NEWSLETTER

No. 56December

2016

The concert performance by Norbert Detaeye on 4 October 1990 was an important event which attracted a good many students, quality music lovers. It is as a result of their response, and particularly following discussions with Ioan Big, at that time a student in Forestry and editor of student magazine Replica that the musician embarked on the Media and Arts Centre project, with the support of our university. So, in 1991, 1994 and 1996, Media and Arts Centre's hall, the Auditorium, and the small exhibition space were fully equipped for the purpose.

The online access to its musical files has allowed our Media and Arts Centre to reach out to an international audience. The music, art, and feature film collections, the vinyl records turned vintage items, the video and audio cassettes, CDs and DVDs are unique in the Romanian academic landscape and beyond.

Run entirely by volunteers, the Media and Arts Centre is the first cultural project initiated by the students in the post-communist era. It is here that the first gospel and traditional jazz bands were invited to perform, it is the venue, in 1998, of the first multicultural festival to have ever taken place in Romania, and it is also the place where the medieval interactive events held at the Weavers' Bastion were planned. Etnovember is the only festival in Romania and among the few events across Europe to be organized by our students for the benefit of the entire community. Every year our students have taken part in local project competitions which have secured the funding, by the City Hall, of each edition of the festival.

Student art groups like Teatrul De Aici and Bokréta, the widely known chair collection by famous twentieth century designers are among the many objects which make the Centre a one-of-a-kind space shaped by those who have curated it over the years.

Dr Marina Cionca

THE NORBERT DETAEYE MEDIA AND ARTS CENTRECOMMENCEMENT OF THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL 2016

COSME'16 THTHE 50 ISSUE OF RECENT JOURNAL

THE PRASIC CONFERENCE – 2016 EDITIONTH

THE ETNOVEMBER FESTIVAL ON ITS 18 EDITIONVISITING THE NATIONAL FORESTRY AND WOOD

TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINEDR BUSEK FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EASTERN EUROPETHE COMAT 2016 AND ICMSAV 2016 CONFERENCESTHE NATIONAL STUDENT OPERA GALADR ARTHUR DOGARIU'S VISIT TO TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY

ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT AULA MAGNASTANDARDIZATION, PROTYPES AND QUALITY: A MEANS OF BALKAN

COUNTRIES' COLLABORATIONTHE PSI WEEKDUO BASTET PRESENTS A NEW PLAY AT ETNOVEMBER 2016FPSE STUDENTS AT THE THEATRE IN EDUCATION CONFERENCEEARLY MUSIC RECITAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

GOOGLE DIGITAL WORKSHOP ECONOMIC EXPERIENCES – EEX 1 CONFERENCESTRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP

DEVISING, WRITING, AND PUBLISHING A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLETEAM GARDA VECHE WINS FINALS PUBLIC SPEAKING AT PRIME BRAŞOVMOBILE RESTORATION WORKSHOP – THE HISTORY IN THE CHURCH ATTICCONFERENCE ON EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE DRIVE YOUR CAREER@RENAULTAMINA CLAUDINE MYERS AT THE MULTICULTURAL CENTRE

MEDIA TRAINING BY STUDENT SHOWTHE POST-OIL EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY'S AULA MAGNAECHOES OF BUCHAREST EUROIJADA 2016 SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI

SCIENCE OF MUSIC – EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE 2016FROM MUSIC THERAPY TO MUSICOLOGY - RECITAL AND BOOK LAUNCH

PIANO – VIOLIN RECITAL THE KNOTS AND SUTURES WORKSHOP

COMMENCEMENT OF THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL 2016

On 15 November this year, the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School (SDI) co-organized, together with the Research and Development Institute within Transilvania

University, Doctoral Student 2016. The event marked the official starting point for the 94 doctoral candidates admitted to the Ph.D. program as a result of the entrance

examination held earlier, in the month of September.The turnout consisted of over 150 people among whom senior Ph.D.

students, advisors, teaching staff at SDI, researchers, and research unit leaders who met, exchanged ideas on the importance of doctoral research,

past experiences, and the facilities available to those embarking on their doctoral research projects.

The commencement address delivered by Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of Transilvania University, prefaced addresses by

Dr Carmen Buzea, Vice-rector for research, Dr Cătălin Alexandru, Director of the Doctoral Studies Council, and Dr Monica

Răileanu Szeles, Manager of the R&D Institute. The presentations which followed were focussed on practical

and procedural matters, such as the syllabus and timetables of the taught modules, the resources

available to the students and the online databases and communication services – information delivered by

Dr Maria Cristina Timar, Head of SDI, Ms Rodica Radu, librarian, and Dr Dan Nicula, Head of the

university's IT department and services. The event also included a guided tour of the R&D Institute with stops at several of its research units.

Credit is due to all those involved in planning and organizing Doctoral Student 2016, an event designed to inaugurate a new scholarly tradition.

Dr Maria Cristina Timar

THE NORBERT DETAEYE MEDIA AND ARTS CENTRE

TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AFTER

NEWSLETTERTransilvania University of BraşovWhat purpose does the university serve if not to pave the way for the society of wisdom?(King Ferdinand I)

(Paolo Blasi)

It is not the walls that make a school, but the spirit that reigns within.

NEWSLETTERTransilvania University of BraşovWhat purpose does the university serve if not to pave the way for the society of wisdom?(King Ferdinand I)

(Paolo Blasi)

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENTthThe 50 issue of RECENT was celebrated on the 25 November, on the occasion of the RECENT

symposium traditionally held on the release of each issue of the periodical. A trademark of Transilvania University of Brașov, RECENT is an industrial engineering journal indexed in several international databases. Over the past seventeen years, it has served as a vehicle for the dissemination of 858 research papers, 20% of which authored by researchers from Algiers, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.

The editorial board consists of faculty staff at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, initiators of the journal, in the year 2000, as well as of prominent specialists from Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal, Russia, and the U.K.

The RECENT team

THTHE 50 ISSUE OF RECENT JOURNAL

Between 2 and 4 November, the Faculty of Technological Engineering and thIndustrial Management organized the 4 edition of the international conference

Computing and Solutions in Manufacturing Engineering 2016 – CoSME'16. The event was supported by seven sponsors from Romania and one from Germany. Ninety-four contributions were accepted, as a result of a rigorous peer-reviewing process. They were authored by an overall number of 172 academics representing 41 higher education and research institutions from 12 countries.

Guests at the official opening were Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of Transilvania University, as well as prominent representatives of local industries: Eng. Răzvan Cioban, Dr Eng. Cristian Popescu, Eng. Marius Suranyi, and Eng. Dorin Șaramet. Six keynote presentations were delivered to the 134 participants by leading scholars and specialists from France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, and Romania.

The accepted papers will be published in MATEC Web of Conferences, a reputable online open source publication indexed in several data bases, which ensures the national and international visibility of the CoSME Conferences.

Dr Gheorghe OanceaHead of the Organizing Committee for the 2016 edition

A HIGH PROFILE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

On 10 and 11 November, the Faculty of Product Design and Environment

thorganized the IX edition of the PRASIC Conference. The event was attended by participants from Politehnica University of Bucharest, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Dunărea de Jos University of Galați, the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - represented by the branch campus in Baia-Mare, West University of Timișoara, Constantin Brâncuși University of Tg.

Jiu, University of Craiova, the Technical College of Turda, Heriot Watt University of Edinburgh, the University of Palermo, The University of Belgrade, the Technical University of Moldova, and Transilvania University of Brașov. Guest participants in these events were Prof Eugen Pay (Baia Mare), Prof Vasile Puiu (Bacău), Prof Aurel Jula, Prof Emil Chișu, Prof Petre Alexandru (Brașov).

thThe event also occasioned the celebration of Prof Aurel Jula's 80 anniversary.The first edition of the conference took place in 1978, on the initiative of Prof Ioan Drăghici, and was subsequently organized by Prof Aurel

Jula, Prof Emil Chișu, Prof Dan Constantin Rădulescu, Prof Florea Dudiță, and many others. The title - Product Design, Robotics, Advanced Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems and Innovation Conference - announced the researchers' interest in computer-assisted design of machine systems. In time, the conference expanded its scope and included several other areas: Industrial Robots (1986), Mechanical Transmissions, Technical

thDrawing and Industrial Design, all of which were represented in the VII edition of the conference in 2006. A decade later, PRASIC makes a grand entrance as Product Design, Robotics, Advanced Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems, Innovation Conference, displaying along with traditional fields several newer ones – designing machines, mechanisms, industrial robots and mechatronic products, management, innovation and technological transfer.

thA selection of the IX conference proceedings were published in a special issue of the Bulletin of Transilvania University, and the 2018 proceedings are due to be published in an international journal.

Dr Dan Săvescu

A MEMORABLE SCIENTIFIC EVENT RESUMED AFTER A DECADE

THE PRASIC CONFERENCE – 2016 EDITION

COSME'16 AT THE FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

The Etnovember festival is a project financed by the City Hall of Brașov, and takes place under the aegis of Transilvania University.

On the first day, the opening speeches were given by Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of Transilvania University, H.E. Thomas Baekelandt, Ambassador of Belgium, and by Norbert Detaeye. Foreign guests from Austria, Belgium and the Republic of Moldova had the opportunity to visit the twenty exhibitions displaying items of architecture, design, restauration photography, traditional arts and crafts, the highlight of which was the exhibition “The architecture of royal buildings” showcased by CREART Bucharest. The lively atmosphere was permeated with the musical performance by the Versus percussion ensemble from "Tudor Ciortea" Highschool of Music, and the recital of Maya Ciosa, a 12 year old girl with an incredible singing voice. The event also included three book launches, one of which, Vision of Safety. Safety Guide in Case of Fire is an Etnovember 2015 project, coordinated by Dr A. Oláh and completed by a group of students at exactly one year after the tragedy occurring at Colectiv club, in Bucharest. Later on the same day, 35 students from the Faculty of Wood Engineering were awarded prizes for their work on organizing the festival; special

ndcommendations for their work were given to Alexandra Dumitrescu and Georgiana Purcaru, 2 year students.

On Sunday, at the Medieval Fair at the Weavers' Bastion, the ethnic communities (Greek, German, Hungarian, and Jewish) from Brașov, as well as representatives of the Musashino Association (Japan) gave the public a taste of their respective musical and dance traditions. Local craftsmen showcased Christmas decorations and the children present at the event participated in a drawing contest, and won the much craved for wooden halberds. Following the torchlight procession in the City Square, the "Fireball Hypnosis" group performed an amazing choreography with vampires and fire garlands.

On Monday, after the Poetry Marathon at the Faculty of Letters, a large audience was able to watch the show “As they say” by R. Mazzucco, performed by Teatrul de Aici, a "pocket” theatre developed over the last few years within the Arts and Media Centre. The last act of the evening was given by Norbert Detaeye, who performed a memorable piano and voice solo concert for an enthusiastic and eager audience.

Dr Marina Cionca

19-21 NOVEMBER 2016 -THREE DAYS OF ART, MUSIC AND MULTI-ETHNIC CULTURAL TRADITIONS

The National Forestry and Wood Technology University of Ukraine in Lviv is the first academic thinstitution in Ukraine to have prepared wood industry specialists ever since the XIX century. On 14 November,

the Board of the Ukrainian university signed an academic exchange agreement with Transilvania University. On the occasion of this milestone event, Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of Transilvania University, presented to his Ukrainian colleagues the educational and research opportunities provided by our university. The Rector of the Ukrainian university, Dr Yuriy Tunytsya, author of World Environmental Constitution – a presentation given in 2012 to the United Nations Assembly Panel on Sustainable Development – highlighted the mutual advantages of the collaboration between our institutions.

During their visit to Ukraine, Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of our university, and Dr Alexandru Lucian Curtu, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Engineering, met with representatives of the Lviv wood industry, and visited production facilities for seeds and seedlings, Scots pine natural regenration areas and tree farms, as well as a wood-processing factory.

Dr Alexandru Lucian Curtu

On 9 November, Dr Marius Cătălin Barbu from the Faculty of Wood Engineering, visiting professor at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (SUAS), Austria, and Dr Alexander Petutschnigg, Head of the Department of Forest Products Technology and Timber Construction within SUAS received the honorary award from Dr Erhard Busek Foundation for intercultural exchange with Southeast Europe (Würdigungspreis 2016 für Interkulturellen Austausch mit Südosteuropa). The award was offered by Dr Busek himself in recognition of the fruitful collaboration between the two universities.

Dr Busek is the former Vice-Prefect and Vice-Mayor of Vienna (1978-1987), Vice-Chancellor of Austria (1991-1995), Minister of Science and Research of Austria (1991-1994), Minister of Education and Culture of

Austria (1994-1995), first Rector of SUAS (2004-2011), and is Doctor Honoris Causa of Transilvania University (2002).

Dr Marius Cătălin Barbu

VISITING THE NATIONAL FORESTRY AND WOOD TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE

COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE FACULTY OF WOOD ENGINEERING AND SALZBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

BRAȘOV-LVIV: COOPERATION BETWEEN TWO FORESTRY INSTITUTIONS OF LONG TRADITION

THE ETNOVEMBER FESTIVALTH

ON ITS 18 EDITION

DR BUSEK FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EASTERN

EUROPE

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

YOUNG VOICES FROM FOUR UNIVERSITIES PERFORM ON THE STAGE OF OUR UNIVERSITY'S AULA MAGNAThe Opera Gala, organized by the Music Centre of our university, gathered at Aula Magna students

from Romanian universities such as the National Music University Bucharest, George Enescu University of Arts in Iaşi, Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca and, last but not least, Transilvania University of Braşov.

On 14 and 15 November, the local public had the privilege of listening to live performances of famous operatic arias by the best students. Among them worth mentioning are sopranos Edith Adetu and Eliza Solomon, mezzosoprano Florena Radu, bass Cezar Ionescu, and accompanying pianist Dr Cezara Petrescu (Iaşi), sopranos Margarita Antoniadou and Andreea Blidaru, baritone Silviu Mihăilă, and accompanying pianist Tudor Scripcaru (Bucharest), mezzosoprano Viktoria Kormoş and accompanying pianist Dr Lucian Gheju (Cluj-Napoca). Our own representatives at this gala were the soprano Mădălina Bourceanu, mezzosopranos Corina Purcărea, Cristina Trandafir and Noemi Karacsony, alongside accompanying pianists Dr Anca Preda and Ovidiu Mezei, the Artistic Director of the Brașov Opera.

The result of this event was a celebration of music by beautiful, talented people who made us feel nostalgia, sadness, energy or optimism conveyed by the music they masterfully sang.

Magdalena Lazăr, student

THE NATIONAL STUDENT OPERA GALA

On 24 and 25 November, our university played host to two major annual thevents in the field of mechanical engineering: the 6 International Conference on

thAdvanced Composite Materials Engineering - COMAT 2016 and the 40 International Conference on Mechanics of Solids, Acoustics and Vibrations - ICMSAV 2016. Organized regularly by the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, the Romanian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SRMTA), and the Department of Mechanical Engineering within Transilvania University, the two events invite state-of-the-art field research.

The topics covered by the conference scope were Mathematical Modelling in Mechanics of Solids; Numerical Methods in Mechanics of Solids; Advanced Mechanics in Robotics; Tribology and Micro-Nano Systems; Optimal Design of the Mechanical Systems; Acoustics and Vibrations; Indoor Ambient Acoustics; Acoustics Systems of Road, Air and Rail; Vibrations of Structural Systems; Mechanical Vibrations of Technological Equipment; Isolation and Dissipation Systems for Seismic Action on Buildings, Bridges and Viaducts.

The conference panels were attended by numerous researchers from Romania and abroad. Overall, one hundred-odd papers in the field of Applied Mechanics were presented at both conferences.

The plenary speeches were given this year by Dr Arthur Dogariu from Princeton University and Dr Santiago Ferrándiz Bou from Universitat Politècnica de València. Several participants were granted SRMTA awards, and among them, our colleague Marian Velea, for his valuable research published in a leading international journal.

Dr Ioan Călin RoșcaDr Sorin Vlase

THE COMAT 2016 AND ICMSAV 2016 CONFERENCES

Between 17 and 26 November, our university received the visit of Dr Arthur Dogariu, professor at Princeton University (USA). Dr Dogariu studied at the Physics Institute in Măgurele and became a well-known researcher in the USA. He is one of the three researchers who demonstrated that the speed of light exceeds the limits known today.

Dr Dogariu met with Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of our university, paid brief visits to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Faculty of Wood Engineering, the Physics Department, the Centre for Valorisation and Transfer of Competence, and to the Laboratory for Noise and Fluctuations. He delivered classes to second year undergraduate students (as part of the module of Electronic Measurements), and to first year master students (from the programme Electronics and Communications Integrated Systems), on the topic: “Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University”. He also gave two conference presentations, “Laser remote sensing and distance sensing using Raman coherent” and, as keynote speaker at the COMAT Conference, “Non-linear optics and lasers: From fundamental research to practical applications”.

This visit highlighted the scientific progress in the field of nonlinear optics, as well as the methods to encourage advanced research and studies in the USA (admission to Princeton University is the major test for any young student, because it is based on extremely serious criteria and strict requirements). The participants appreciated the high scientific level of our guest's research interests and the fact that he remained in contact with his Romanian colleagues and friends.

Dr Doru Ursuțiu, Dr Cornel Samoilă, Dr Ivan Cismaru – Academy of Romanian Scientists

LECTURE AND CONFERENCE SERIES HELD BY PROFESSOR DOGARIU FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

DR ARTHUR DOGARIU'S VISIT TO TRANSILVANIA

UNIVERSITY

MAJOR ANNUAL EVENTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

On 19 November, the Music Centre of our University hosted the concert thIt's a Long Way to Transylvania, dedicated to the 25 anniversary of the Media and

Arts Centre. The jazz and blues band led by the well-known Belgian musician Norbert Detaeye included the instruments specific for the New Orleans traditional style: trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, supported by the rhythmic section, piano, contrabass and bass guitar. The concert which reunited seven European top instrumentalists created an informal and alert celebratory atmosphere, where the rhythms from the south of the USA alternated with serious and slow episodes of blues pieces from the Mississippi area. During these moments, Norbert Detaeye's unforgettable voice gently dominated the instruments, and the music interpreted with great passion and talent conveyed intense emotion and was rewarded by the large audience with a standing ovation at the end.

The success of the concert was increased by the exceptional quality of the sound and light system which enhanced the excitement brought about by this special show. The concert was preceded by an anniversary celebration: diplomas and medals were awarded to personalities such as H.E. Thomas Baekelandt, the Belgian Ambassador, Norbert Detaeye and Frank Beke, who between 1995 and 2006 was mayor of Ghent (Gand), the home town of most of the members of the Belgian delegation.

The Music Centre of our University rose again to the occasion and, after the concert, the public lingered for a long while at Aula Magna to share their joy after this special night.

Dr Marina Cionca

ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT AULA MAGNA

On 3 and 4 November the Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management organized ththe 13 International Conference STANDARDIZATION, PROTYPES AND QUALITY: A MEANS OF BALKAN

COUNTRIES' COLLABORATION in partnership with the Union of Hellenic Scientists for Protypation and Standardization (ENEPROT).

The opening ceremony took place at the same time as the one for the COSME'16 Conference. Each year the conference represents an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and practices among the representatives of Balkan countries, members of the “Balkan Coordination Office”. This was the first edition held in Romania, at Transilvania University of Brașov, and the event attracted participants from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Romania, as well as special guests from Kosovo, the Netherlands and Iraq. The conference proceedings include 48 papers, also available online, in our university's journal Recent (www.recentonline.ro).

The German language theatre ensemble Duo Bastet, made up of Dr Carmen E. Puchianu and Dr Robert G. Elekes (from the Faculty of Letters) surprised the audience again with an interesting new theatre play presented at Etnovember 2016 on the stage of Arlechino Theatre of Brașov. Das neue Stück (The new play), written and staged with irony and energy by the two ingenious theatre creators, is thought out as an on-stage demonstration of how theatre is made. Based on dialogues partly improvised during the show, combined with poems by the two authors, the new play bears the unique mark of the Duo Bastet team. The public witnesses a balancing act between reality and fiction, between everyday reality and theatre reality, enjoying the (self)ironic lines, the mimicry, the recitations and the choreography, resulting in a high quality performance in the spirit of postmodern theatre.

It is clear that this new play challenges the two performers both in their relationship with the public and with their own self as an object and source of creation. In fact, this show resembles an open work, a perpetual work in progress. The play was also performed on 8 December in Cluj as part of the International Conference of German Studies organized by the Austrian Library in partnership with the Department of German Studies of Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj. Since its creation in 2009, Duo Bastet performed many times in Romania and abroad, in Austria, Germany, Slovenia, and Hungary.

Between 2 and 7 November, the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences organized, in partnership with TREI Publishing House and Cărturești Brașov bookshop, a series of six conferences on psychology and education.

From Monday to Saturday, students, practising psychologists, pre-university teaching staff, students, parents, readers of all ages participated in the presentation and discussion of a number of topical issues, approached by competent teaching staff in the field: Motivation, success, failure, and happiness in life - Marcela Rodica Luca, Psychologic intervention from 10 minutes to 10 years - Laura Teodora David, Emotion, reason and harmony in the couple - Laura Elena Năstasă, Emotional first aid for very young and young children - Camelia Truța, Why are we superstitious? - Mariela Pavalache-Ilie and Ana Maria Cazan, Healthy students in a healthy school - Laura Teodora David and Laura Elena Năstasă.

The audience showed great interest in the topics, asking questions and taking active part in the discussions.

Dr Marcela Rodica Luca

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ROMANIA, AT

TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY

DUO BASTET PRESENTS A NEW PLAY AT

ETNOVEMBER 2016

THE PSI WEEK

THE CONFERENCE STANDARDIZATION, PROTYPES AND QUALITY: A MEANS OF BALKAN COUNTRIES' COLLABORATION

A HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN THE SPIRIT OF POSTMODERN THEATRE

IT'S A LONG WAY TO TRANSYLVANIA

PSYCHOLOGY GOES TO TOWN

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

Dr Badea Lepădătescu

NEXUS BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC GROUP AT THE MULTICULTURAL CENTREOn 26 November, Transilvania University's music session hosted by the University's Multicultural

Centre brought a novel recital to the attention of the local audience. The early music chamber group Nexus Baroque is living proof of the independent and at the same time

cohesive character of music represented, at this particular event by four musicians whose art brought together two apparently contrasting worlds: the musical Baroque and the contradictory contemporary world, as reflected by the younger generation. This generation is duly represented by the twenty something members of the group: Yeuntae Jung (flute, South Korea), Julia Andres (flute, Germany), Alexander Gergelyfi (harpsichord, Austria), and Hyngun Cho (cello, South Korea). They offered rich, enthusiastic and emotionally diverse interpretations of the musical pieces chosen from the work of Telemann, Castello, Legrenzi, Williams, Marini and Corelli.

Magdalena Lazăr, student

EARLY MUSIC RECITAL

On 4 and 5 November, 300 participants (of whom 50 students at the Faculty Psychology and Education Sciences) attended the “Theatre in Education” Conference at Reduta Cultural Centre. The Teachers' Training Centre on the other hand, organised another training session for 60 teachers and 10 students from FPSE. The conference was organised in partnership by Children's Theatre Association Vienna, the Romanian Ministry of Education, the Federal Ministry of Education of Austria, our Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences and the Brașov County School Inspectorate.

The aim of this project is to raise the awareness of both teachers and the general public of the benefits of non-formal education through drama. The organisers' objective was to support the initiative regarding the development of a curriculum for the theatre course in primary education; the training of trainers (theatre teachers in schools) and the introduction of theatre as an elective course in schools.

The topics of the conference were: the implications of theatre workshops in children's and young people's development and behaviour; the creative approach to teaching with games and drama (by training 60 teachers from Brașov county and 10 students from FPSE by means of Sylvia Rotter's method for the teaching of children) and a presentation of the book 'Curtain up...for life', by Sylvia Rotter and Brigitte Sindelair; the need to introduce theatre in schools as an elective course.

Insightful presentations were given by specialists from the field of education, theatre pedagogy and neurology from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, UNATC Bucharest, Transilvania University of Braşov and from Brașov County School Inspectorate. The workshops were meant to develop language sensitivity, concentration and ability of expression. Wiener Kindertheater has been working for the development of such competences for 21 years and Sylvia Rotter has been using her methods in Romania for eight years.

Dr Toader Pălășan

TRAINING SESSION FOR TEACHING THROUGH GAMES

AND DRAMA

On 18 and 19 November, the university's Aula Magna was the venue for the National Symposium of Psychosomatic Medicine themed “From the fundamental to the clinical in Psychosomatic Medicine”. The participants were physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and students interested in the field of psychosomatic medicine, as well as invited speakers from the universities of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, and Brașov. We were happy to welcome a group of psychologists from Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca under the coordination of Prof Adriana Baban. Guests from other countries also contributed to the success of the event: Prof Hans-Christian Deter from Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin and Dr Paula Zimbrean, assistant professor of psychiatry and surgery, Yale University, New Haven.

� Psychosomatics is not a speciality, it is a paradigm which should be followed by all physicians who treat patients, especially those suffering from chronic diseases. The concepts of psychosomatics have been disseminated in Eastern Europe via a CEEPUS network whose member Transilvania University has been for more than 10 years. Moreover, an elective course has been designed for the students of our faculty to help develop their abilities for empathetic communication with patients and add cultural knowledge to their professional one.

Various topics were debated in the symposium: Psychosomatics in medical practice, Practical models in psychosomatic medicine, What does our heart tell us?, Psychosomatic aspects in digestive functional pathology.

Dr Laurențiu Nedelcu

PSYCHOSOMATICS – A PARADIGM FOR ALL PHYSICIANS

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PSYCHOSOMATIC

MEDICINE

FPSE STUDENTS AT THE THEATRE IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

On 17 November, our university hosted the Digital Workshop, an event dedicated to digital communication organised by Leaders Foundation in partnership with Google Romania, the Faculty of Sociology and Communication at Transilvania University of Brașov, and PRIME Brasov.

The Digital Workshop represents an opportunity that Google Romania, with the help of its educational partners, offers young people who want to learn about virtual profiles, SEO, AdWords, the use of YouTube to their advantage. They can find out about the importance of a contact page on their own website or how to create an online feedback form.

The Digital Workshop at Transilvania University was held by Cristian Ignat, founder of Canopy (www.canopy.ro). His experience in digital communication was a source of examples and provided answers to the questions asked by some of the 100 participants.

This first course lasted for three hours, but the participants found out that they could improve their knowledge by accessing an online platform (http://atelieruldigital.jaromania.org), where they could take a series of tests which would earn them a diploma certified by Google and IAB Europe and recognised by employers around Europe. Moreover, by online certification, Transilvania University's students can help the university to get one of the 10 fully equipped Digital Workshops (HUB) (modern interior design premises, equipped with computers, printers, internet hub, financial means for an administrator and internet costs for one year) offered to 10 Romanian universities. Additionally, Romanian students who are able to get the Google certification can win one of the three educational trips to New York.

Dr Florin Nechita

STUDENTS CAN OBTAIN A GOOGLE AND IAB EUROPE CERTIFIED DIPLOMA

On 17 and 18 November the first International Conference Economic Experiences – EEx 1 took place at our university. The conference was organized in collaboration by the Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration at Transilvania University of Brașov and the Iași subsidiary of the Romanian Academy. The conference has been indexed by the Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence under the name SEA 10 and its proceedings can be found at http://seaopenresearch.eu.

The objective of the conference was to give the academic and research communities as well as corporate entities the chance to present their ideas, the results of their research and their economic experiences. Additionally, the aim of the organisers was to establish Brașov, an important economic and higher education centre in Romania, as a permanent venue for a conference of a high scientific calibre. Without disregarding any field of economic research, the conference aims to contribute to the development of macro- and micro-economic models so that economic research may support the development of Romanian companies and lead to the substantiation of economic policies in Romania. In this context, the promotion of a scientific economic publication is an important goal of the conference.

The next Economic Experiences conferences will take place at Transilvania University on 17 and 18 November 2017 and 16 and 17 November 2018.

Dr Constantin Duguleană

The strategic planning workshop was held on 2 and 3 November at the Scientific Library of the Academy of Economic Studies in the Republic of Moldova. The event was organized within the framework of the “Modernization of Academic Library Services in Moldova” Project funded by the Norwegian Cooperation Programme in Higher Education with Eurasia, co-developed by 18 university libraries from the Republic of Moldova, the University of Bergen, Norway, and Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania.

The context of the proposed activities consisted in assessing the institutional capacity of 18 university libraries in the Republic of Moldova, as well as in instructing a 20-person group in the relevant fields of institutional capacity building, strategic planning, etc.

The Assessment of Institutional Capacity will include the evaluation of the operational and institutional capacity; the organization of focus groups / online or informal interviews; drafting the report on the assessment of the institutional capacity. The assessment report will inform decisions relative to future training actions consisting of several workshops on specific topics, a mentoring session for distance trainees, a follow-up – analysis of created products. In the end, an analytical report on the institutional capacity of the university libraries in the Republic of Moldova will be made; 18 development strategies for the libraries benefitting from the project “Modernization of Academic Library Services in Moldova”, as well as 18 plans for the monitoring and evaluation of the strategies, will be outlined.

The first workshop focused on the workflow aimed at developing the strategy; a SWOT analysis was made; sessions were held on: vision, establishment of the goals and objectives afferent to the strategy, determination of contradictions, strategic direction; the objectives and the Activity Plan for the 2017 – 2020 interval were outlined.

Dr Angela Repanovici

ECONOMIC EXPERIENCES– EEX 1 CONFERENCE

THE “MODERNIZATION OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN MOLDOVA” PROJECT

A COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND CORPORATE COMMUNITIES

GOOGLE DIGITAL WORKSHOP

STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

COLINA LEAGUE CUP – 2016 – A SUCCESSFUL COMPETITIONThe second edition of the mini-football competition Colina League Cup took place on the Transilvania

University Campus between 24 October and 9 November 2016.The draws were held in a festive atmosphere at Aula Magna with players from the participant teams

and representatives from our partners – Digi Sport and Digi Mobil in attendance. This edition of the competition divided participants in six groups of four teams each, competing against one another in the first stage. The second stage involved the play-offs, the eighth-finals, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals. The last matches of the competition, specifically the finals for third and fourth place and the finals for first and second place, were played Wednesday, 9 November.

The competition was won by team Garda Veche, who beat Viitorul in the finals with a score of 5 – 1. The finals for third and fourth place was won, surprisingly enough, by the team from the Sports High School in Braşov. Two demo matches, one between two girls teams and another between two teachers teams, were

played before the play-offs.The competition took place on the Colina Arena, most of the matches being played by night. Five professional referees, graduate students of

the university, presided over the matches. The awards were offered by the partners of the competition (Digi Sport and Digi Mobil) and consisted of a full set of football equipment, mobile phones and subscriptions. Transilvania University awarded the Trophy of Colina League Cup and the medals to the winners. Congratulations are due to all the participants.

Dr Daniel Munteanu

TEAM GARDA VECHE WINS FINALS

This is about a book one cannot find just anywhere. Most of these books are in the how-to format, but this is a different kind of thing altogether. The volume released on 18 November at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration is entitled A concepe, a redacta și a publica un articol științific [Devising, Writing, and Publishing a Scientific Article]. It is a realistic and accurate approach to the current issue of research in the field of economics, and its final goal to disseminate results in leading scientific journals.

The authors are directly involved in fundamental and applied research, with extensive experience in writing and reviewing scientific articles: Dr Vasile Dinu from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, founder and editor-in-chief of the periodical publication Amfiteatru Economic – a Thompson Reuters indexed journal, Dr Gheorghe Săvoiu from the University of Pitești, Dr Dan-Cristian Dabija from Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, co-editors.The book was introduced to the public by the three authors followed by a Dr Laurențiu Tăchiciu from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, also a co-editor of the aforementioned journal.

The book launch was attended by teaching staff and students from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration.

Dr Gheorghe Epuran

DEVISING, WRITING, AND PUBLISHING A SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

We all want to learn practical things that will help us in the future; from time to time, we, at PRIME Brașov have the chance to create events by which we can do exactly that.

On 22 November we were happy to welcome at a new PRIME event twenty undergraduate students interested in public speaking. Sorin Peligrad, a professional public speaker from Braşov and an event planner himself, took us on a three-hour journey meant to teach us about self-confidence in any situation in which we might find ourselves.

There are three musketeers, three qualities that a Public Speaker must possess. “Logos” – the discourse technique; learning how to speak, how to perfect your gestures and posture, diction and breathing exercises. “Pathos” – passion; freedom and passion innovate and help you evolve, they connect you to your audience. And if you want to become a Public Speaker, you must have excellent rapport with your audience. The third musketeer is “ethos” – ethics, getting to the point where you can embody the values of Public Speaking and be authentic in what you do, because people respond to authenticity.

We were only too happy when, at the end, Sorin put us all to work: we exercised making our own speeches, we learned from one another and took one step towards becoming professional public speakers.

Tudor Crețu, Communication and Public Relations student

PUBLIC SPEAKING AT PRIME BRAȘOV

BOOK LAUNCH AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

LOGOS, PATHOS, ETHOS

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

The project Restorers for a Day, Attitude for a Lifetime, initiated by the Faculty of Wood Engineering in 2013 has taken a new turn this year. On 21 and 22 November 2016, volunteers from Antique IL Restoration Club within the faculty organized The Mobile Restoration Workshop at Petru Rareş High School in Feldioara. The event took place at the request of parish priest Mircea Rusei and of high school principal Prof Gabriela Suciu, and was based on a cooperation agreement between the Faculty of Wood Engineering, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church and Petru Rareş High School in Feldioara.

The restored objects were: the chest of the Church's archive (which held records of weddings and christenings), the baptismal font dated 1794, two donation discs dated 1793-1794, two painted icons dated 1794, a censer, a pair of scales with plates and weights, and a pepper grinder, all belonging to St. John the Baptist Church in Feldioara.

The twelfth grade students guided by Prof Călin Rușitaru and the volunteers from Antique IL worked in mixed teams, acknowledging the historic value of the objects in the local patrimony, which open a window onto the history of the community. The team of volunteers and the lesson in becoming involved were complemented by the participation of preservation expert Georgiana Gămălie, a native of Feldioara.

For a few hours, we travelled back in time, we actually had a slice of history, all the while acknowledging that our origins must be religiously preserved. We hope this spirit will endure and the restored objects will be admired by the entire local community during the Christmas mass.

Dr Anca Maria Varodi, Dr Emanuela Beldeanu, Dr Maria Cristina Timar

SCHOOL, DIFFERENTLY: RESTORERS FOR A DAY, ATTITUDE FOR A LIFETIME

The thirteenth edition of the Conference on Evidence-Based Medicine took place at Aula Magna between 3 and 5 November. The scientific event was organized by the Romanian Society of Internal Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine of Transilvania University and included over 60 presentations from various fields of medical practice. Professors from all university medical centres made the event all the more special. The large turnout, comments and discussions contributed to the success of the event.

The first day was dedicated to pre-conference lectures delivered by a number of prominent medical specialists. The conference addressed important topics from the fields of cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology, and ultrasonography. A 90 minute symposium was dedicated to clinical studies, a field of great interest both to the medical world, and to the general public. Moderated by Dr Laurenţiu Nedelcu, MD and Dr Dan Dumitrașcu, MD (Cluj-Napoca), the symposium focused on the technical aspects of the assessment of the effect in studies and presented the successful results in the treatment of Hepatitis C.

Equally successful was the round table dedicated to medical imaging, coordinated by Dr Radu Badea, MD (Cluj-Napoca). The theoretical elements and the practical applications approached modern exploration methods like contrast-enhanced ultrasound, echo-endoscopy and elastography. The team from Cluj took this opportunity to release their book, Ultrasonography in Clinical Practice, the result of their vast experience.

Dr Laurenţiu Nedelcu

Under the slogan, A Company Involved in Students' Lives, Group Renault Romania is developing, together with universities in Romania, a range of programs adapted to the specific needs of automotive engineering. Its main objective is to enhance skills and knowledge about project management in the field of motor vehicles.

In the month of November our university hosted the Renault Caravan. The Drive Your Career@Renault event highlighted the collaboration opportunities offered by Group Renault Romania to students and academics.

It was an opportunity for our students to learn about the secrets of the field of motor vehicles, specifically about the history of the car from sketch and design to manufacturing and delivery to the client. The technical challenges launched by the guests during the workshop appealed to the participants' initiative and creativity.

The exhibition and presentation of four car models manufactured by the company complemented the experience shared by the students together with representatives from Renault. This event is a further step towards narrowing the gap between the academia and the industries.

Dr Luminiţa Pârv

CONFERENCE ON EVIDENCE-BASED

MEDICINE

RENAULT TECHNOLOGIE ROUMANIE – RTR, A COMPANY INVOLVED IN STUDENTS' LIVES

CARDIOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, ONCOLOGY, ULTRASONOGRAPHY

MOBILE RESTORATION WORKSHOP – THE HISTORY IN

THE CHURCH ATTIC

DRIVE YOUR CAREER@RENAULT

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

PROFESSIONALS FACE TO FACE WITH STUDENTSStudent Show, the talk show hosted by

students at Transilvania University of Braşov, organized a new edition of the Media Training event on 8 November. The event took place at the Students' Arts Club in Braşov and among the guests

were Saviana Russu (producer for Realitatea TV), Ruxandra Morar (reporter for Digi 24 Braşov) and Laurenţiu Dumitru (media specialist). Those present were able to find out about what it takes to work as a field reporter, to host a live talk show and how to prepare for it, about the life of a TV personality beyond the small screen, as well as about the role of collaboration between the team members.

Saviana Russu presented an honest perspective on the studies necessary to get into this field, her personal experience and journey into the world of television: from press editor to reporter and then TV producer. Ruxandra Morar inspired us with her story about how she discovered the world of television and what it was like being a beginner in this field, and Laurenţiu Dumitru talked about a few less visible technical aspects, and emphasized the importance of team work.

Media Training by Student Show was aimed at familiarizing students with the atmosphere behind the small screen, offering them the opportunity to develop an interest in television or to validate the choice of those who were already considering a career in this field, but also to offer new information to Student Show “newbies”.

Maria Gherghinoiu, Ana Maria IosifStudents in Communication and Public Relations

MEDIA TRAINING BY STUDENT SHOW

On November 18, the public present at the second event in the Chamber Jazz at Transilvania University series held at the Multicultural Centre had the opportunity to listen to Amina Claudine Myers, an important jazz, blues and gospel vocalist, pianist and composer with a discography consisting of nine original albums and an impressive portfolio of international awards and grants.

During a career spanning over four decades, Amina Claudine Myers has recorded and performed with Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra, James Blood Ulmer, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie and Bill Laswell, gaining an impressive amount of experience which now allows her to perform even the most ambitious pieces with a sense of ease.

Her new album and solo project, Sama Rou - Songs From My Soul marks a return to her cultural origins, namely the traditional religious songs of the American south, reinterpreted and refined as a result of her exposure to the specific buzz of New York City. Amina Claudine Myers casually reconciles these stylistic layers with her African roots, manifested as an underlying attitude, a very unique mixture of candour and liveliness.

The premises and atmosphere of the Multicultural Centre were a perfect match to Amina's warm performance, in which experience made it so that her laid-back manner was almost indistinguishable from spontaneity.

Maria Ghiurţu

SAMA ROU – SONGS FROM MY SOUL

The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in Stuttgart in cooperation with ARCH+, an architecture, urbanism and design journal based in Berlin, with the support of the Goethe Institute, the German Cultural Centre, and Transilvania University organized an impressive exhibition titled POST-OIL CITY: The History of the City's Future. Open to the public from October 21 through December 9 at the university's Aula Magna, the exhibition featured innovative projects from Asia, Africa and America aimed at improving the quality of life in the context of climate change and the impending exhaustion of fossil fuels. Beyond the explicitly addressed issues and corresponding solutions, the exhibition provides a lesson on how communities can put imagination to good use when facing and dealing with these changes.

Irrespective of their design and scope, the projects benefit from the same poignant graphical presentation; they put forward either actual concepts related to sustainability, urban transit or urban systems successfully applied in cities like Dubai, Curitiba or New York, or utopian models.Besides its visual impact and the thought-provoking quality of each of its components, the exhibition exemplarily illustrates the kind of creativity and flexible thinking that its creators set out to encourage.

Maria Ghiurţu

THE POST-OIL EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY'S AULA MAGNA

HISTORY OF THE CITY'S FUTURE

AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS AT THE MULTICULTURAL CENTRE

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

On 25 November the University's Multicultural Centre was the venue of another concert, part of its original Chamber Jazz at Transilvania University series. For the Echoes of Bucharest tour, the Alex Simu Quintet project brought together Alex Simu (playing tenor/bass clarinet and tenor saxophone), Franz von Chossy (piano), George Dumitriu (viola and guitar), Jörg Brinkmann (cello), and Kristijan Krajncan (drums), in a fusion between traditional jazz quintets and romantic quintets in western European classical music.

Echoes of Bucharest is the musical reflection of Alex Simu's hometown, designed to capture "different layers of cultural influences that carved the cultural identity of Bucharest society", which come through in the songs' rhythmic motifs. As such, the concept guiding the composition process could have easily transpired even without the vivid description used by Alex Simu to underline the significance of certain moments during the performance.

But the echoes of Bucharest were not the only ones heard in the quintet's performance, which not only colourfully rendered a familiar, relatable experience, but also proved even more authentic when the stated context was left behind, allowing for different genres, otherwise underrepresented in our music, to be approached.

While using music in order to conjure up the ethos of a city is an ambitious project in itself, Alex Simu Quintet thrilled the audience by naturally embedding these influences in a structure which ultimately exemplifies the fluidity of musical genres, irrespective of their nature.

Maria Ghiurţu

THE CHAMBER JAZZ SERIES AT TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY

Between 11 and 14 November, the sixth edition of the International Student Sport Tournament Euroijada took place in Prague. Over 1,200 students from eighteen countries participated in this edition, which included nine sporting events.

Twenty students from our university took part in two competitions: football (boys) and handball (girls). Our boys' team made it to quarter-finals, while the girls' team won the Gold Medal. The organizers invited all the gold medal winners to participate in the seventh edition of EUROIJADA 2017, to take place in Beirut, Lebanon, on 23-26 March 2017.

Our players were accompanied by technical staff consisting of Dr Veronica Mândrescu, Dr Virgil Geamăn, Dr Irinel Radomir and Laurențiu Lukacs – the president of the Students' Association at Transilvania University.

Dr Virgil Geamăn

Emil Litra is a 1999 graduate of the Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering - specialization Civil Industrial and Agricultural Engineering. He continued his theoretical and practical training, attending, in 2002, the courses for Project management of FGT Consultants in Education Management and Technologies

st(Montreal, Canada) and, later, in 2005, the course for energy auditors in constructions – 1 grade, at the Technical University in Cluj-Napoca.

He began his career in 1998, when he became a building inspector at Brașov Town Hall. From 1999 until 2010 he managed to step up the professional ladder from steel structure design engineer to the position of technical director at Canam Steel Romania, a subsidiary of the group Canam Canada.

Throughout his career he has won two international awards: ECCS - European Convention for Constructional Steelwork at Nice in 2005, and in 2009 at Barcelona for the steel structures of the buildings Charles de Gaulle Plaza in Bucharest, and Brașov Business Park. Currently, he is a technical consultant in constructions for several industrial projects, SIKA, Draexlmaier, TOTAL, Hutchinson, etc.

Since 2015 he has been a member of the ALUMNI Club of Transilvania University of Brașov. As he himself stated, “Studying at Transilvania University was the first step to affirmation, to professional and personal development”.

Dr Bianca Tescașiu, ALUMNI coordinator

EUROIJADA 2106

SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI

GOLD FOR THE WOMEN'S HANDBALL TEAM OF TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY

ECHOES OF BUCHAREST

Eng. EMIL LITRA

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

PIANO – VIOLIN RECITAL AT THE CONFERENCE THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC – EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCEOn 23 November, on the occasion of the International Conference The Science of Music - Excellence in

Performance, a special event took place at the Multicultural Centre: the instrumental recital by Dr Alina Maria Nauncef from Transilvania University of Brașov (violin) and by Dr Ingomar Rainer from Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (harpsichord and piano).

Two musical moments dedicated to the harpsichord - violin duo were inserted in the program: Joseph Haydn - Sonata in F Major, Hob. XV:17 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 6 Variations - Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant, K.360 and the last two for piano – violin: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 454 and Franz Schubert - Sonata in G minor.

Dr Ingomar Rainer teaches harpsichord, organ, basso continuo, structural analyses and History of Culture at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien - one of the most prestigious music universities in the world. He has held Master classes in Austria, Italy, Romania, Japan and has a rich scientific and interpretive activity as harpsichordist, organist, conductor, participating in numerous concerts in Europe, Scandinavia,

North Africa and Japan. By this recital, Alina Maria Nauncef, faculty staff at our university, wanted to create a special moment during the conference, a space where

words give way to sounds, and where practice meets the theoretical discussions at the conference. The event was by far more special as the pianist Ingomar Rainer was invited to Brașov within the frame of Erasmus Plus programme, which proves that this is a useful way to bring together students and teachers and to create professional links and collaborations that would increase the international visibility of both our university and the Faculty of Music.

Dr Mădălina Rucsanda

ALINA NAUNCEF (VIOLIN) AND INGOMAR RAINER (PIANO/HARPSICHORD)

thThe 6 International Conference The Science of Music – Excellence in Performance was held between 22-24 November at the Multicultural Centre and Aula Magna. The conference panels structured a wide variety of activities such as workshops, an instrumental recital, a book display and a special section dedicated to young doctoral students in the field of Music.

Alexia Quin, director of Music as Therapy International and invited keynote speaker commended the school of musical therapy in Brașov, founded by Dr Stela Drăgulin. The conference topics addressed the latest issues in the field as well as specific elements of novelty in the Romanian musicology and compositional art. One of the conference highlights was the impressive presentation belonging to Octavian Nemescu (the National University of Music Bucharest), a renowned representative of the native archetypal direction. The volumes launched by Dr Gheorghe Duțică (The University of Arts, Iași) become models of academic research by the very nature of their inherent methodology. On the second day of the conference, the invited performers were Dr Ingomar Rainer - piano (the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna), and Dr Alina Nauncef – violin (Transilvania University of Brașov).

The scientific board included academicians, musicologists, composers, professors from France, Germany, Portugal, Serbia, the USA and Romania. This event has a distinct place in the scientific musical field and an important role in carrying on the fame of Transilvania University.

Dr Roxana Pepelea

FROM MUSIC THERAPY TO MUSICOLOGY - RECITAL AND

BOOK LAUNCH

Between 4 and 6 November the Student Society for Surgery in Romania (SSCR) - Brașov Subsidiary, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, organized the “Knots and Sutures” workshop.

Attended by students who want to pursue a surgical specialization, the event had a theoretical as well a practical component, which consisted of a session of demonstrations by the main instructor: the detailed presentation of the surgical instruments, techniques for making knots and sutures, the presentation of some manoeuvres and elementary surgical techniques, some notions of wound management and many more.

The objective of the workshop was to familiarize students in their preclinical years with skills and practical abilities so necessary for a surgeon's career. The workshop involved volunteer students taking part in teaching and training activities, an effective way to enhance their accountability and to develop their pedagogical skills.

For the following editions of the workshop, SSCR intends to raise the standards by approaching more complex topics, and more challenging practical ability development sessions.

Ioana Ivan, Oana Grigorescu, studentsDr Alina Mihaela Pascu

ACTION BY THE STUDENT SOCIETY FOR SURGERY IN ROMANIA

THE KNOTS AND SUTURES WORKSHOP

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SCIENCE OF MUSIC – EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE 2016

FIDES ET EXCELLENTIA

sincerely Dr Ioan Vasile Abrudan

RectorDecember 2016

Transilvania University of Brasov

wishes you a

Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!