Monthly Archives: December 2010

Photos: How Students Invoke The Christmas Spirit

Rūta Petersonaitė, a fourth year student of publishing at Vilnius University, took out her camera and captured the Christmas spirit among the students in Tartu. Nine awesome photos! Continue reading

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A Robot Salesman?

A small Tartu-based company has commissioned a team of robotics engineers at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Technology to build a prototype of a small, knee-high or slightly taller, advertising robot. It will be able to make sounds, move around, flash lights, offer candies or distribute flyers, and talk to people. Continue reading

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Podcast: Museum of The Future (Part 1/2)

This is the first part of the podcast on the museum of the future with participation of Mariann Raisma, director of the University of Tartu History Museum, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, head of the University of Tartu’s Department of Journalism and Communication and Agnes Aljas, a doctoral student at the University of Tartu and Research Secretary at the Estonian National Museum. Continue reading

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Looking Good Is Feeling Good: International Students Present Their Case

This is the second installment in the 4-part series on student life by Rūta Petersonaitė, a fourth year student of publishing at Vilnius University, who is currently spending this autumn semester in Tartu. Rūta’s first story explored why students chose … Continue reading

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