RSU Annual Award 2026 winners honoured at Academic Meeting

RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Prof. Gunta Lazdāne received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Asst. Prof. Inga Urtāne (left) receives the award for Lecturer of the Year at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026; the award was presented to her by Kristiana Jurkevica, Chair of the RSU Student Union Aysha M. Rafeeque (left), a sixth-year student at the Faculty of Medicine, receives the award for Student of the Year at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Agnese Gintere, Senior Financial Controller of the Financial Control Unit, received the award for Administrative Employee of the Year at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026; the award was presented to her by RSU Chancellor Toms Baumanis The band Melo-M performs at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Sigurds Siliņš hosting the RSU Academic Meeting RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Aysha M. Rafeeque (left), a sixth-year student at the Faculty of Medicine, receives the award for Student of the Year at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026; the award was presented to her by Prof. Haralds Plaudis, RSU Vice-Rector for Studies RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Artūrs Kurbatovs received the Doctoral Student of the Year Award at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026; the award was presented to him by Agrita Kiopa, RSU Vice-Rector for Science Prof. Jānis Gardovskis, Chair of the RSU Senate, presents the Department of the Year Award to Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe, Director of the Research Department, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Prof. Gunta Lazdāne received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026; it was presented to her by RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons From the left: Prof. Jānis Gardovskis, Chair of the RSU Senate, and RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 The recipients of Master’s Student of the Year, Igors Uhaņs (second from the left) and Ģirts Ziemanis, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026, with Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons (left), and Vice-Rector for Studies Prof. Haralds Plaudis Agrita Kiopa, RSU Vice-Rector for Science (right), presents the Researcher of the Year Award to Lead Researcher Zaiga Nora-Krūkle at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Doctoral Student of the Year Artūrs Kurbatovs (left), Master’s Students of the Year Igors Uhaņs (centre) and Ģirts Ziemanis during the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons (on the right) and Prof. Indulis Vanags, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, during the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 The band Melo-M playing at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Singer Dināra Rudāne performing at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 The staff of the Research Department, together with Agrita Kiopa, Vice-Rector for Science, during the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Prof. Gunta Lazdāne (centre, from the left), winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne, winner of the Alumnus of the Year Award, during the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons addresses attendees of the RSU Academic Meeting Sigurds Siliņš hosting the RSU Academic Meeting Diana Lismane, winner of the award for Student of the Year, alongside the Vice-Rector for Studies, Prof. Haralds Plaudis, during the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Zaiga Nora-Krūkle (left), a lead researcher and winner of the Researcher of the Year Award, and Agrita Kiopa, Vice-Rector for Science, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Prof. Jānis Gardovskis, Chair of the RSU Senate, presents the award for Structural Unit of the Year to Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe, Director of the Research Department, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Chancellor Toms Baumanis presents an award to the Human Resources Department, represented by its Director Dace Jasmane, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons (on the right) presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Indulis Vanags at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons (centre, on the right) presents the award for Master’s Student of the Year to Igors Uhaņs at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Marija Rozevska (left), winner of the award for Resident of the Year, alongside Prof. Ilze Grope, Dean of the Department of Residency, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 Assoc. Prof. Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne (left), winner of the Alumnus of the Year Award, and Egita Pole, Chairperson of the Alumni Association, at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026 All the award winners at the RSU Academic Meeting on 1 October 2026