Researchers at the University of Debrecen, together with their colleagues at HUN-REN ATOMKI, have developed a new test system that aims to help examine the high-voltage power supplies of detectors used to observe new physical phenomena discovered by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. This new measuring device is capable of simulating up to ten times the load of current.
Students from the Faculty of Music at the University of Debrecen performed outstandingly in a prestigious international percussion competition with a background of decades of professional tradition. Levente Szabari and Áron Karácsony came first and third in the Italy PAS Competition online contest in Pescara.
The latest findings and results of an international, interdisciplinary research project initiated and launched by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen were presented in December at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Attendants at the event could learn about the relevant publications released so far, an interactive map available in two languages, and the long-term plans for continuing the research activities.
Gert Loosen has received a prestigious award and high honor from the monarch of Belgium for his outstanding work in expanding and improving Hungarian-Belgian cultural and professional relations. Assistant Professor at the Institute of German Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Debrecen and Director of the Dutch-Flemish Center in Debrecen, Professor Loosen received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Crown on December 9 at a ceremony held at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium to Hungary.
In accordance with the idea of international mobility, Anna Zsófia Nagy, who currently specializes in pop music singing at the Institute of Pop Music of UD, will get a chance to take part in a training program offered by Loyola University in New Orleans. She will be the first ever pop music student in Hungary to participate in an international scholarship program, making it possible for her to pursue her studies for almost six months in one of the key hubs of the music industry.
A renowned expert has joined the staff responsible for the teaching and research activities of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management at the University of Debrecen. Michael Gonda, a professor of the Department of Animal Science at South Dakota State University (SDSU), arrived at the institution on a Fulbright scholarship. During his four-month stay, he will be teaching applied animal husbandry and quantitative genetics at the faculty and will also be involved in beef cattle genetics research.
As a consequence of the automotive investments in Debrecen, our city has become a new center of the automotive industry in Central Europe, which exerts significant influence on the life of Debrecen. In order to study the overall impact, a research group called DEB AUT has been established at the University of Debrecen, which examines how this kind of development affects employment, training needs, university structure, urban transport, cultural life and social mobility.
It is the first Hungarian space plant experiment, called Vitapric program, that the time capsules placed on Tuesday at the Böszörményi úti campus of the University of Debrecen are supposed to commemorate in the framework of the 4th Plant Breeding Memorial Day and Conference. These capsules contain items from the scientific experiments conducted by Tibor Kapu, the second Hungarian astronaut, as part of the mission Axiom-4 on board the International Space Station (ISS), including sowing seeds, documents and special implements. Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian astronaut, was also present at the placement of the capsules.
Several delegations from China have visited the University of Debrecen recently in order to discuss cooperation possibilities in the fields of engineering and natural sciences, student exchange programs and even plans for a cultural festival. A delegation from the city of Nanjing paid a visit to the recently inaugurated Vehicle Laboratory, while experts from Wuhan University took a tour of the laboratories of the Faculty of Science and Technology.
Pharmapolis Debrecen Innovative Pharmaceutical Cluster has held a general assembly meeting. There were 27 member organizations present at the event held at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Debrecen, where these members formulated new objectives and re-elected the management.
A group of recently graduated Hungarian and international students of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Debrecen took their official medical oath on Saturday. At the ceremonial council meeting of the Faculty of Medicine, fifty-nine of these physicians received their diplomas.
Students of the University of Debrecen did pretty well at this year’s NeuroSpark Hackathon held in Elche, Spain. Our contestants, representing the Faculty of Economics and Business, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Informatics, competed as members of international teams focusing on potential solutions of problems related to the nervous system and managed to achieve significant results.