The 5th Music Pedagogy Conference in Debrecen provided an opportunity for researchers, performers and teachers of music, musicology and music education to exchange ideas, learn about and discuss new research.
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More than 3200 square metres have been added to the University of Debrecen's Faculty of Technology building complex on the Ótemető Street campus. The new, two-storey facility primarily houses teaching units, laboratories, student community spaces and offices. Balázs Hankó, the Minister of Culture and Innovation, called the University of Debrecen an outstanding example of renewed Hungarian higher education at the inauguration ceremony on Friday.
The catheter aortic valve implantation performed at the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the University of Debrecen Clinical Centre was shown live on Wednesday to the participants of an international conference in India. The clinic's staff has a wealth of experience in this field, having performed more than seven hundred such procedures to date. The surgery was carried out in a state-of-the-art hybrid laboratory, built with a budget of around one billion forints.
The library of DEENK's (the University and National Library of the University of Debrecen (UDUNL) Böszörményi Road campus has been expanded with a twenty-first century multifunctional reading room to meet all needs. The 240-square-metre reading room features a pre-bookable study room and has been fully upgraded for sustainability, serving the teaching and research activities of the faculties on campus.
Biotechnology is one of the fastest growing fields of science: pharmaceuticals, medicine, agriculture, food and the environment are all using such techniques. The University of Debrecen launched the biotechnology programme in 1987, and it has been available as a stand-alone BSc course for three years.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food Science and Environmental Management and the Faculty of Science and Technology will host an international conference this year as part of the Debrecen University Symposium. The University of Debrecen (UD/DE) Scientific Council decided on the winners of the competition at its meeting last week.
The University of Debrecen has recently made its debut among the top 400 universities in the field of pharmacy and pharmacology according to the latest QS thematic list. The British ranking company Quacquarelli Symonds has ranked UD in four new fields of science. Besides pharmacy and pharmacology, our institution has also been ranked in chemistry, mathematics, computer science and information technology.
An exhibition of models and photographs focusing on the modern architecture of Brno between the two world wars has been opened at the community space known as Szárító műhely (Drying House) of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Debrecen, on the street called Szombathi István utca. The exhibition will be open to the public until April 8.
The genome libraries of two protected moths, the striped Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) and the eastern eggar (Eriogaster catax), are being prepared currently by experts at the University of Debrecen within the framework of an international collaboration. The researchers’ aim is to understand the genetic structure of the moths to help conservation management in species protection.
The research group Hungary in Medieval Europe of the Institute of History of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Debrecen has recently hosted an international historians' conference titled “Political, cultural, religious, and economic transformations in the 15th and 16th centuries.” There were two honorary doctors of the institute giving talks at the conference.
How can a woman become a successful leader? Is there a career and/or motherhood dilemma? What are the drawbacks of young people communicating today mostly in the digital space? These were some of the issues discussed recently at MÜZLI Pódium, while at another event of Debreceni Egyetem Mérnöki és Üzletfejlesztési Innovációs Intézet [Institute for Engineering and Business Development Innovation at the University of Debrecen], the Alumni Party, students could ask questions freely addressed at the master teachers in our Learning Center.
It is the University of Debrecen again that will host this year's Hungarian round of the scientific competition of Rosatom, one of the largest nuclear energy companies in the world. Following the online format of previous years, the Hackatom nuclear energy problem-solving competition will be held this year for the first time with physical attendance of the participants. Rector Zoltán Szilvássy has discussed the details with the program coordinator and the delegation from Tomsk Polytechnic University.
The new CT scanner, which was inaugurated at the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen, enables faster examinations and more precise diagnoses for patients. This world-class CT scanner will aid the diagnosis and treatment of cardiology patients, and will assist in cardiac and thoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, and oncological surgery as well. The high-tech equipment was acquired through a unique financing arrangement.
Italian Professor Nicola Barbieri has given a talk at the University of Debrecen's campus in Hajdúböszörmény on the child-centered professional methods of Loris Malaguzzi, one of the greatest figures of Italian pedagogy. The Italian professor also shared the results of his recent research on childhood thinking.
