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Exchange Students Celebrated on the First of May

30.04.2013

The International May Day party programme included fishing, portrait photography, Twister and traditional Finnish May Day sweets.

​Sonja Zahorska and Liliane Moraes were planning to taste Finnish foods and drinks in The Firs of May. They had heard that The First of May is a party for the workers and that you should go out to have a picnic.

The Life Sciences Researchers of Turku and Saint Petersburg Deepen Their Cooperation

26.04.2013

At the seminar of life sciences on April 23–24, the researchers presented their expert knowledge and celebrated the 60th anniversary of the friendship treaty between Turku and Saint Petersburg.

​Kalervo Väänänen and Aleksei Zavarzin emphasised that the seminar furthers collaboration between the universities of Turku and Saint Petersburg.

The First Science Slam of Turku in May

25.04.2013

Ten minutes of time, the subject the juiciest piece of your own research, and the goal to make people interested in science. Those are the only rules of Science Slam, the new way of introducing science that came to Turku from Central Europe.

From Robot Interpreters to Singing Translation Programmes

22.04.2013

Dating, hit songs and a robot, who speaks over a hundred languages. Although all of the 50s visions of a computer’s future capabilities haven’t come true, technology is an essential part of a translator’s work these days. Computer translation can also be fun.

Apply now for Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)

22.04.2013

TIAS appoints five Postdoctoral Researchers and five Collegium Researchers for the term 2014–2016, and five Postdoctoral Researchers and five Collegium Researchers for the term 2015–2017. Application period is April 22 – May 31, 2013.