The WITing Team – consisting of the dean of our Faculty, our researchers and students – took part in the dragon boat race during the Odra River Cup 2025. The event, which has been gathering our University's community for years, was organised last Saturday. The attractions included rowing regattas with crews from all over Poland, a family picnic, and a concert by Igo.

Each year, the dragon boat race attracts more and more attention from the community of our University. This year, a record number of teams from various WUST faculties and units lined up at the start line. The participants were required to cover a distance of 200 metres.

Our Faculty's WITing team included the dean, Prof. Andrzej Kucharski, the vice-deans for education and didactics – Prof. Robert Burduk, Prof. Maciej Gębala and Prof. Bogumiła Hnatkowska, the vice-dean for student affairs – Prof. Paweł Wachel, the head of the dean's office – Agnieszka Gawryszuk, M.Sc., the deputy director of the Wrocław Centre for Networking and Supercomputing – Dr. Mateusz Tykierko, as well as our Faculty's students – Szymon Matyja, Iwo Chwiszczuk, Roman Skiba, and Jakub Żłobiński.

The final ranking of the dragon boats race is as follows:

1. PhDragons
2. Mocarze
3. Turbo Turbiny
4. Wesołe Walenie
5. Spalone Serwa
6. Hangar H-1
7. Bezpieczniki
8. Trzynasty Dragon
9. DZI-ki
10. Poostaki
11. Wagonik 47
12. Bibliotekarze
13. Ciężkie kolosy
14. Smocze Admin W12n
15. WITingowie
16. Potrójna Ściana Ognia
17. Biochemicy i przyjaciele II
18. Wikingowie W-10
19. Percidae

The regatta: the most important trophies go to PMU and WUST

The main event of the Odra River Cup was, of course, the eights rowing races over a distance of one thousand metres. The contestants included men's, women's, and mixed crews representing a total of eight universities: Jagiellonian University, Maritime University of Szczecin, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław Medical University and Wrocław University of Science and Technology.

All the three categories (men, women, and mixed) were won by the representatives of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.

For the final leg of the regatta, the WUST and Wrocław University crews faced each other again in the racing challenge that has been a tradition between the two Wrocław universities for 25 years. The Wrocław University of Science and Technology Rector's Cup went to our University's team. The current result of the historic rivalry is therefore 23 to 2 for WUST.

Journey through the history of science

The biggest attraction for the youngest audience, however, was a student-prepared and run town for scientific experiments. This year, the central theme was the Time Machine.

Children and young people visited extraordinary places where science meets history, discovered groundbreaking findings, and solved tasks prepared by students. The participant who completed a task received a stamp on a special task card, which they could later exchange for rewards.

At the end of the event, hundreds of people enjoyed an Igo's concert on the University's boulevard. The artist is known for projects such as Clock Machine and Bass Astral x Igo. He performed with the Męskie Granie orchestra several times.

The Odra River Cup 2025 opens the calendar of events related to the 80th Wrocław University of Science and Technology anniversary.