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On August 22, at 10:15 Arun Kumar Devarajan will defend his doctoral thesis "Microbes and climate change: insights from plant-microbe interactions in rice phyllosphere and soil microbiomes in subarctic grasslands“ for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Microbial Biology).

The Estonian Cancer Centre will be established within the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu to accelerate cancer prevention and treatment in Estonia through international cooperation. 

On 28 August Reti Ranniku will defend her doctoral thesis "Impact of environmental conditions and soil microbiome on greenhouse gas fluxes from soil and tree stems in hemiboreal drained peatland forest".

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna and Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže announced the winner of the Latvian and Estonian Language Promotion Award in Cēsis, Latvia on July 5th.

Dear members of the university family,

The Ministry of Education and Research (MoER) supports the University of Tartu with a €2.34 million grant to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.

On 26 August at 14:15 Liis Ermus will defend her doctoral thesis "The phonetic variation of plosives in Estonian".

The international geoinformatics conference “Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Europe 2024” will take place in Tartu, Estonia, from 1 to 7 July.

On 25 June, the University of Tartu and OÜ Kauss Arhitektuur signed a contract for the reconstruction of the academic building and the landscaping of the yard area of the Tallinn office of the School of Law (Kaarli pst 3).

In June, a project was completed to provide additional waste sorting facilities in the common areas, kitchen and rest areas of the university’s 26 academic and research buildings.

In response to the current environmental crisis, the exhibition “Veil of Nature” by Luxembourgish artist Justine Blau, curated by Fanny Weinquin, explores, through works navigating between documentation, illusion and narration, man’s relationship with nature and conservation practices. Guided tours of the exhibition “Veil of Nature” will take place every Saturday from June 22nd to July 20th and on the last day of the exhibition, July 28th.

During the Global Conference of Estonian Honorary Consuls, taking place from 19 to 23 June, nearly 120 Estonian Honorary Consuls from all over the world pay a visit to the University of Tartu.

ENLIGHT is a network of ten European universities created in 2020. Promoting equitable quality of life, sustainability and global engagement through higher education transformation, the network offers various opportunities for students, professors, researchers, and staff members. The project focuses on six cross-cutting challenge domains: health and wellbeing, digitalisation, climate change, energy and circular economy, equity, and culture and creativity.

In the first half of this year, renovation was completed on the Old Anatomical Theatre (Uppsala 10), the garden house in the University of Tartu Botanical Garden (Lai 40) and the Astronomer’s House (Uppsala 6) next to the observatory. As a result, these buildings of great cultural value received a fresh look and energy-efficient solutions.

From 12 June, the University of Tartu’s Study Information System (SIS) features a new student dashboard, which brings important information for learners together in one environment.

On 11 June, representatives of SEB Estonia and SEB Baltics visited the University of Tartu. During the meeting with Rector Toomas Asser, Vice Rector for Development Tõnu Esko, Head of Finance Kalle Hein and Head of Entrepreneurship Mihkel Tammo, both parties expressed willingness to develop their long-term and meaningful cooperation further.

Karl Kruusamäe is fascinated by science at the frontiers of human knowledge: anything is possible. In his work, he is committed to developing collaboration between humans and robotics.

On 11 June, the Estonian Biobank, University of Tartu, launched the portal MinuGeenivaramu.

Triinu Soomere defends PhD thesis „Doctoral students’ perspectives on learning about teaching in the higher education context“

From June 11 to 14, the international conference and doctoral school Mobile Tartu 2024 will take place in Tartu.