Based on the examination results by the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission on October 8, 2025, Natalia Nikolaevna Yarotskaya, Senior Researcher at the Research Laboratory and Candidate of Biological Sciences, was awarded the academic rank of Associate Professor in the specialty of Biology.

Colleagues congratulate you on this academic title and wish you continued creative success!

As part of the investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus into the criminal case concerning the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period, on October 3 and 9, 2025, staff members and first-year students of VSMU visited a mass burial site—an unmarked grave with the remains of several hundred murdered civilians—in a forest area approximately 3 km from Polotsk.

Participants laid flowers and paid tribute to the victims' memory.

Igor Vladimirovich Metelitsa, Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision of Legislation Implementation in the Military, spoke about the progress and results of the investigation, the importance of preserving historical memory, and ensuring the ideological continuity of generations.

On October 9, 2025, a regional career guidance event for 11th-grade students of general secondary education institutions in the Dubrovensky district, titled "Target Training Fair," was held. The event featured online participation from Elena Gusakova, Dean of the Faculty of Preparatory Training Course at VSMU, and Lyubov Orekhova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Preparatory Training Course.

On October 9, a meetup titled "Personal Budget Management: Finance, Ideas, Entrepreneurship" was held in the conference hall of the Morphological Building for first-year students of the pediatric and pharmaceutical faculties.

Participants included Dmitry Konstantinovich Kuzhel, Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work; Olga Sergeevna Sukhareva, Methodologist of the Department for Ideological and Educational Work; and Evgeny Sergeevich Shabunin, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy for Ideological and Educational Work.

The delegation of Vitebsk State Medical University, headed by Denis Lits, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Organizational and Legal Work, is participating in the Youth Forum "Youth in Local Government." Held on October 9–10, 2025, in the capital, the event has become an important platform within the framework of cooperation between the Minsk and Vitebsk City Councils of Deputies.