In 2024 the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Academic Ball will take place on Saturday, 7 September, at 19.00 at the Riga Latvian Society House (arrival from 18.00). The RSU Annual Awards will be presented at the ball.

The motto of the academic ball is Ad honorem artes, scientia, veritas (in honour of art, science, truth), so let’s celebrate the success of RSU and the accomplishments of the year in a well-deserved event.

Masters of ceremonies: Agnese Budovska un Gints Andžāns.

Ludwig Höfle, a second-year medical student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), hails from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. As he enters his fourth semester, Ludwig is still exploring the many specialities within medicine, while showing a particular interest in internal medicine and paediatrics. 'I’m glad to still have a lot of time to make that decision,' he says, looking forward to experiencing various fields before settling on a speciality. 

A recent article in the Swedish newspaper Mora Tidning (5 August 2024) has highlighted the positive experiences of three medical students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) who spent their summer working at Mora Hospital in central Sweden. The students, Daniel Halvarsson, Vera Gustavsson, and Oskar Pettersson, are enrolled in RSU's internationally recognised medical programme and have supplemented their studies with hands-on experience by working as nursing assistants in the Swedish hospital's surgical department.

Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Orientation Week, organised by the University’s International Department, is set to begin on Tuesday, 20 August.

The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Institute of Public Health has conducted a study with the aim of finding out professionals’ assessments and recommendations to reduce the use of smoked and smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes in Latvia: “Situation of Smoked and Smokeless Tobacco Products in Latvia and Recommendations to Promote Public Health”.

Writers: Ludmila Voložonoka, RSU lead researcher, molecular geneticist,
Dace Rezeberga, RSU professor, gynaecologist, chief obstetrician at Riga Maternity Hospital, chief specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at RAKUS,
Anna Miskova, RSU associate professor, Dr. med., gynaecologist, specialist in obstetrics at Riga Maternity Hospital

Doctors have long been uncertain about how to help women with premature cervical shortening, which puts them at risk of premature birth or losing the baby.