Topic: for society

Nominations for the Estonian Science Communication Awards can be submitted to the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) until 15 September. The competition aims to recognise outstanding and active science communicators as well as innovative initiatives that promote science to wider audiences.

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 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.

Members of the BIOCONNECT consortium reviewed the project’s progress and engaged in a collaborative workshop aimed at refining and shaping an actionable strategy during the meeting in Riga, Latvia

Vice Director of the Institute of Bioengineering, Assoc. Prof. Ilona Faustova, was a guest on the ETV+ TV show dedicated to the Independence Day of the Republic of Estonia.