The Jagiellonian University's Collegium Novum (18.05) held a gala presenting awards to representatives of universities who were promoted in the last edition of Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings. A special diploma for Lodz University of Technology for its significant rise in the ranking was collected by Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik, Rector of Lodz University of Technology.
We know the results of this year's competitions for the Awards of Rector of Lodz University of Technology for researchers and doctoral students. During a special session of TUL Senate, 24 May, the winners will receive awards worth a total of PLN 110 thousand. - Thank you very much for all the competition entries. I would like to congratulate all the awarded and invite you to the ceremony of awarding congratulatory letters and commemorative statuettes - says Prof. Krzysztof Jóźwik
The results of the latest edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings have been published, in which Lodz University of Technology was at the forefront of Polish universities.
The President of the Republic of Poland, by the decision of 30 March, granted two titles of professor of agricultural sciences in the discipline of nutrition and food technology: to Professor Katarzyna Śliżewska, and Professor Joanna Leszczyńska. Both nominees work at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences at Lodz University of Technology.
Last weekend (1-3.04), the "Sport Bay" Sports and Didactic Centre of Łódź hosted the Polish Academic Swimming Championships, which attracted over 900 competitors from 83 universities in Poland. During the two days of competition, several hundred medals were handed out. The representatives of the Łódź University of Technology gave us a lot of joy, winning as many as 18 medals, including 6 in the Open category.
Researchers from the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at Lodz University of Technology have developed an innovative technology to produce graphene electrodes for water treatment. Thanks to the use of a new coating they have obtained electrodes that are much more durable in use and, what is most important, much cheaper. Prof. Konrad Dybowski from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, project manager, talks about the invention.
Lodz University of Technology is proud of the numerous successes of students involved in scientific circles. These activities have also been appreciated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. As part of the competition "Students' scientific circles create innovations", it awarded almost PLN 0.5 million. Funding for the projects was granted to as many as 8 scientific circles, the highest number among all the universities in Poland.
Miss Poland Karolina Bielawska, a student of management at the Faculty of Organization and Management (OiZ) of Lodz University of Technology, has won the title of Miss World 2021, the most beautiful woman in the world. The 70th Miss World contest, which took place in Puerto Rico on March 16, will go down in our history.
Our Olympian, Kajetan Duszyński, a doctoral student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Lodz University of Technology, turned out to be the best in the 400 m indoor run, thus setting his new personal best record. On Sunday, 6 March, at the Polish Senior Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń, he clocked 46.71 seconds.
Natalia Jabrzyk, a student of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (BAIŚ) of Lodz University of Technology, won the gold medal in the women's team cross-country skiing at the World Academic Championships in Lake Placid (USA).
By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland of 16 February, Małgorzata Matusiak of the TUL’s Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design was awarded the title of professor of engineering sciences in the discipline of material engineering.
During the Polish Science Day gala (19.02) the laureates of the Minister of Education and Science Awards were announced. Two outstanding scientists from Lodz University of Technology were awarded: Prof. Jan Awrejcewicz for lifetime achievements and Prof. Jacek Banasiak for scientific achievements.
Lodz University of Technology has traditionally played in the Orchestra conducted by Jurek Owsiak. During the 30th finale, Lodz University of Technology WOŚP Staff collected a record amount of PLN 310 thousand. It is PLN 10 thousand more than last year. The youngest volunteer, Wojtuś, registered at the TUL Staff was just a few months old - he was born in July 2021.
The three-day IV Ice Swimming World Championships in Głogów have come to an end, where two bronze medals were won by students of Lodz University of Technology: Aleksandra Bednarek and Tomasz Józefiak, appointed to the national team.
This year's winners of the competition held by the Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Łódź are mostly representatives of Lodz University of Technology. In the seventh edition of the competition the committee awarded nine people, including four from the Faculty of Chemistry at TUL and one from the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering at TUL.