Topic: for society

On 21 April at 18, all students and staff of higher education institutions in Tartu are invited to join a group cycle ride, “Rattaga saab!” (“Cycling works!”), starting from Town Hall Square.

On April 16 at 10:15 John Yangyuoru Kupagme will defend his doctoral thesis "Biodiversity of African soil fungi" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (in Botany and Mycology).

Peeter Hõrak to hold seminar on March 11 at 4 pm in Oecologicum, room 126, titled „Natural selection on phenotypes of Estonians”.

On Friday, 20 February, the ceremony and concert dedicated to the 108th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia took place in the university’s assembly hall.

On 13 February at 10:15, Ali Hakimzadeh will defend his doctoral thesis "Long-read metabarcoding: from available tools to reference databases" for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The University of Tartu and the Blood Centre of Tartu University Hospital invite university members to the Blood Donor Day in the Delta Centre on 6 November, from 10:30 to 15:00.

On 27 October from 13–18, the University of Tartu development conference “A university for us, Estonia and the world” took place in the university assembly hall and online. Keynote speakers were Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Kersti Kaljulaid and Kristina Kallas.

The three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, held at the University of Tartu Library on 22 October, featured 13 popular-science short lectures in Estonian and 14 in English.

21. novembril kell 12.15 kaitseb Magdaleena Männik geoloogia erialal doktoritööd „Groundwater vulnerability assessment in confined aquifers: modifying the DRASTIC method for aquifers covered by Quaternary deposits“ („Põhjavee kaitstuse hindamine kvaternaarisetetega kaetud põhjaveekihtides kasutades kohandatud DRASTIC meetodit“).