The Patent Office's expert commission has nominated the app EMORI for the Trademark of the Year – For Latvia award in the second quarter of 2024, according to an announcement on the Patent Office's website. EMORI helps users become aware of and understand their emotions.
RSU Library has just received 37 books as a valuable donation from the Read Japan Project. This initiative, supported by the Nippon Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, aims to promote a deeper understanding of Japan worldwide by donating high-quality books about Japan in English.
Ināra Aploka, the director of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Library, has just celebrated a milestone birthday. This was a great reason to sit down with her to get to know her better.
Ināra Aploka. Photo: RSU
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) women's 3x3 basketball team of Paula Cirša, Anita Miķelsone, Luīze Šepte and Una Šteinharde won the European Universities Games in Debrecen on 15 July.
On 10 July, RSU 3x3 men's and women's basketball teams travelled to the Hungarian city of Debrecen to represent RSU at the European Universities Games 2024 (EUSA Games).
Before the tournament, the 3x3 men's student team had a preliminary match against the Hungarian U-18 3x3 basketball team and finished it with a score of 21:12.
EIT Health, part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has launched the new InnoStars Connect programme in partnership with leading European pharmaceutical companies Chiesi Group and Synlab Italia.
On Monday, 26 August at 15.00, the opening ceremony of the new 2024/2025 academic year will take place in the courtyard of Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) main building at 16 Dzirciema iela.
At the matriculation ceremony, we will welcome the newly admitted first year students, enjoy musical performances and let the new students experience the great atmosphere of RSU.
Dace Buile will defend her doctoral dissertation on 16 September at 13.00 in an open meeting of the RSU Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy doctoral committee on Zoom. Her dissertation is titled 'Morphological Changes in Bone and Cartilage Tissue Affected by Facial Clefts and During Tissue Regeneration'.
Rīga Stradiņš University will host a lecture by Dr Vivek Trivedi (University of Kent, UK) themed Solvent-free material processing for the development of drug delivery systems using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) on Tuesday, 20 August.
Since last year, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been consolidating its research units to optimise research processes, promote interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and resource sharing, as well as to enhance the University’s excellence as a research university. These objectives are being pursued under the Consolidation Plan until the project's completion.
Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe, Director of the RSU Research Department, says that
Following a decision by the Ministry of Education and Science, the Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) was integrated into Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) on 1 July, while retaining its identity, brand, as well as its academic and scientific autonomy.
LASE will function as a separate structural unit within RSU, under the authority of Assoc Prof. Andris Skride, Vice-Rector for Health Studies, and led by its Acting Director, Assoc. Prof. Kalvis Ciekurs. Its official name will henceforth bes the Rīga Stradiņš University Latvian Academy of Sport Education.
