The traditional Orientation Week before the beginning of the semester is organised to help the arriving international students meet their new classmates, settle in to university life and get to know their new surroundings.
On 8 December the State Education Development Agency of Latvia (SEDA) hosted a festive event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Erasmus+ and to announce the winners of the annual Erasmus+ Quality in Mobility Award “Spārni”. Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) was presented with a recognition certificate and an award for professional contribution and successful cooperation in the implementation of Erasmus+ mobility.
On 14 December at 15:00 in an open meeting of the Medical Promotion Council of RSU to be held in the Hippocrates Lecture Theatre (Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street) Edijs Vāvers will defend his doctoral thesis Discovery of E1R: A Novel Positive Allosteric Modulator of Sigma-1 Receptor.
On 11 December at 15:00 in an open meeting of the Medical Promotion Council of RSU to be held in the Hippocrates Lecture Theatre (Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street) Santa Rasa will defend her doctoral thesis Association of persistent viral infections with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
The Open Day includes:
On 29 November RSU Institute of the History of Medicine was visited by world-renowned artists Stelarc and Nina Sellars who were introduced to the upcoming and eagerly expected transformations in the shape and layout of RSU Anatomy Museum and had the chance to take a glimpse at the collections and displays of the Pauls Stradiņš Museum for the History of Medicine.
On 15 December, 15.00 at RSU Dental Institute, the associate professor Bengt Hasséus (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), expert in oral health with rich experience in the treatment of oral mucosa (precancerous lesions, oral cancer, chemotherapy, imagining etc.) will deliver a guest lecture on oral health.
On 23 November at the autumn general meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) which is the highest decision-taking body of the LAS, Professor Sandra Lejniece of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases was elected a full member or academician of the LAS and the dean of RSU Department of Doctoral Studies, the newly elected RSU rector, Professor Aigars Pētersons was elected a corresponding member of the LAS.
Rīga Stradiņš University has received a ‘Honourable Mention: Writing with Integrity’ in the Turnitin Global Innovation Awards, being recognized by the developer of the plagiarism detection, revision assistant and electronic assessment tool turnitin for its commitment and dedication in promoting academic integrity. Turnitin global innovation awards are presented on annual basis in multiple categories. This year there were 678 nominations received from all around the globe.
The upcoming Riga Stradiņš University International Student Conference in "Health and Social Sciences" 2018 will be held on 16-17 March 2018 at Rīga Stradiņš University, 16 Dzirciema Street in Rīga, Latvia.
This year we mark the 4th time we welcome not only local but also international students from all over the globe to participate with their wide spectrum of scientific research in various fields but this one is unique because for the first time the Conference will be held for two days.
