The ATHENA Alliance has launched the "Co-Creation Hub", which is an initiative that allows FabLabs, makerspaces, and Design Factories from the ATHENA Alliance to open their creative workshops for joint projects and collaboration. This innovative platform aims to foster collaboration among various stakeholders in the ATHENA ecosystem, including university students, staff, industry, and the wider society. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) has joined this collaborative initiative with VILNIUS TECH's Creativity and Innovation Centre "LinkMenų fabrikas" at the forefront.

On April 24-28, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) will host the fourth international teaching week Global Faculty Week 2023, which aims to enrich the content of study programs and strengthen cooperation with partners from all around the world. This year, a particularly large number of applications has been received – more than 100 guest lecturers from 32 countries will deliver lectures, share knowledge and expertise with the University students from all the faculties.

Some years ago, virtual reality (VR) systems were associated only with games and leisure in three-dimensional virtual space. Today, VR is used in various fields. The innovation created by the team of Lithuanian scientists is a VR-based rehabilitation system, a VR technology without the VR world and glasses.

Can “Sustainable Logistics” be a challenge at the international level? Indeed, if you participate in the International Week under the ERASMUS+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP).

During Arqus Annual conference at Grac University, on April 5th, Arqus Teaching Excellence Awards Winners were awarded. This Award honours teachers of all disciplines at one of the Arqus universities and celebrates examples which are recognized as excellent and innovative in the context of university teaching.

A team led by Professor Virginijus Šikšnys from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC) determined the structure of TnpB using cryo-electron microscopy in collaboration with the group of Professor Guillermo Montoya at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR) at the University of Copenhagen.

March 8th-11th, 2023, the MRU Student Mediators' Team represented Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) at the XXI INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament in Bologna (Italy).

April 5, 2023 is the International Day of Biomechanics, celebrated worldwide since 2016 as "National Biomechanics Day" (https://thebiomechanicsinitiative.org). Biomechanics investigates the broad expanse of biology in the physical world, and it makes substantial contributions to basic biology and physics, medicine and health, human and animal movement and performance, biomedical engineering, prosthetics, and human-machine interactions, among many other endeavors. Biomechanics helps people and improves their quality of life.

Three years of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected the daily life of healthcare professionals, who consulted patients remotely due to being more likely to get infected, and some of them, like dentists, were even prohibited from working. A new invention by Lithuanian scientists, and business will allow providing health care services and ensure the safety of specialists during the outbreaks of various diseases.

Last week ATHENA European University and other partner universities’ academic and administrative staff were improving their skills and competencies at the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) “FutureFit Learning Gym” in Vilnius. 23 staff members from 8 EU countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia) participated in the BIP.