2020 has been an unusual year for all of us, including the RSU Alumni Association. This year's summer graduates experienced a very special graduation week. For the first time in the RSU history, graduation ceremony took place outdoors – it was held in the RSU yard and in the Inspiration Park. Members of the Alumni Association, in turn, experienced the first alumni event with remote participation. As in the previous year, the number of members of the Alumni Association has increased significantly this year, and now it gathers more than 800 people.

Researchers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have received funding from the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) for the commercialisation of two projects.

LIAA has provided funding for the Latvian Clinical Personality Inventory (LCPI), using which it is possible to comprehensively assess a person’s mental condition as well as their ability for emotional and social adaptation.

Priyadharshini Ravi and Emma Walfridsson are both Medicine students at RSU. Priyadharshini is in her 5th year and will be going back to Leeds in the UK. This year, she was the Liaison Officer on the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Association (ISA) board. Emma is the Assistant to the Head of Sports and Integration and she will be going back to Falköping in Sweden in the beautiful countryside in between the two lakes Vänern and Vättern.

Professor Ludmila Vīksna, Head of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Infectology, has worked at RSU since 1971 conducting research as well as pedagogical and administrative duties. The professor is open and straightforward, she gives praise easily, but can also be strict when necessary. The quality she deems most important in her work as well as in her relationships is honesty.

This year, the traditional Christmas Ball organised by the Rīga Stradiņš University International Student Association (RSU ISA) that usually takes place in December, could not be held. The Board's contingency plan to hold an event outdoors was also quickly discarded as emergency measures and restrictions became stricter as the months got colder.

The first Speed Friending event that the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Department organised online turned out to be a big success. The event offered participants with an opportunity to meet other RSU students and aims to encourage the integration of international students.

Enjoy Rīga Stradiņš University's Christmas Concert with contra tenor Sergejs Jēgers and pianist Ieva Šmite!

On 30 October 2020, the Chapter of Orders awarded Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Professor Ģirts Briģis, Head of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, with the Cross of Recognition and appointed him an Officer of the Order.

As per the amendments to the national Order on the State of Emergency that the Cabinet of Ministers approved of on 17 December, stricter restrictions now apply to sports activities and training. The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club will therefore close for in-person visits until 11 January, 2021.

The Sports Club will still offer students various activities and online classes via the RSU Sports Club Facebook page: