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Toomas Asser, recently appointed for a second term at the helm of the University of Tartu, has big plans for changing how knowledge is translated from lab to market.
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Although several measures have been put in place to close the innovation gap between the old and the new EU member states, the gap continues to increase.
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On 12 June, Rector Toomas Asser introduced the new composition of the Rector's Office to the university council.
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From 24 to 25 August 2023, the 22nd Gene Forum will take place, which will bring together 20 prominent scientists from Europe and the USA to discuss advances in the field of genetics.
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The Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies on 11–13 June 2023 will bring more than 200 researchers from 33 countries to Tartu
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Conference of the European Philosophical Association for the Study of Emotions will bring together top philosophers from Estonia and around the world to discuss the topic of emotions.
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ENLIGHT invites participants to an online lecture on 14 June at 16:00 where three experts discuss modern smart systems and the developments of robotics.  
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On 28 June at 10:15 Rain Inno will defend his doctoral thesis „Placental transcriptome and miRNome in normal and complicated pregnancies“
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Doctoral students and junior research fellows are invited to the university's 3-minute thesis competition on 28 September to present their research to the university family, the jury and the public.
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University of Tartu Centre for Ethics invites everyone to a pre-conference workshop, which explores the nature of emotions.
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The spring fair of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities encourages reuse and green exchange
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At its session on 26 May, the University of Tartu senate elected Garri Raagmaa as the Director of Pärnu College.
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Ionut Chiruta Doctoral Defence
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At the meeting on 23 May, the Council of Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies elected Dr Kristiina Tõnnisson, Lecturer in Public Administration, for the position of Head of the Institute.
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Teaching staff of the University of Tartu are encouraged to apply to participate in the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2023 held in Bordeaux from 11 to 13 October.
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At ENLIGHT’s online workshop on academic careers on 14 June from 15 to 16:30, Professor Ingrid Molema from the University of Groningen will give advice on how to plan one’s academic career.
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Young Scientist Award, the Young Environmental Scientist Award and the Young IT Scientist Award of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic went to University of Tartu researchers
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The task force of CERN meets with the University of Tartu’s Rector Toomas Asser, and pays a visit to the university’s Institute of Physics, the Institute of Technology and the Delta centre today.
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On 19 May, the Estonian Quality Agency for Education organised its spring seminar on the quality of e-learning.
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The second game of the Estonian Basketball Championship final series between University of Tartu Maks & Moorits and BC Kalev/Cramo will start on Tuesday, 23 May, at 19 at the UT Sports Hall.
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