The Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees of all the faculties of the University of Turku was organised on 28–30 May. 12 Honorary Doctors and 110 doctors were conferred in the Ceremony.
Riitta Lahesmaa and Virpi Lummaa start their five-year academy professorship at the beginning of 2016.
Riitta Lahesmaa, who was appointed to the post of an academy professor, is the director of Turku Centre for Biotechnology and leads a research group in Turku, which is part of the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence in molecular systems immunology and physiology.
The delegation from Al-Ghad International Colleges for Health Sciences (AICHS) visited the University of Turku to gain information about organising Master’s level education in Health and Nursing Sciences.
The Annual Report that presents the operations of the University of Turku in 2014 has been published. It is available both in Finnish and English. You can read the digital version of the Annual Report on your computer or tablet.
Library summer opening hours begin on 28th of May and end on 26th of August.
A research team based at the University of Eastern Finland and the Turku Centre for Biotechnology have found new ways to block a pathway that may be responsible for several brain disorders, which could open the door to developing better treatments.
Stefan Hell, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, visited Turku on 8 May to give a lecture on his research and to meet with students. During his visit, Hell was also awarded a University of Turku medal.
Stefan Hell met with students at BioCity, where he worked at the beginning of the 1990s.
Stefan Hell, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, visited Turku on 8 May to give a lecture on his research and to meet with students. During his visit, Hell was also awarded a University of Turku medal.
Stefan Hell met with students at BioCity, where he worked at the beginning of the 1990s.
