To increase investments in the commercialisation of research and the establishment of deep-tech and technological start-ups, UniLab, the business incubator for Latvian universities, signed an agreement with Accelerace, the leading venture capital and acceleration fund in Scandinavia on 17 January. The agreement will further cooperation in creating an investment fund.
The opening of the Research Latvia 2024 calendar and exhibition took place on 8 January at the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) theatre Zirgu pasts. The exhibition and calendar tell the story of 12 Latvian researchers from different generations, research disciplines, and institutions.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Orientation Week, which is organised by the University’s International Department, starts on Tuesday 30 January.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will merge several faculties and establish new structural units to implement good governance principles, promote the quality of studies, interdisciplinarity, and research excellence. Instead of the current nine faculties, going forward RSU will have five – the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Bárbara Silva, currently in her 10th semester of medical studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), has been in student representation for seven years. Her journey began when she was elected President of her high school’s student council and progressed when she was studying for her business management degree in Portugal.
On Wednesday, 24 January, doctors, residents, students and other interested parties are invited to participate in the interactive international workshop "How to Understand Meta-Analysis Papers", led by Michael Harris, visiting professor in family medicine at Rīga Stradiņš University.
Attendance is worth 2.5 academic hours or 2.5 continuing education points.
Please register to receive a link to the workshop, supporting materials and a certificate.
Dr Sara Irina Fabrikant is a professor of geography and head of the Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA) group at the GIScience Center of the Geography Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She will be in Riga on 16 January to give a lecture in the Robert Blumberg Distinguished Lecture in Cognitive Science series at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anatomy Museum on the intricate interplay between digital navigation tools and human cognition. Prof.
The nominees for the Latvian national film award Lielais Kristaps were announced on 4 January. Marta Herca (pictured), an editor of the student media network Skaļāk and lecturer of several journalism courses at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Communication, has been nominated in three categories:
Artis Birziņš (pictured) is a Latvian who has been living and working in Japan for 20 years. He explores the big trajectories and trends that shape us as individuals, organisations, and the world at large. Birziņš conducts lectures and classes within the Futures Thinking course at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and explains complex matters in simple terms – how and where technology is going, and how we can better understand, see, and seize opportunities.
The new Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) History Museum exhibition, The Many Faces of Scales, is currently on display outside the Great Hall at 16 Dzirciema iela.
Scales and balances as instruments to measure mass
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) History Museum features a collection of various scales and balances. It dates back to around 2009, when the museum received the majority of the items from the Faculty of Pharmacy. In the 20th century, these scales were used in the study process to measure various substances.
