Keyword: Faculty of Science

Sachin Kochrekar from the University of Turku has won the first ever Millennium Pitching Contest, a competition for doctoral candidates with a task of solving the grand challenges of our time. The first prize was 10 000 euros.

Constructed on Yliopistonmäki hill, the Aurum building is the new home of the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Åbo Akademi University and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Turku. Users were able to have a say in the planning right from the start.

University of Turku doctoral candidates Shruti Jain and Sachin Kochrekar are two of the five finalists in the pitching contest organised as part of the Millennium Innovation Forum 2021 programme. The theme for the event and contest is ”Innovations for a better life”.

BioCity Turku has invited 2012 Nobel Laureate Brian K. Kobilka to give an online seminar “Structural insights into G protein coupled receptor activation” on October 8th at 18:00 h. 

The first Finnish overseas university campus in Namibia, a partnership between the University of Turku and the University of Namibia, provides courses in programming and educational robotics. When computer science students and teachers from Finland and Namibia come together to develop human-centred technologies on campus, unique cultural lenses are essential to identifying and solving problems. Read the article Alina Wekström has witten about the co-operation.

The University of Turku participates in the Zero Emissions Day campaign organised by the Climate Leadership Coalition. The objective of the campaign is to give the Earth a fossil fuel free day and to address harmful emissions. Different aspects of sustainable development have also been highly prominent in the University’s strategic planning process. Already before the beginning of the new strategy period, the University’s carbon footprint is being determined and education on sustainable development advanced.