In the dark of night on 11 May, a coordinated landing of a C-146A Wolfhound aircraft took place on road A9 in Dobele municipality. This was a tactical phase of the US Special Operations Forces (SOF) exercise Trojan Footprint 22.
Participants from several NATO member countries practiced their medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) skills together with SOF and ground forces.
Adam Bott is currently in his 7th semester of medical studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). He was born in Russia, but grew up in Germany and is the Head of Integration and Sports on the RSU International Student Association (ISA) Board.
In five years, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Alumni Association has grown from having 100 members to being the largest association of its kind in Latvia, comprising more than 1,100 alumni who are united by their diplomas from RSU, or as it was previously known the Medical Academy of Latvia, and the Riga Medical Institute.
‘If in the past joining the association made you an exception, we now want the reverse to be true,’
On Wednesday, 11 May, representatives of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) management, researchers, and students visited the future RSU Pharmaceutical Education and Research Centre at 21 Konsula iela, next to the RSU Main Building. The group surveyed at how the construction was progressing and were shown around the premises by specialists who explained the floor plans and presented the timeframe for the works.
The new building is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is expected to be ready in autumn.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is proud not only of its excellent reputation, but also of its purposeful move towards creating a student-centred university. For several years now, Student Services has been gradually optimising, digitising, and modernising its internal e-systems, processes, and regulatory documents in order to reduce bureaucracy and make the circulation of documents and other processes as fast, convenient, and comprehensible as possible.
It was Lāsma Sirmule who thought of organising Latvian language courses for Ukrainian refugees and to use proven Latvian language curricula. She is a lecturer at Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) and knows the curricula well because she uses it in her daily work.
According to Dace Žibala, Head of the RSU Language Centre, the invitation to apply for the classes was posted on social networks about a month and a half ago, when the first refugees from Ukraine were arriving in Latvia. The response was unexpectedly high already in the first few hours.
22 April marked the 29th anniversary of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student Union (Studējošo pašpārvalde, SP). The 11 most significant events, people, and organisations that have contributed to the work of RSU SP in the previous year were congratulated and celebrated at the RSU SP Annual Zelta pakavs (Golden Horseshoe) Awards ceremony.
On Tuesday, 31 May, an international conference, "Ukraine's Research Space in Conditions Of Military Intervention: Adaptability and Renewal of Technical and Legal Sciences" will be held online.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club’s annual Fitness Day took place last Friday, on 6 May. On this day our fitness experts conducted various classes that students and staff could participate in.
More than 100 participants applied for Fitness Day activities. They came together with their children and friends and enjoyed the pleasant Friday evening in a great atmosphere in Inspiration Park next to the RSU main building, at 16 Dzirciema iela.
On Saturday, 14 May, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anatomy Museum will participate in Museum Night for the first time. The museum will open its doors to visitors from 12:00 to 18:00 at 9 Kronvalda bulvāris in Riga. The museum’s motto is "Open for real" and will invite anyone interested to look into the inner worlds of different people – not only physical, but through music also into people’s dream worlds. The evening’s programme has been created in collaboration with composer Platons Buravickis.
