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A happy welcoming ceremony was organised in the City of Rauma on Thursday for students who arrived from Namibia in February to study a three-year Bachelor's degree.

Every tenth employee increases their alcohol consumption to risky levels at the time of retirement from full-time employment. However, the increase seems to be temporary as risky drinking often decreases during the retirement. For most pensioners, alcohol consumption remains below the risk levels before and after retirement. The results of the new Finnish study were published in the esteemed Addiction journal.

Researchers from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (BTK) in Finland have discovered that a cellular fuel sensor, known to control energy processes in the cells, is involved in the regulation of the contact of cells with their surrounding environment. This unexpected link could help scientists better understand life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and tissue fibrosis.

KiVa Antibullying Program is used in the international schools of Spain in English and in the Ikastola Network in Basque. Now, the KiVa Antibullying Program will also spread to Spanish speaking schools.

Macmillan Education Managing Director of Spain Marta Martínez and Finland University Executive Vice President Pasi Kaskinen signed the agreement in Madrid on 21 March 2017.

Do you have an innovative project or idea? Share it at the Falling Walls Lab Turku on September 15 to win a scholarship and a place in the finale in Berlin!

Professor Olli Raitakari and Academy Professor Craig Primmer have received research grants from the European Research Council ERC. The ERC Advanced Grant is the largest personal research grant available in Europe.

​Professor Olli Raitakari from the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine of the University of Turku will use the grant to carry out an extensive population study that examines epigenetics.

When monitoring Parkinson's disease, SPECT imaging of the brain is used for acquiring information on the dopamine activity. A new study shows that the dopamine activity observed in SPECT imaging does not reflect the number of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra, as previously assumed.

Finland University and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education have made an agreement on continuing education for Saudi teachers. The agreement was signed in Berlin on 15 March 2017 and the six-month education will begin in May-June.

​Finland University CEO Pekka T. Saavalainen and Cultural Attaché Dr Abdulaziz M. Al-Saleh from Saudi Arabia signed the agreement in Berlin on Wednesday, 15 March 2017.

New research reveals that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) increases glucose metabolism in muscles as well as insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes. Already after a two-week training period, the glucose uptake in thigh muscles returned to a normal level.

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a science communication competition where doctoral candidates present their research in three minutes. The winner of the final was Tarek Omran and the runner-up was Saana Myllyntausta. The audience voted Kalypso Filippou as the winner of the People's Choice.