Student Career Podcast: Myroslava at Fortumo
On 30 May 2014, the leading mobile payments provider Fortumo will keep their doors wide open for students. Today, we are taking a sneak peek at what it feels like to work at Fortumo with the help of...
View ArticleCum Laude Graduate Marina Gets a Head Start on Career
Marina Pukeliene is a fresh cum laude graduate of the master’s programme in EU-Russia studies at the University of Tartu. Her name is related to the sea, and she comes from Klaipeda, a seaport city in...
View ArticleThe Song Festival Is Sacred for Estonians
The singing nation at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn. Image credit: Endel Grensmann and Rainar Kurbel Estonians are counting the days left until the start of the national song and dance...
View ArticleJevgēnijs from Latvia Is Used to Crossing Borders
Instagram selfie: Jevgēnijs Rjaščenko A few hours before Jevgēnijs and I are supposed to meet for an interview, he warns me on Facebook that due to bad weather conditions on the way from Riga to Tartu...
View ArticleDiscover Arvo Pärt, His Music and Silence
Arvo Pärt – the world’s most performed and surely most beloved living composer – amongst students of the University of Tartu after the seminar on 20 November 2013. In the background on the left:...
View ArticleTartu: Student-Friendly and Open-Minded. There Is History Here.
Reportedly, it only takes one-tenth of a second to make a first impression. It might take a bit longer to make an impression about a new city or country, though. We asked our new international students...
View ArticleFamily Tradition Brings Ana from Georgia To Study Medicine in Tartu
Ana Bochorishvili on 1 September 2014. Photo from a personal archive. “It was in 1982″, remembers Zifrida Nikachadze, Ana’s grandmother. Thirty-two years ago her son Kote became a student of medicine...
View ArticleGenes and Culture that Make You Drink (Alcohol)
In a recent study, a research group led by UT Professor Jaanus Harro came to a stunning conclusion. They researched how early girls with a certain gene variant tried their first booze. The researchers...
View ArticleUniversity of Tartu Researchers on The Ukraine Crisis
This is a growing collection of the analyses and commentary on the ongoing Ukraine crisis by the University of Tartu researchers. [View the story "University of Tartu Researchers On The Ukraine Crisis"...
View ArticleHow To Become Rich with Semiotics?
Okay, I did not ask Chris Arning if he has become rich with his Creative Semiotics boutique consultancy in the UK. Not rich enough yet, I’d suppose, if he is still in business — but then, running a...
View ArticleWhy Speaking Languages Is Inspiring, Enjoyable, and Healthy
If you have heard something about languages and the brain, chances are that your knowledge is heavily biased towards the role of the left hemisphere of the human brain. It is amazing how this...
View ArticleChristmas Gift Idea: Infinity Scarf in Less Than an Hour
In November, four master’s students of communication management at our Institute of Social Studies – Eliise Ott, Helena Hain, Liina Külv and Kai Reinfeldt – launched a campaign entitled “I’ll make...
View Article10 Most Popular Stories on UT Blog in 2014
Let’s take a look at the most popular stories on our blog from the last year. Truth be told, some stories from previous years continued to be extremely popular also in 2014, like our most successful...
View Article10 Estonian Tongue Twisters for Language Hackers
Being a hacker does not necessarily involve information technology, but certainly implies bold attitude. With time, the meaning of the term hacker has widened to embrace everyone who is curious and...
View ArticleCareer Podcast: How Anna Manages Her Marketing Jobs
It may or may not surprise you, but Anna Amelija Selecka, our third-year student of Business Administration from Latvia, has never properly applied for a job. Nevertheless, Anna works as a social media...
View ArticleShould I Drink Tap Water or Bottled Water?
University of Tartu students Artur Pata and Kristjan-Julius Laak promote tap water drinking among students. As a part of this environmental project, drinking water taps that are convenient for...
View ArticleKaari Simson at Playtech: What It Takes To Be a Great Leader?
Career Cafe with director of Playtech Estonia Kaari Simson. Image credit: TÄFF. Kaari Simson is a natural born leader — she recalls organising her peers already in kindergarten when she was four. At...
View ArticleEstonian Wildlife Headliners
With the awakening of nature, representatives of Estonian wildlife are reaching local and international media headlines. Deers in Matsalu. Photo by Toomas Tuul. [View the story “Estonian Wildlife...
View ArticleHow Successful Is Estonian Science?
After the global financial crisis of 2007–08, Estonia’s economy started growing again modestly in 2010. However, the budget for basic research has largely remained at the pre-crisis level. Taking into...
View ArticleLena from Ukraine: In Tartu I Learned How To Learn
Organising a ‘photolaundry’ in Tartu. Photo by Viljar Sepp. Listen to the interview with Lena Sologub: Lena’s first trip to Tartu two years ago was nerve-racking. It was the last day to apply for...
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