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Helsinki Challenge: 375,000 Euros for Science-based Solutions that Impact Society

17.10.2016

No one will solve the challenges of the future alone. Helsinki Challenge is a science-based idea competition and accelerator programme, where solutions for the great challenges of the world and future well-being are solved through collaboration between experts of the scientific community and society. Helsinki Challenge speeds up the implementation of the UN’s sustainable development goals.

Academy Research Fellow Kaisa Matomäki Receives International Award for Prime Number Research

11.10.2016

Academy Research Fellow Kaisa Matomäki from the University of Turku has been chosen as the recipient of the 2016 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. Matomäki will be jointly awarded with Maksym Radziwill (McGill University, Rutgers University) for their collaborative work on the average values of multiplicative functions in short intervals.

​What draws Academy Research Fellow Kaisa Matomäki to mathematics, is its exact and logical nature. – When you prove something, it is true, says Matomäki.

Only Uncertainty Is Certain in Brexit

06.10.2016

The process of the Brexit negotiations next spring is still a mystery, even to the experts. In addition to the United Kingdom's own decisions, the situation in other EU countries will also affect the process.

Speech and Language Pathology Combines Research and Practice in Developing Clinical Therapies

29.09.2016

Speech and Language Pathology is developing rapidly and, as a result, new information that supports practical work is available for speech therapists. One mediator of the new information is the European Clinical Specialization for Fluency Disorders (ECSF) programme, whose intensive week was organised at the University of Turku. The event was also an introduction to the first Professor of Practice of Speech and Language Pathology, Kurt Eggers, who is the Coordinator of the ECSF programme.