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All students of the University of Tartu are invited to apply for the ENLIGHT Inclusion Award, which is set to debut at the Teaching and Learning Conference in Tartu on 7–9 October 2024. This year, the award acknowledges student projects and initiatives.

University of Tartu Museum opens ‘Lifesaver’ installation on Toomemägi.

The international conference "Traces of Extinction: Species Loss, Solastalgia, and Semiotics of Recovery" held on 5–7 June 2024 at UT Oecologicum (J. Liivi 2, Tartu) sheds light on the various aspects of biodiversity loss and discusses cultural, subjective, and semiotic approaches to understanding species extinction. Registration is open until 23 May.

In the coming academic year, singer, pianist and composer Kadri Voorand will become the new Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu, with a lecture course focusing on life-changing creation. She will be succeeded by Peeter Jalakas, former professor and director, who will participate in a public discussion titled “Feeling and meaning” in the attic hall of Tartu Cathedral on the evening of 23 May.

From May 4th to May 6th, the Baltic Chemistry Olympiad took place in Estonia. Lithuanian student Justas Miliauskas secured the first place. Member of the Estonian team, Kaarel Toomet, ranked 6th.

In the publication released in February, “Building hope for Ukraine: 15 inspiring projects from Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps”, the European Commission highlighted the University of Tartu’s initiative.

The Young Scientist Award was given to Associate Professor in Genetics Hedvig Tamman and the Young IT Scientist Award to Head of Applied Natural Language Processing Liisa Rätsep.

Teaching staff and students of the University of Tartu are encouraged to apply to participate in the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2024 held in Tartu from 7 to 9 October. The central theme of this year’s conference is creativity and innovation in higher education.

Andres Metspalu, Professor of Genomics and Biobanking and Professor of Biotechnology was elected a member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of Academia Europaea.

In total, 176 students and 111 staff members of the University of Tartu registered to participate in the challenge from 1 to 30 April. During the month, they took nearly 49 million steps.

However, most young people who have moved across the border still consider it important to identify as Estonian.

The University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn University, the Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the Gender Equality and Equal Treatment Commissioner celebrate the Diversity Week from 6 to 12 May, under the title “Diverse Estonian universities”.

New species from proto-Baltic Sea 450 million years ago

The museums of the University of Tartu invite you to celebrate freedom on Museum Night

On 16 May, the Estonian Doctoral School Career Conference will be held in Tallinn to discuss the value of doctoral studies and the career prospects of doctoral students. All Estonian doctoral students and those interested in doctoral studies are welcome to attend.

From 8 May to 20 October, all UT employees, students, alumni and all others interested are welcome to complete the orienteering course and reconnect with the history of the UT dormitories.

On 26 April, experts gathered to start a discussion on the development of a long-term plan for financing higher education.

Birute Klaas-Lang was elected as the academy research professor in Estonian language and its teaching and Meelis Kull as the academy research professor in artificial intelligence.

A new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on the genetic adaptations of Papua New Guineans in response to their unique environmental pressures.

On 24 May, at 14:15 Rodolfo Basile will defend his doctoral thesis "Invenitive-Locational Constructions in Finnish: A Mixed Methods Approach” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Finnic languages).