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A new study shows that watching a great deal of TV predisposes to an increased risk of fatty liver. Individuals who spend more time watching TV have higher concentrations of liver enzymes and higher Fatty Liver Index, which indicate an elevated amount of fat in the liver. The increased amount of fat was also visible with hepatic ultrasonography. The study suggests that the health risks associated with sedentary behaviour could at least partially be explained with liver function abnormalities.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed the University of Turku among the top 350 universities in the world.

The national main event of the European Day of Languages was organised in the Hansa shopping centre, Turku, on 25 September. In the event, pupils had a chance to speak different languages at the language café, try out audiovisual translation, and learn languages through movement and active learning methods. The European Day of Languages also offered music and discussions on the importance of language skills.

Indonesia wants to purchase Finnish expertise on pedagogy, the forestry sector, cyber security, and healthcare to develop their own education The Indonesian delegation that arrived in Turku summarised the forms of collaboration together with their Finnish colleagues. – Our goal is that in a few years our transnational education will be worth tens of millions of euro, says Finland University CEO Pasi Kaskinen.

In a new study, the marine biologists of the University of Turku discovered that the white-tipped mud crab reduces the number of invertebrate species in kelp communities and diminishes biodiversity.

The next international Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union (11th EOU Conference 2017) will be held in Turku 18–22 August 2017. The University of Turku was chosen as the host of the biennial EOU conference in this year's conference in Spain in August.

The Xpert Search service of the Academy of Finland has awarded the University of Turku as the most active provider of experts. In the service, universities and research institutes find researchers for the media when they need experts to comment on different matters.

The QS World University Ranking placed the University of Turku as the top Finnish university of the universities outside the capital, right after the University of Helsinki and Aalto University. According to employers, the University of Turku is the best university in Finland for training new personnel.

​According to employers, the University of Turku is the best university in Finland, and its student-to-faculty ratio was ranked 71st overall.

The Student Union of the University of Turku (TYY) has decided to donate its "Language Deed of the Year" award cash prize to the victims of the refugee crisis. Students of the University of Turku are also arranging language and cultural teaching as well as sports events in the reception centre in Turku.

A group of researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital has developed a predictive model to assess the efficacy of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. The developed model has been selected as the top performer model in the Prostate Cancer DREAM 9.5 Challenge competition, where more than 550 researchers participated worldwide.