Arieh Warshel, a worlwide-renowned biochemist, has been the first to win the University of Debrecen Science Impact Award (uDEsia) of UD. The Nobel Prize laureate researcher received the award from rector Zoltán Szilvássy on 29 March.
The Department of Ecology and one of the Lendület Working Groups of UD have published two studies regarding the analysis of the re-settlement processes of lawn in Scientific Reports, which belongs to the renowned Nature Publishing Group.
In a ranking made by the Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe (EFFE), an organisation regularly ranking European festivals, this year again, after 2017, Campus Festival was listed among the most prestigious festivals.
UD has decided that the University of Debrecen Science Impact Award will go to biochemist Arieh Warshel this year. The Nobel Prize laureate professor, who has been working with researchers at UD for years, will receive the award from rector Zoltán Szilvássy on Friday.
Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds - with the participaion of the most prestiguous higher education ranking organisations a 3-day forum began on Tuesday entitled Higher Education Ranking at UD.
A ceremonial Senate meeting was held at the University of Debrecen on the occasion of the 171st anniversary of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49. An honorary doctoral degree was awarded at the event to György Matolcsy, governor of the Central Bank of Hungary.
Personalised training programme and lifestyle counselling for three months, free of charge – Five lucky students of UD have been selected to take part in the first health development mentoring programme of UniFit, which, from now on, the training centre intends to launch every semester.
In the past few days, the International Office of the University of Debrecen has been promoting opportunities to study and complete internship abroad among students through ”Erasmus breakfasts” and presentations at nearly all campuses of the university.
In the framework of their 2-week visit in Hungary, 18 students studying Hungarian language at the Josai International University (JIU) came to UD, where they met Hungarian students studying Japanese.
An English-language doctoral thesis made by a Ph.D. student of the Department of Botany of UD has won the first place award of the European Federation For Freshwater Sciences (EFFS). The dissertation deals with the role of migratory waterbirds in the dispersal of plants and invertebrates.
A unique heart surgery has been performed at the cardiology department of UD. Outside Budapest, Debrecen has been the first centre to perform mitral valvuloplasty ¬– as announced at the press conference of the 24th Cardiology Days in Debrecen.
With the contribution of UD and the prestigious Mayo Clinic, Senzime, a Swedish company, has developed a cutting-edge monitor to be used in operating rooms. The device can accurately detect when a patient is able to breath independently again. Its use enhances patient safety significantly.