Break the ice and participate in Speed Friending! The event is organised to help local and international students meet one another in a low pressure, fun way. This is especially important now when opportunities to meet in person are limited.
At the event you will connect with a group of people and get the opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with others. You will communicate both with local and international students, so get ready to polish your communication skills in several languages!
Number of participants is limited.
In 2019, Paride Bollettin was a guest lecturer in the Social Anthropology study programme at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). He has been to Latvia twice, once in 2017 and then again in 2019, both times teaching entirely new courses to social anthropology students. Although originally from Italy, Bollettin was in São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos in the state of Bahia in Brazil at the time of the interview where he has been working at the Federal University of Bahia for two years.
On 30 October 2020, the Chapter of Orders awarded Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Professor Jānis Zaļkalns, Head of Gerontology Clinic of Riga East University Hospital and lecturer at the RSU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Diseases and Department of Family Medicine, with the Cross of Recognition and appointed him an Officer of the Order.
Dennis Buck is a student from Germany currently in his 7th semester of Medicine studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). He is the President of DSiA, the German student association at RSU. Jenna Vähäviita comes from Finland, and is in her 6th semester.
A webinar on the Challenges of Health Care in Germany and Latvia will take place on Tuesday 8 December at 15:00.
On Tuesday, 1 December Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Rector Professor Aigars Pētersons, Vice-Rector for Health Studies Professor Guntis Bahs and Vice-Rector for Administration and Development Toms Baumanis congratulated Paula Feldmane, the newly elected Chair of the RSU Student Union (SU) Board.
On Wednesday, 25 November the elections for the new Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student Union (SU) board were held online. Paula Feldmane, a third-year student of the Bachelor's study programme Public Health of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare was elected Chairperson of the Board. Paula is the former Head of Foreign Affairs of the SU.
The holidays are approaching and although we are currently spending most of our time at home, and it is not always possible to meet in person there is a way in which you can make someone happy without even knowing them! You can send a gift to a stranger and be their Secret Santa, and you can receive a gift in return from another Secret Santa.
The Academic Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy (ANSER) unites 37 organisations focusing on conducting joint research and building evidence-based policymaking in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. The network has been active for five years, and Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been a member since 2017.
Professor Ludmila Vīksna, Head of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Infectology, draws employees' attention to the fact that the decisive factor in limiting COVID-19 is each individual's behavior. The professor calls staff and students to take responsibility for affecting the spread of the infection before it has taken over our lives completely, and urges people to not consider following these recommendations as a sacrifice.
