in Katowice prepared a review of Office 365 apps for education, which are useful for remote work. | Marek Drąg | There are a number of apps intended to make remote work friendly, as well as to improve the effectiveness of...

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Prof. S. Sitek, Prof. S. Pytel, Prof. E. Zuzańska-Żyśko | Distribution and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Silesian Voivodeship

| dr hab. Sławomir Sitek, dr hab. Sławomir Pytel, prof. UŚ, dr hab. Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, prof. UŚ | In view of the global phenomenon with local and regional aspects, the spread of coronavirus infections in the Silesian Voivodeship, which has specific spatial dimensions, has been analysed. Due to the large concentration of population, the set...

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tags : koronawirus

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Dominik Adamek | Preparation for work in the post-COVID age

| Dominik Adamek | The recent time is particularly difficult. The epidemiological situation brings us new challenges, and its low predictability causes fear and sense of threat. The changes affect every aspect of our lives, forcing us to take action, often in the atmosphere of panic. A lot has already been written about the improvement...

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Pandemic advice from ancient philosophers. An interview with Prof. Bogdan Dembiński

Has the world become an amusement park full of attractions which we don’t want to give up even in the case of a global threat, such as the coronavirus pandemic? Someone has cut off our electricity for a while. We have no idea how long it’s going to take. We are now experiencing a lot...

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tags : filozofiapandemia