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On Wednesday, October 9th, the Indian Ambassador to Estonia, H.E. Mr Ajaneesh Kumar, will give a lecture on India's foreign policy and international relations. The lecture is open to the public and is held in English.
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On 31 October at 10:00 Sevanna Poghosyan will defend her doctoral thesis "Soviet and Russian Approaches to Democracy in International Law".
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The Guild is calling for an increase in the budget of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) to support the training of the young researchers.
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On 27 September, the University of Latvia conferred an Honorary Doctorate on Riho Altnurme, Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Church History. The diploma was handed to him at the University of Latvia’s formal senate meeting dedicated to the university’s 105th anniversary.
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On October 3, Daria Arkhipova defended her doctoral thesis "How Artificial Intelligence Recommendation Systems Impact Human Decision-Making" in semiotics and culture studies with cum laude at the joint committee of the University of Tartu and the University of Turin.
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The competition’s best short lectures focused on innovation in medicine, ancient dental calculus, the theological currents among the Estonian clergy, and six-dimensional imaging.
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On 2 October, the footprints of statistician Ene-Margit Tiit, the University of Tartu Professor emerita, were added to the Tartu Pioneers’ Alley next to the Tasku Centre. 
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22 October, at 16:15, the Professor in Animal Ecology Tuul Sepp will deliver her inaugural lecture "Effects of anthropogenic environmental change on animal health and mitigation possibilities"
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On Wednesday, 16 October at 16:15, Gunnar Nurk, Professor of High Temperature Energy Materials at the University of Tartu, will give his inaugural lecture "Possibilities of high-temperature electrochemistry in solving energy problems" in the White Hall of the University Museum.
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On Thursday, 10 October, at 16:15, Kirsti Akkermann, the Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Tartu, will deliver the inaugural lecture “Understanding and conceptualising of the nature of mental disorders” in the university assembly hall.
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During the preparation of the new strategic plan, university members are invited to consider how societal trends affect the future of the university. In addition, feedback is sought on the areas where the university should make a leap forward to best serve society in the changing world.
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The Ambassador of Australia Sridhar Ayyalaraju visited the University of Tartu on 20 September, and the visit of the Ambassador of Sweden Charlotte Wrangberg took place on 26 September.
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The state visit of the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to Estonia on 8–10 October has been postponed at the request of Portugal.
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Brüsselis avatud näitusel tutvustatakse Eesti teadlasi, kes on pälvinud Euroopa Teadusnõukogu grandi. Näitusel saab lugeda ka Tartu Ülikooli üheteistkümne silmapaistva teadlase ERC projektist.
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From 21 to 24 October, Natalia Levshina from Radboud University will conduct a statistics masterclass covering Bayesian statistics with a focus on language data. The event includes both theoretical and practical sessions.
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The 8th episode of the University of Tartu Institute of Chemistry podcast „Tuleviku energeetika – energeetika tulevik“. Our guest was Professor of Physical Chemistry and Academician Enn Lust.
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The competition will be held on Wednesday, 2 October at 10:00 in the Conference Hall of the University of Tartu Library.
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On 25th of September, we will open the exhibition "Creative animals in a changing world" by Mark Antonius Puhkan in the stairway of the Oecologicum building. The presented pictures are illustrations to the book with the same name by Tuul Sepp.
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On 17 and 18 September, Dr Hans Kluge, the Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), visited Estonia and the University of Tartu.
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Glass is even suitable for storing nuclear waste. Miriam Koppel, a junior researcher in physical chemistry at the University of Tartu, explained why glass is such a chemically durable material.
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