The Winter 2022 Graduation ceremony for international students will commence on 11 February 2022 at 10:00.
Although many of us get sleepier in the autumn and winter and want to spend more time in bed, Juris Svaža, an associate professor at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and the Head of the Sleep Laboratory at the RSU Institute of Stomatology, believes that the darker seasons shouldn't affect our need for sleep. Svaža notes that 7 - 7,5 hours of sleep are enough for most of us.
The biggest event of the year - the RSU Student Union Christmas Ball The Night of Royals - is now almost upon us! Students are invited to enjoy the festive holiday atmosphere, music, dancing and workshops at the luxurious and historic Latvian Society House (Latviešu biedrības nams) on December 14 at 21:00.
In November Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted Inclusive Internationalisation – 4th Higher Education Internationalisation Conference and Erasmus+ Staff Week. The events organised by the university’s International Department (ID) gathered internationalisation experts from various European institutions of higher education to identify methods for involving various target audiences into universities' internationalisation processes.
The guest lecture ‘The importance of omega-3 fatty acids in our body’ delivered by William S. Harris, a professor at the Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, was organised by the Department of Sports and Nutrition of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and took place on 5 November.
Professor Harris has 39 years of research experience and has authored more than 250 publications on the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in the field of cardiovascular diseases.
On 15 November, the Minister of Health Ilze Viņķele presented certificates of appreciation from both the Ministry of Health and the Cabinet of Ministers to officials and professionals working in public health, healthcare and pharmacy in recognition of their contribution to the development of the Republic of Latvia. Among them were three employees of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) who received Certificates of Appreciation of the Ministry of Health.
A delegation from Turkmenistan visited the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) on 11 – 12 November to take part in a two-day seminar ‘Understanding the development and applications of Registration Systems within the Latvian Health System’ that organised by the faculty.
Kristīne Baumane will defend her doctoral dissertation on 12 December at 16:00 in an open meeting of the Medicine Degree Committee. Baumane's dissertation is titled 'Influence of primary open angle glaucoma surgery on structural and functional parameters of the optic nerve and its association with the level of atrial natriuretic peptide'.
On 8 November, third year students of the Faculty of Dentistry participated in the White Coat Celebration in the Great Hall of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The tradition marks students’ transition from preclinical training with dummies to clinical work with real patients at the Student Clinic of the RSU Institute of Stomatology. More than 90 prospective dentists, both local and international students, attended the event.
A training session on how to use a model for cross-sectoral cooperation developed by researchers at the Institute of Public Health of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) took place in Kaunas, Lithuania, on November 12-13. This session was part of the European Union Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme’s project ‘Urban Labs for Better Health for All in the Baltic Sea Region – boosting cross-sectoral cooperation for health and wellbeing in the cities (Healthy Boost)’.
