Jukka Kola elected as rector of the University of Helsinki
Today, 12 June, the Board of the University of Helsinki elected Vice-Rector Jukka Kola as the new rector. His five-year term as rector will begin in August.Jukka Kola, aged 53, has served as professor...
View ArticleA vegetable bed on the red planet
Space flights are long, and the grub served on them could easily become monotonous. A group of students designed a greenhouse for Mars so travellers could enjoy fresh food on arrival.For the NASA...
View ArticleZeppelin findings
Atmospheric researchers and policymakers from both Finland and the EU will meet at the Kumpula Campus on Friday to discuss the findings from the airship flights.The zeppelin used for atmospheric...
View ArticleComfortably multilingual
How can we thrive linguistically in our welfare society? Researchers are looking for tips from around the world. Axel Fleisch, Professor of African Languages and Cultures.What does it feel like to move...
View ArticleA return to the 1930s?
Nancy Fraser, a well-known feminist and social theorist, will discuss the European financial crisis at her public lecture on Wednesday, 29 May 2013. In the 1944 book The Great Transformation, economic...
View ArticleMicrocredits no shortcut to happiness
The importance of microcredits in reducing poverty among women in developing countries has been exaggerated.“Microcredits should not be marketed as a panacea for development. They are connected to...
View ArticleNine applicants for the position of rector of the University of Helsinki
The Board of the University shall select the rector for a fixed term of no more than five years in its meeting on 12 June. The following nine people applied for the position of rector of the University...
View ArticlePlants and microbes cooperate to clean up contaminated soil
It is expensive to clean up soil drenched in chemicals, but plants can do part of the work in collaboration with microbes. Microbe-based phytoremediation is gradually making inroads into Finland....
View ArticleUniversity of Helsinki to have four doctoral schools
The University of Helsinki wishes to improve doctoral education and enhance its international visibility by establishing four doctoral schools. The University will introduce a doctoral education system...
View ArticleWhy does everyone like John Irving?
On Friday, 19 April, an unusually large number of people will have the opportunity to meet an author important to them when John Irving reads excerpts from his latest novel In One Person and answers...
View ArticleManaging forests – managing climate?
Researchers, students, politicians and business representatives discuss the influence of forest management on climate change at the ongoing HENVI Science Days.It is a well-known fact that mitigating...
View ArticleOver 26,000 applications to the University of Helsinki
In the spring 2013 joint application, the University of Helsinki received 26 632 applications, up 1,500 from 2012. The biggest rise in the number of applicants was recorded by the Faculty of Theology....
View ArticleHelsinki Think Company promotes academic entrepreneurship
Helsinki Think Company, recently opened at Vuorikatu 5, is a city-centre forum for new entrepreneurial activities. It is a communal workspace where students, researchers and entrepreneurially minded...
View ArticleOn foreign ground
Tropical problems are best resolved in the tropics, says Kristina Lindström, professor in sustainable development.Many of us first associate Ethiopia with famine, which is not wholly unfounded, as much...
View ArticleOne year lasts a lifetime
University of Helsinki’s student Cecilia Wester is this year’s Brittingham Scholarship awardee.“If you have ever even thought about going abroad, I highly recommend it” suggests Cecilia Wester, final...
View ArticleTheoretical input into political debate
Professor of Urban Geography Mari Vaattovaara, the recipient of this year’s J.V. Snellman Award, aims to conduct socially relevant research. The J.V. Snellman Award will be presented in conjunction...
View ArticleGovernment plans raise concerns
The University and the entire academic community will soon know more about the future of university funding and student financial aid, following the Finnish Government’s spending limits discussion on...
View ArticleMultilingualism as a challenge to universities
How do the increasingly international activities of universities affect the status of national languages?As the use of English continues to spread in Finnish universities, concerns have been raised...
View ArticleVulnerable efficiency
Called into life by the American Dana Foundation in 1996, Brain Awareness Week (BAW) activities span around the globe today. The aim is to familiarise people with the latest research into the most...
View ArticleFrom the surface to the core of Euroscepticism
The Estonian political scientist Katri Vallaste investigates in her doctorate how Euroscepticism is constructed by Finnish, Estonian and Swedish media, and how it is perceived from inside sceptics’...
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