Representatives from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) visited the Norwegian Police University College (Politihøgskolen) in Oslo to take part in Internationalisation Week, which was held from 21 to 25 October. The event was also attended by representatives of the German Police University (Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei) and prospective postgraduate students.
The President of Latvia, Egils Levits, will present the highest state honours at a solemn ceremony held in the Riga Castle on 18 November 2019. The Order of the Three Stars, the Order of Viesturs and the Cross of Recognition will be presented to more than 70 members of society, among them three renowned and long-standing professors of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
On 18 October 2019, the President of Latvia and the Chapter of Orders decided the following:
The President of Latvia, Egils Levits, will present the highest state honours at a solemn ceremony held in the Riga Castle on 18 November 2019. The Order of the Three Stars, the Order of Viesturs and the Cross of Recognition will be presented to more than 70 members of society, among them three renowned and long-standing professors of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
On 18 October 2019, the President of Latvia and the Chapter of Orders decided the following:
This year the prestigious Noble Prize was awarded to US-born scientists William G. Kaelin and Gregg L. Semenza, and British scientist Peter J. Ratcliffe. The Noble Prize Committee has appreciated their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Cell studies in relation to these discoveries are also taking place in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of the Institute of Oncology of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
Dear international graduates of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), dear colleagues and friends,
The RSU International Students' Association (RSU ISA) would like to invite you to the very first alumni reunion dinner for international graduates.
The event will take place on 16 November 2019 between 13:00-15:00 in the rehearsal room of the RSU Great Hall.
Through the collaboration between Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) professors, visiting professors, entrepreneurs, and industry organisations, the university has developed a new highly competitive Bachelor’s study programme in English—International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship. The programme will welcome its first students in the autumn of 2020. With this programme, RSU will offer full time and part-time studies that will take place in a distinctly international environment, with international students, professors and travel abroad.
On 28 October, the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Faculty of Medicine at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) was opened in new, modern premises in the healthcare centre Veselības centrs 4 on Baznīcas Iela in central Riga. RSU students will now be able to learn using the latest technologies and simulations.
There are so many delicious foods that are easy to cook that can be made from the healthy autumn berries - pumpkins and squashes! Contrary to popular belief, it is actually a berry, and not a vegetable. Ilze Lutere, a lecturer and nutritionist at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) shows us how to make a quick dinner of cheese, legumes and pumpkin.
Julia Vorhölter is a social anthropology lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Göttingen University, Germany. She was invited to teach a two-week regional ethnography course at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and gave a public lecture at the Latvian National Library titled ‘Crazy Times: New [Dis]Orders and the Emergence of Psychotherapy in Uganda’ on 29 October.
