# sustainability

DSS - AI (r)evolution

Data Science Seminar - Sustainable Development

Come and join our data science seminar on October 31st

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  • 09.10.2023
Digibio

Report: Estonian start-ups should be open to digitised cell line development

Experts see digitised cell line development as one of six key deep technologies for Estonia, with a breakthrough expected within the next twenty years. Estonia’s possibilities in this field are mainly linked to pharmaceutical development and personalised medicine, shows the Foresight Centre in its recent brief report “Digitised Cell Line Development: State of Play and Prospects”. The Univeristy of Tartu will offer strong research competence on these fields.

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  • #sustainability
  • #research
  • 26.09.2023
Katri Raik istub toolil, käsi lõua juures.

Katri Raik starts work as the University of Tartu representative in Ida-Viru county

On Wednesday, 27 September, Katri Raik starts work as the representative of the University of Tartu in Ida-Virumaa. Her main duties will be developing the university’s activities and promoting cooperation with local entrepreneurs in Ida-Viru county.

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  • #sustainability
  • 26.09.2023
Tartu kõrgkoolide esindajad koos jalgratastega Tartu Ülikooli peahoone ees.

Rector Toomas Asser and representatives of other higher education institutions in Tartu went cycling with the mayor

On September 18, at the invitation of the Mayor of Tartu Urmas Klaas, representatives of Tartu's higher education institutions go on a bike ride together. The event aims to bring attention to mobility issues, discuss how universities and the city can cooperate to promote sustainability and a sustainable mobility environment, and set an example for the residents and students alike.

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  • 18.09.2023
Botswana lapsed eeslite seljas

University of Tartu researchers help mitigate health impacts of climate change in African countries

The University of Tartu is participating in an international project to help African countries better understand the health impacts of climate change and to develop adaptation measures.

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  • 14.09.2023
Ökotoksikoloogia teadur Randel Kreitsberg sõidab Elvast Tartusse, Oecologicumi 28 kilomeetrit. Suvel armastab ta seda teha jalgrattaga, muidu läbib selle tee rongiga, harva ka autoga.

Cycling to university – is it easy to do in Tartu?

According to Tartu's bicycle traffic vision for 2024, people will mainly cycle or walk to get about their daily business in the city.

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  • 30.08.2023
Kriisilukord

What makes individuals fall through the safety nets during disasters?

At the initiative of Kati Orru, Associate Professor of Sociology of Sustainability at the University of Tartu, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, a flagship journal of crisis sociology, has published a special issue.

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  • #sustainability
  • #research
  • 03.08.2023
Geoloogia konverents Tartu Ülikoolis

International symposium discusses the evolution of Earth and climate change

From 18 to 21 July, the 14th International Symposium on the Ordovician System will take place in Tallinn, focusing on the evolution of Earth and life several hundred million years ago and its impact on shaping the modern environment.

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  • 18.07.2023
Geenikiip

University of Tartu helped to develop IT infrastructure for personalised medicine

UT has completed the IT infrastructure for personalised medicine, enabling Estonian doctors and nurses to use genetic data for disease prevention and finding the best treatment plan for each person.

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  • #cooperation
  • #research
  • 25.07.2023
Professor Ülo Mander

University of Tartu researcher received Europe’s most prestigious research grant to study the formation, cycle and effect of laughing gas emitted from peat soils

Ülo Mander received the Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to study the N2O cycle, its links to climate change, and land-use practices that could help curb its production in the future.

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  • 04.07.2023