The database of the world's most cited authors, published by Elsevier, includes as many as 42 scientists with Lodz University of Technology affiliations.

Yet again, Elsevier has released on its website October 2023 data-update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators'. 42 researchers affiliated with Lodz University of Technology are featured in this publicly available database of top-cited scientists.

The Faculty of Organization and Management is engaged in the international Interdisciplinary HEI Entrepreneurship Fostering Program (InterHEI), funded with a grant from the Horizon Europe framework. Lodz University of Technology is the lead for the task Research Infrastructure Commercialization Academy (RIC Academy).

Written by dr inż. Agnieszka Pietras, Institute of Management

Interviewer: Ewa Chojnacka

Professor Marta Gmurek of Lodz University of Technology has been nominated to participate in the professional and cultural exchange program called International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). This edition’s theme is ‘Hidden No More: Empowering Women Leaders in STEM’.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka editor-in-chief

Dr inż. Aleksandra Twarda-Cłapa, assistant professor at the Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology in the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, completed an international internship at the German Helmholtz Zentrum München from April to June 2023. Read below the researcher's report on the project she carried out there.

The opening of the 2023/24 academic year took on a very special quality. It was held at the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic, where the universities associated in the Łódź Academic Partnership (ŁPA) convened. The ceremony was attended by the leadership and senators, employees, students, doctoral candidates, and well-wishers to the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź, the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz Film School, the University of Lodz, and the  Medical University of Lodz.

Łódzkie Forum Future Mobility organized by Lodz University of Technology provided a platform to discuss the latest trends in mobility, both terrain and air mobility, that is safe for people and environmentally friendly. As emphasized by the French Embassy representative attending the meeting, mobility is one of the key challenges in the world today, and one that requires cooperation and integration of science and industry.

Written by Ewa Chojnacka

Children often fail to understand that advertisements are designed to sell products rather than provide valuable information," says Prof. Magdalena Grębosz-Krawczyk of the TUL Faculty of Organization and Management, which received PLN 350,000 from the Ministry of the Education and Science for raising awareness among Polish consumers, particularly children, teenagers and seniors.