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A recent Finnish study shows that people are commonly given misleading information about depression. According to the researchers, the inaccurate information makes it harder for people to understand the causes of their distress.

The new Gambian Minister of Education Badara A. Joof and Professor and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Gambia Pierre Gomez visited the University of Turku and the Helsinki office of Finland University on 18–20 June. The visit was a part of the Gambian delegation’s broader tour to the Nordic countries and their education.

Once again a team from the University of Turku participated in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Organized for the 20th time, the Vis Moot gathered 296 teams from around the world for extremely competitive rounds of written and oral advocacy with final victory claimed by the City University of Hong Kong. The Uni Turku Vis Team, with students Juho Hellgren, Mirka Kuisma, Petr Timura, Lisa Werle, Mikita Areshko and Veera Salokannel, returned home with an honorary mention for their excellent respondent's memorandum.

The annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings list the world’s best universities in eleven disciplines. Altogether 1512 universities were ranked in the 2021 World University Rankings. The University of Turku was ranked in nine different disciplines.

Faculty of Arts  Social Sciences (FASS), The Open University in the UK has appointed professor Anne Alvesalo-Kuusi as a visiting professor for the period of 1.11.2020 – 31.10.2022. The LUISS University in Italy has invited postdoctoral researcher Dhanay Cadillo Chandler as a visiting professor during the spring 2021. 

The University of Turku reached the place 208 in the QS World University Rankings. The University received particularly strong evaluations in reputation and the teacher-student ratio.

Welcome to see the Light of Science light pyramid projected on top of the central square on the University Hill as part of the light artworks event organised by the City of Turku on 6–9 December.