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Campus Fesztivál, which has been in close cooperation with the University of Debrecen for the past ten years, has been awarded an international acknowledgment on its tenth “birthday.”

Attila Miyuji Kaneko is to give a concert at the Faculty of Music of the University of Debrecen on the last occasion of the series called Conservatory Nights this year, scheduled for Sunday, May 7. The event marks the return of the Japanese-Hungarian pianist to Debrecen after a twenty-year absence.

Students could learn about rather peculiar kinds of sports at the first International University Sports Day hosted by the University of Debrecen, where they could also match their skills in five-a-side soccer, basketball, and tennis, in addition to some of the national sports practiced overseas.

Topical legal issues were discussed at the international conference held jointly for the eighth time by Debreceni Egyetem Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar [Faculty of Law of the University of Debrecen] (DE ÁJK) and Kiev University of Law.

The story of the foundation of Dyntell, its products and services, and even its plans for the future were presented at a session of Magyar Közgazdasági Társaság Debreceni Ifjúsági Bizottsága [Debrecen Youth Committee of Hungarian Economic Society], held at the Faculty of Economics.

A Russian Center has been established recently at the University of Debrecen. The aim of the new institution, set up through the sponsorship and contributions of the foundation Russkiy Mir [Russian World], is to popularize Russian culture and support the teaching of the Russian language.

Universities in China, whose representatives paid an official visit to our institution, would be keen to figure out details concerning the English-language programs offered at the University of Debrecen in the fields of science and technology, information science, agriculture, economy, and music.

Young Academy of Europe, the pan-European non-governmental academy of top young scientists and scholars, has accepted the nomination of biologist-ecologist Péter Török, an associate professor of the Department of Ecology of the University of Debrecen for membership.

Young musicians will be coming to the Faculty of Music this coming weekend from all over Hungary and even from abroad. Between April 8th and 10th, it is going to be the 40th occasion already that the Brass Winds and Percussion Meeting and Contest will be held here.

There were national dishes from 21 different countries prepared for this year’s International Dinner. The bill of fare offered for the students at the traditional gastronomical feast included specialties from Azerbaijan, Mexico, and India, in addition to the staples of Hungarian cuisine.

Researchers of the University of Debrecen have made a major breakthrough in the observation of living cells. In fact, they have constructed a unique video-microscope system the use of which opens up new vistas in cancer research and pharmacology.

The Department of German Studies is to hold this year’s German Majors’ Week (GMW) in cooperation with German Cultural Forum of Debrecen by introducing a series of lighter and non-scholastic functions into the range of professional and academic events arranged with the proverbial German precision.

Members of a delegation from China, who have visited the University of Debrecen recently, would be very much interested to find out about the details of student and staff mobility as well as participation possibilities in English-language doctoral programs at UD.

Hungarian experts practicing transplantation surgery at the University of Debrecen could get ahold of the most recent state-of-the-art information on the derivation of organs from brain-dead donors as presented by the most highly acclaimed transplantation surgeon from the Netherlands.