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On 22 November, Canada’s first ambassador to Estonia, His Excellency Laird Hindle paid his first visit to the University of Tartu and met with the rector.

Estonian Academy of Sciences Foundation awarded its scholarships for 2024 to Ülo Reimaa, a Research Fellow in Algebra at the University of Tartu Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, and Angela Peeb, a doctoral student in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Tartu.

Auli Viidalepp will defend her doctoral thesis “The Expected AI as a sociocultural construct and its impact on the discourse on technology” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Evelyn Uuemaa, Professor of Geoinformatics at the University of Tartu, the Consolidator Grant.

The University of Tartu is inviting future international students to come student shadowing and live one day as a university student.

The University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy is launching a one-year English-language master's programme, Creative Project Management, in 2024. The new curriculum is aimed at current and future talents in the creative field.

On 18 December at 12:00, Tuuli Pern will defend her doctoral Thesis “Affective-imaginative modelling in semiotic context: A Vichian perspective” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Semiotics and Culture Studies).

Postponing work is perfectly human, but engaging in substitute activities at the expense of an important task can end up costing you dearly.

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world's first vaccine against the chikungunya virus – Ixchiq. The vaccine candidate has been designed and manufactured at the University of Tartu. The human clinical trials were conducted by the biotechnology company Valneva Austria GmbH.

Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies to host a seminar with Ukrainian Ambassador to Estonia, His Excellency Maksym Kononenko

The UNESCO General Conference, which gathered in Paris on 16 November, elected Estonia to the council of a programme supporting free, independent and pluralistic media in developing countries. Estonia will be represented in the council by Ragne Kõuts-Klemm, Associate Professor in Sociology of Journalism and Head of the Institute of Social Studies of the University of Tartu.

At the International Sport and Culture Association’s annual MOVE congress on 15–17 November, the Move Lab of the Institute of Sports Science and Physiotherapy, with its Schools in Motion programme, was selected as the winner in the health-promoting schools category.

The first webinar of the series on Open Science will take place on 13 December. Pia Voigt from Leipzig University will present on Open Science practices and challenges in a European university alliance.

Toomas Plank to continue as Director of the Institute of Physics

On 11 December at 11 Maili Pilt will defend her doctoral thesis

The richly illustrated book on the first one hundred years of the Estonian-language university in Tartu (“Eestikeelse Tartu ülikooli esimene aastasada”) will be presented in the White Hall of the University of Tartu Museum on 28 November.

The project BeeYeast brought the grand prize at the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition, the world championship in synthetic biology. 

Until 21 November, students can answer a short questionnaire* to give feedback on the activities and communication of the ENLIGHT network so far. 

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On 27 November at 12:30 Iuliia Trabskaia will defend her doctoral thesis „Idea and opportunity identification and implementation within the entrepreneurial process and journey“