Codes are like a sealed box with a message inside. The sender and the receiver hold the key to the box. If the key ends up in the hands of a stranger, he or she must figure out how to open the box.
James Grime giving a talk on mathematics for the University of Turku staff and students
As part of their visit to Finland, the Argentinian RAP foundation, Fundación Red de Acción Politica, visited the University of Turku from 30 September to 2 October 2014. The goal of the visit was to learn about the Finnish education system, which has been internationally acknowledged.
On 26 September 2014, the University of Turku working group on language matters chose the Finnish Language Clinic as the University of Turku Language Deed of the Year. The reward is addressed to the Head of the Clinic, Finnish Language and Culture for Foreigners Lecturer Kirsti Siitonen for the work she has done to promote the development of the language environment at the University.
The University of Turku signed student exchange agreements with the universities of Nankai and Tianjin in China. The purpose is to strengthen research and teaching contacts and increase the export of know-how.
The School of History, Culture and Arts Studies of the University of Turku established the Popular Culture Studies Master’s Degree Pathway on Tuesday, 9 September, with This is Popular seminar.
Susanna Paasonen presented the Popular Culture Studies programme.
In his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the University of Turku on 4 September, Rector Väänänen stressed closer collaboration between the universities, internationalisation and equal treatment of the different university institutions.
Researchers from the University of Turku have genetically engineered microbes to produce renewable propane for the first time. Their study was published this week in Nature Communications. Propane is a major component of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) with an existing global market for a wide number of applications.
The orientation for the new exchange students started on Wednesday, 28 August 2014. Over three hundred students from about 40 countries started their studies in the University of Turku this autumn term.
About fifteen rectors and vice rectors from the Baltic Sea region gathered at the University of Tartu on Monday, 25 August 2014, to discuss and exchange experiences on university and funding reforms as well as cooperation.
Rector Kalervo Väänänen at the University of Tartu's Rectors' Roundtable.
The Elias Tillandz prize 2013 was awarded to the two best scientific publications of 2013 by the researchers at BioCity Turku.