The Turku Centre of Statistics and the more than 1,775 organizations in 121 countries participating in the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013) today join women around the world in the celebration of International Women’s Day.
The 93rd anniversary of the University of Turku was marked on Kalevala´s Day, Finnish Culture Day 28th February.
Rector of the University of Tartu Volli Kalm lectured in the University of Turku and started a joint guest lecture series. Volli spoke of the long traditions between the two universities and the future, where international networks and business collaboration play a key role.
Rectors Volli Kalm and Kalervo Väänänen answered the audience`s questions together.
A study conducted by the University of Turku shows that overfishing can drive fish populations into extinction. When gene complexes that are adapted to local conditions are lost, fisheries recovery becomes difficult.
The University of Turku and the Fudan University, Shanghai are joining forces in doctoral training. The project in question is called Sustainable Cities. Its aim is to train specialists who can integrate knowledge from several fields to find solutions that promote a sustainable change of cities.
The first tablet journal of the university called UTU Annual of Science is published. You can download it to your iPad from an international e-bookshop.
Music has the power to influence both our gendered self-narratives and our collective identity. The belief that music conveys meaning is unquestioned. It also provides a way for listeners to express their personality and identity, and to interpret their feelings.
Researcher of music, Professor Emerita Sheila Whiteley relaxes by playing the piano.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) indicates that the euro-zone crisis has not damaged the positive perceptions toward entrepreneurship in Finnish society and economy.
Mathematic skills are not a gift that is either given to you at birth or not. According to research, children learn the conceptualisation of mathematics gradually by observing their environment. Games that develop the mathematical reasoning of children are developed in the University of Turku.