According to eyewitnesses, on 13 September, a person was carrying an edged weapon on the Turku campus of the University of Turku. The police came to check the situation. According to the police, it is now safe to move around campus.
The University of Turku is among the 400 best universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings published on 5 September 2017.
The University's new and 98th academic year started on 5 September 2017 with the Opening Carnival at the sunny University Hill. The festivities continued with the Opening Ceremony where Rector Kalervo Väänänen opened the academic year.
The multicentre trial coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku shows that lower socioeconomic status in childhood is associated with arterial stiffness in adulthood.
The Nordic NordBioMedNet, a collaborative network in the field of biomedicine, has received over €350,000 in Strategic Partnerships Erasmus+ funding from the European Union. With the funding, the network is building an Open Educational Resource – OER biomedical platform that is open for all.
There are nearly fifty open vacancies for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions at the University of Turku from 1 January 2018 onwards. The call for applications is open 1–20 September and positions are open to all the 16 doctoral programmes.
Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain’s endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety.
Finnish researchers at the University of Turku have revealed that exercise-induced endorphin release in the brain depends on the intensity of the exercise. Endorphin release induced by exercise may be an important mechanism which affects exercise motivation and maintenance of regular physical activity.
The University of Turku and the Shandong Normal University from China will deepen their co-operation in research and education. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Rector Kalervo Väänänen and Chancellor Shang Zhixiao on 18 August at the University of Turku.
Chancellor Shang Zhixiao and Rector Kalervo Väänänen signed the Memorandum of Understanding on 18 August.
The Management of the University of Turku held a moment of silence to commemorate those killed and injured in the attack that took place in Turku on Friday, 18 August.