UNIVERSITY OF SOPRON HAS WON THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN GOWN AWARDS
TO OUR GREAT PLEASURE, UNIVERSITY OF SOPRON WAS THE FIRST HUNGARIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION TO WIN THE GREEN GOWN AWARDS IN THE "2030 - CLIMATE ACTION" CATEGORY.
The award is supported by the United Nations Environment Programme and curated by the British-based Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) since 2004. The organization, which has more than two hundred institutions as members, aims to support sustainability in higher education.
NATIONAL COORDINATOR MEETING IN PÉCS
The National Coordinators' Meeting organized by the Tempus Public Foundation was held in the city of Pécs this year between the 29th of June and the 1st of July. On this three-day national event, the University of Sopron was represented by Dr. Réka Kissné Zsámboki PhD and Tamás Németh from the Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy, Vera Tolvaj from the Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries and Dr. habil. Zoltán Szabó PhD MBA, Márta Sándor and Boróka Buzsáki from the Centre of International Affairs.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE FAO, THE REUFIS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOPRON
Introduced/invasive species (plants, fungi, insects and vertebrates) have a significant impact on European forests. Many of them caused the complete elimination of a tree species (e.g. Dutch elm disease), while others caused significant tree mortality (e.g. chestnut blight). In the last two decades, many insect species linked to felled or weakened trees have also appeared in this group. The detection and monitoring of these species is a complicated and particularly challenging task. For facilitating it, the FAO, the Forest Invasive Species Network for Europe and Central Asia (REUFIS) and the University of Sopron organised a conference where the latest results of detecting and monitoring of invasive species linked to wood materials were presented. 20 participants from 11 countries joined the conference, but thanks to the hybrid mode, experts from other countries were also involved the conference held between 27 and 30 June 2022. During the three-day conference, the foreign specialists participated in a webinar, field trips, and laboratory work as well.
VIETNAMESE DELEGATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOPRON
The representatives of the Vietnam National University of Forestry (Hanoi, Xuan Mai) paid a visit to the University of Sopron on the 23 June 2022.
The delegation – President of the University Council Prof. Dr. Cao Quoc An, Director of the Office for International Cooperation Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Sam, Director of Finance and Accounting Mr. Dao Duy Phuong, Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Wood Technology and Interior Design Dr. Ly Tuan Truong and Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Office for International Cooperation Dr. Le Xuan Phuong – was welcomed by the management of the University of Sopron including Rector Prof. Dr. Attila Fábián, Vice-Rectors Prof. Dr. Ferenc Lakatos and Dr. Tibor Alpár, Head of the József Cziráki Doctoral School Prof. Dr. Róbert Németh (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Head of the Institute of Wood Technology and Technical Sciences Dr. Sándor Fehér (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Research and Foreign Affairs Dr. Zoltán Pásztory (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Research and Foreign Affairs Dr. Kornél Czimber (Faculty of Forestry).
The Vietnamese visit and the joint work of lecturers/researchers in Hanoi and Sopron are part of the Erasmus+ KA107 teacher and student exchange project, funded by the European Union to promote cooperation in training and scientific research.
