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Transform4Europe Week

The first edition of Transform4Europe Week has come to an end. The event was organised by the University of Silesia in Katowice and attracted over 300 participants from all the universities of the Transform4Europe alliance. During the five days of the event, employees, students, and doctoral students had the opportunity to meet for the first...

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Chemistry of Love | Interview with Prof. Robert Musioł

What makes us feel butterflies in our stomachs? Is it true that we love with our brain and not the heart? Chemists are in agreement: on the list of natural boosters, there are serotonin, phenylethylamine, oxytocin, dopamine, testosterone, and oestrogen, which control our neurotransmitters. Prof. Robert Musioł, from the Institute of Chemistry, has invited us...

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Initiatives of the University of Silesia during the UN Digital Summit – Internet Governance Forum 2021

During the 16th UN Digital Summit – Internet Governance Forum on 6 December 2021 an agreement was signed to establish CYBER SCIENCE the Silesian Centre for Legal Engineering, Technology and Digital Competence. The innovative unit will combine research and teaching at: the University of Silesia, the University of Economics in Katowice, the Silesian University of...

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Rawa Scienceville | 5th ŚFN KATOWICE

The fifth edition of the Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE, as befits its first jubilee, was different from the previous ones. This time the festival audience was invited to the outdoors and to the Internet space. On Sunday, 10 October, the festival took place on the boulevards of the Rawa River, in its vicinity, and on...

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Opening Gala of the 5th Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE

On Saturday, 9 October 2021, the Opening Gala of the 5th Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE took place on the River Sound Stage, located in the Rawa Scienceville. The programme of the event included a debate on the future of the Rawa River, the presentation of the Silesian Scientific Award 2021, and the concert “Sounds of...

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Scientific and research expedition “Clean Vistula? Why Not?”

Canoeing trip and scientific research expedition “Clean Vistula? Why Not?” organised by the Silesian Water Centre of the University of Silesia in Katowice in cooperation with the Why Not Foundation. Our goal is a comprehensive analysis of the variability of air and water quality parameters over almost 1000 km of the longest river in Poland,...

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Signing an agreement with Embassy of France and the Order of Academic Palms to Prof. Jarosz

Strengthening the University Francophonie is the main goal of the cooperation between the Embassy of France in Poland and the University of Silesia in Katowice. On 6 July (Tuesday) in the Rectorate, a meeting with the Embassy of France took place, during which the cooperation agreement was signed. The meeting was also an opportunity to...

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Katowice the 2024 European City of Science? Press briefing

On Thursday, 27 May 2021 at 10 a.m., a press briefing about the University of Silesia and the City of Katowice endeavours to be the European City of Science in 2024 took place. Marcin Krupa, PhD, the President of Katowice, and Prof. Ryszard Koziołek, the Rector of the University of Silesia, met with the media...