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Former student of Széchenyi István University, Malika Nisal Ratnayake, from Sri Lanka, has been awarded the international „Green Talent” prize for his doctoral research on sustainability. The outstanding student, who is currently studying for his PhD in Australia, was recently presented with the award by Dr Michael Meister, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research. The doctoral student gave an interview to Széchenyi University, in which he explained how his studies in Győr contributed to his recognition.

How do babies interpret what they see on a screen? Can they differentiate between virtual and real objects, characters, and events, or do they think they could try the toy car on TV just like the one next to them on the carpet? Find out more about this exciting new project of the CEU Cognitive Development Center. 

A network can only live as long its members are part of an active and creative community. Everything starts with small groups, even our alumni network is growing day by day and has already reached more than 6000 people. Our volunteer team has an essential part in network mobilization through various meetings and workshops. Join our volunteer team for the next two years and become our network mobilizers!

The time has come to introduce our international alumni volunteer team with 34 people from 17 countries speaking 23 different languages. In the third chapter of our volunteer series, you can read Busha Atfeh’s story from Syria! She is doing her PhD in Hungary at ELTE and now she’s in her last academic year to pursue the degree.

As an international alumni volunteer, you can get benefits from the Alumni Network Hungary to build your carrier. Either you search for your first volunteer project as a fresh graduate, or you are an experienced volunteer, the Alumni network Hungary has a wide range of opportunities to find your place. Join our volunteer team for the next two years and be our network mobilizers!

Space research is aimed to be an increasingly important field in the scientific portfolio of the University of Debrecen. UD has recently been visited by the first Hungarian cosmonaut, where he learned about the university’s space research program that includes solutions for long-term stay in space, space diet and sustainable cultivation practices among others.

In July the presenter of the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series was the internationally acclaimed ethologist, Ádám Miklósi, the head of the Ethology Department and the director of the Institute of Biology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). In his webinar, Professor Miklósi showed how ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior, can help the development of social robots.

More than two hundred surgeries are performed in Hungary every year to correct the developmental disorder known as the funnel chest that affects every six thousandth child. Recently, a process with 3D printing has been developed in Pécs, with the cooperation of doctors, engineers, 3D designers and metalworking professionals. The University of Pécs made an interview with thoracic surgeon Dr Zalán Szántó who invented the new method that has a huge opportunity in surgical procedures.

The awakening nature calls us to wake up too and shake off the winter’s melancholy. February is the month of various vivid carnivals and feasts. Have you heard of Farsang – the Hungarian Carnival or the Busójárás? Have you ever tried the carnival doughnut or blessed with holy water? Here is a list of our essential traditions – let’s check them out!