The program included interactive presentations as well as student workshops. CHS GR was instrumental to the organization of the event, which again proved a success. Christina Lafi, CHS GR Content Editor and Programs Assistant, along with Christos Giannopoulos, supported every stage of the symposium’s organization. The subject was “Exploring Excellence”.

Speakers included Gregory Nagy, Ewen Bowie, Ioannis Petropoulos, Lucia Athanassaki, Stamatia Dova, Paul Christesen, Charles Stocking, and Janice Forsyth. A large number of undergraduates and postgraduates from 29 Greek university...

CHS hosted a two-day scientific workshop on current developments in obesity and diabetes. The workshop was organized by Christos Mantzoros, a native of Nafplio and Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Harvard Medical School. The event was held in collaboration with the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens and the CHS. The thirty-five participants were selected medical students and junior doctors from Greek universities, including the Military School of Medicine in Thessaloniki. Speakers included Professor Mantzoros, researchers and professors from...

Lectures and activities related to the interns’ field of study were introduced; interns met with Kenny Morrell, Nicolas Prevelakis, Katerina Flaka (head of EURES in Greece) and all supervisors. CHS GR’s new collaborations with academic departments from throughout Greece link the interns’ field of study more closely with the internships.

Interns were assigned to local institutions (the National Archaeological Museum of Nafplio, the National Gallery/Nafplio Annex, the Fougaro Cultural Complex, the Europe Direct Information Center/Nafplio Office). In 2015, an additional...