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<\/a>The competition in fine arts, initiated by Semmelweis University focuses on the graphical depiction of Semmelweis Ign\u00e1c\u2019s personality, work and his intellectual legacy. The Semmelweis Memorial Year Committee expects dozens of paintings and graphics to be submitted by the deadline at the end of May and is planning to organise an exhibition of the best pieces. The competition is only one of the initiatives that the committee launched in connection with the memorial year.<\/p>\nThe Hungarian-English bilingual memorial book titled \u201cIn Memory of Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis \u2013 150 years after his death\u201d will have been published by autumn and will contain articles by professors of the university, as well as by Dr. Endre Czeizel and four foreign researchers. One of the authors, Dr. Constance Putnam from the USA learnt Hungarian because of her research on Semmelweis. Dr. Thomas Kenner from Austria gives an account on links between his private life and Semmelweis\u2019. Dr. Osmo H\u00e4nninen from Finland contributed to the book with an individual article and as Dr. Emil Monos\u2019 co-author of an article dealing with the Norwegian play written about Semmelweis. The play titled \u201cSemmelweis\u201d was written by Bj\u00f8rneboe in 1968-69, which came to the attention of Dr. Emil Monos at an international conference: it was a present from the president of the Norwegian rector\u2019s conference. There are several articles dealing with the history of a chalice created on the basis of the Semmelweis goblet, and the authors include Semmelweis\u2019 great-grandchildren Dr. K\u00e1lm\u00e1n H\u00fcttl and Dr. Tivadar H\u00fcttl. The foreword is written by Rector Dr. \u00c1goston Sz\u00e9l and the epilogue is written by Dr. Mikl\u00f3s R\u00e9thelyi rector emeritus and president of the Hungarian UNESCO Committee.<\/p>\n
The Semmelweis Memorial Walks with Hungarian and English guides are continued within the framework of the Memorial Year organised jointly by the Association of Friends and Semmelweis Alumni. The tours aim at grasping Semmelweis\u2019 importance as the saviour of mothers and infants, therefore this year\u2019s first walk started from the 1st Department of Paediatrics and proceeded on to the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, once led by Semmelweis.<\/p>\n
The Committee considers it very important to keep students up-to-date; the first lectures of the first semester dedicated a few minutes to the significance of Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis and the events of the Memorial Year. Informative presentations are broadcast during the breaks between lectures on the screens in the lecture halls of the NET building and the Basic Medical Science Centre.<\/p>\n
According to the plans, Ign\u00e1c Semmelweis will be an important part of this year\u2019s Researchers\u2019 Night, as the university is preparing to introduce a stand-alone programme on Semmelweis.<\/p>\n