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– It is such a great feeling when I get the chance to talk to Finnish people, Ezter Ujvari from Hungary describes her experiences after reading a cook book in plain language to Sirkka Katajisto at Ruusukortteli assisted living residence. They were brought together by the national Minä luen sinulle (I read to you) campaign week that encouraged the students of the Finnish language at the Language Centre of the University of Turku to read and talk to elderly people and the mentally disabled.

The Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine of the University of Turku is hiring five postdoctoral researchers and four senior researchers. The Turku Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of Turku is hiring five postdoctoral researchers and a director for a three-year period.

Period for applying for a right to study for doctoral degree in the Faculty of Medicine is March 1 – 20, 2017. The right to study begins on August 1, 2017.

The University of Turku confers 12 honorary doctors in the Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees that is organised in May. They will be conferred as honorary doctors either for their scientific merits, collaboration with the University of Turku or because of their impact on society.

AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) has selected 35 most inspirational innovative practices from its member universities through the Innovations That Inspire initiative. Altogether 315 practices from 188 institutions in 33 countries were submitted by AACSB member universities. AACSB is an U.S. organisation that accredits business schools all over the world.

Researchers from the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku, Finland, have studied over ten million DNA variations and found new links between the human genome and inflammation tracers. The study uncovered new possibilities