Writer: Linda Rozenbaha (Public Relations Unit)
Photo: Courtesy of RSU
The Spring intake orientation event Welcome Week 2026, held from 27 to 31 January, has successfully concluded. Over four days, new international students were introduced to Rīga Stradiņš University’s academic environment and study process, student life, as well as the culture of Riga and Latvia. The programme also gave students the chance to get to know each other and build connections before the start of the spring semester.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) continues work on a new infrastructure development project — the development of the RSU Study and Dentistry Centre on the Dzirciems campus. A key stage in the project has now been reached: two major contracts have been signed, enabling the start of design work and ensuring professional project supervision.
Ilze Āķe-Vīksne, RSU Communications Department, Public Relations Unit
Photo: Courtesy of Edijs Pālens (LETA), Romāns Kokšarovs (LOC)
The Latvian Olympic Committee (LOC) has approved the composition of the Latvian Olympic delegation for participation in the 25th Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February this year. The delegation includes a total of 140 athletes, coaches, medical, management and technical staff.
Under the leadership of researchers from the Rīga Stradiņš University Latvian Academy of Sport Education (RSU LASE), the most extensive study to date on athletes’ psychological preparedness in Latvia is nearing its final stage. For the first time, the study makes it possible to systematically identify psychophysiological profiles characteristic of Latvian athletes and provides a scientifically grounded framework for integrating psychological preparation into the sports training process.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has received a donation of EUR 25,000 from the Children’s Hospital Foundation. This support is an important step in a targeted collaboration that allows science improve children’s healthcare. The donation is based on a collaboration agreement signed on 12 January by RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons and the foundation’s Executive Director Vineta Vilistere-Lāce. The agreement confirms the commitment of both partners to provide increasingly effective support for young patients and their families.
