On Monday 3 September, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is returning to its daily rhythm and is welcoming back students from their summer holidays.
- At 17:00 you are welcome to meet your new coursemates in the RSU courtyard and try some of our traditional Latvian celebration cake - kliņģeris. Live music by Blue Jean Serenade.
Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine lecturer, cardiologist at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital and Chairperson of the Board of Rare Disease Specialists Association of Latvia Andris Skride will lead one of the working groups of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Dr. Skride is the only Baltic specialist to lead a working group at the European Society for Cardiology. This is a noteworthy international assessment and demonstrates a high-level of proficiency and international recognition of our medical specialists.
The closing event of Rīga Stradiņš University Research Week (1-5 April), the Academic Ball, will take place on Saturday 6 April.
In summer, we usually go swimming, fishing, berry picking and mushrooming, however, we must remember that we don't have ownerless rivers, lakes and forests. Inga Kudeikina, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) recaps what is and is not permitted on state and municipally-owned and privately-owned land.
From 19 to 20 July Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine Vice-Dean, Head of the Medical Education Technology Centre Ruta Jakušonoka and Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technologies Reinis Balmaks visited the medical simulation centre at Hannover Medical School (MHH).
Hannover Medical School was founded in 1965 and is one of the world’s leading university medical centres.
In his interview with the daily newspaper Diena, rector of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Professor Aigars Pētersons reveals the university’s intention to increase the proportion of visiting lecturers by 15% in the next five years. The RSU rector mentions another ambitious goal – to be among the top 500 universities in QS World University Rankings.
On Tuesday, 27 November the State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia (VUGD) and Rīga Stradiņš University, in cooperation with the CBSS Permanent Secretariat, Swedish Institute and Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is organising an international conference "Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Challenges and Solutions".
At the beginning of June, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) organised a conference that was held at Stanford University (California, USA). It marked two important events: 50 years since the foundation of the AABS and the 100th anniversary of the Baltic Republics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) teaching staff and a PhD student of the programme Communication Culture and Multimedia also took part in the conference.
Vita Skuja, Lecturer at the Department of Internal Diseases at Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been elected as one of nine young European gastroenterologists who will represent the interests of junior physicians in the Young Talent Group of the United European Gastroenterology for two years (from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020).
On 12th and 13th September Swedish Professor Robert Gustav Hahn will hold guest lectures at Rīga Stradiņš University. He is one of the leading anaesthesiologists-reanimatologists worldwide in the field of Infusion therapy (Fluid management).
12 September
RSU central building (Auditorium 1)