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On Monday, August 31st, Toomas Tarmu defended his doctoral thesis, “Technological and methodological innovations in Estonian forest management: sonic tomography and dominant height modelling”, at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. The thesis focused on opportunities to assess forest growth and tree condition more accurately than before.

The Estonian University of Life Sciences will start the new academic year with an opening ceremony on 1 September at 12:00 in the outdoor area in front of the university’s Sports Hall (F. R. Kreutzwaldi 3).

Although the new academic year at the Estonian University of Life Sciences officially begins with the opening ceremony on 1 September, new students are already on campus. FOXFEST, an orientation festival that began on 27 August, helps first-year students get to know their fellow students, the university campus and student life.

On Wednesday, 26 August, Agnes Sepaste defended her doctoral thesis, “Carbon fluxes and stocks in Estonian coniferous and mixed stands and the effect of different harvesting methods on carbon sequestration”, at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. The thesis focused on the carbon cycle in Estonian forests, how forest age and how different harvesting methods affect carbon sequestration.

For international students, the academic year always begins already at the end of August. To help them adjust more smoothly to life in Estonia, the Office of Academic Affairs organises an orientation programme, during which students get to know the campus and study system of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, as well as the local language and culture.

An expedition by researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences to Greenland and the Faroe Islands has revealed that a parasite causing a dangerous and currently untreatable kidney disease in salmonids is present in significantly colder and more extreme Arctic environments than previously known.