Veterinary medicine is a wide field – there are over a million species of animals that exist today, and there are many environments in which they live and diseases they suffer from. The number of student science clubs at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine reflects the breadth of this field, because at a faculty with only one field of study, there are eight science clubs.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/a-guide-to-wmw-science-clubs-436.html
The Doctoral School of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences is closely connected with Leading Research Groups, which leaders and members are supervisors of doctoral theses written at the school, and together with a doctoral students’ representative form the Doctoral School Council. Two years after its formation, the Doctoral School and its doctoral students are undergoing evaluation.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/upwr-doctoral-school-window-to-the-world-350.html
Being an archaeologist or anthropologist is similar to being a detective, except that the evidence and clues are better hidden. Dr. Paweł Konczewski and human biology student Weronika Sądzińska talk about how to look for clues, the need to combine human sciences and natural sciences, the importance of discovering forgotten German concentration camps, as well as excavation work.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/the-truth-from-beneath-how-upwr-scientists-discover-secrets-of-the-past-539.html
We know increasingly more about the important role the microbiome plays in the human body, and how it changes depending on stressful situations. Stress also disturbs the microbiology of the digestive system in farm animals – says Natalia Szeligowska, a PhD student from the Faculty of Animal Biology and Breeding at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, and the lead author of a publication that appeared in the BMC Veterinary Research journal.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/microbiome-a-fascinating-ecosystem-469.html
The World Food Day, celebrated on October 16th, is supposed to remind decision-makers and the general public that mankind has struggled with hunger for centuries. Does the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the United Nations World Food Program prove that we have coped with this challenge?
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/hunger-and-food-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-260.html
Prof. Ann Van Soom, Head of the Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health at Ghent University and honorary doctor of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, talks about what is challenging in reproduction, whether she feels like a second Skłodowska-Curie and whether it is possible to combine research and teaching.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/prof-ann-van-soom--i-have-the-best-job-in-the-world-569.html
The year 2023 has been declared the Year of Copernicus to mark the 550th anniversary of the astronomer's birth. So in celebration of him, Prof. Krzysztof Sośnica talks about the significance of the Copernican breakthrough, the search for beauty in science, space missions and the participation of UPWr scientists in the construction of a base on the Moon.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/prof-sosnica--copernicus-changed-our-perspective-on-the-universe-554.html
Recently appointed Professor Przemysław Bąbelewski shares why he fell in love with Wrocław and its parks, the importance of trees in urban spaces, the value of gardens, his thoughts on the most beautiful arboretum in Poland, and why birch trees are disappearing from our landscapes.
https://upwr.edu.pl/en/news/professor-babelewski-we-dont-exist-without-plants-727.html
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