University of Helsinki
Some of you exchange students are soon heading home and there are a few things we would like you to remember before you leave Helsinki.
Alumni buddies! It pays to involve alumni in the University’s activities
Pia Österman is a busy lady. She is executive manager of the University of Helsinki Alumni Association, a community with more than 5,000 members. The association has some 300 Swedish-speaking members and is completely bilingual.
“Our alumni activities are all about having a genuine community feeling with real interaction. When the activities are designed and initiated by the alumni themselves, they also want to take part in them,” Österman says. Continue reading “Alumni buddies! It pays to involve alumni in the University’s activities”Making a change through Bioinformatics
Virginia Brilhante had already many years of academic experience under her belt when she started studies at the Faculty of Science’s MBI Master’s Degree Programme in Bioinformatics. The interdisciplinary programme combining informatics and life sciences gives her the opportunity to make a difference and improve people’s lives.
Virginia Brilhante from Brazil studies in the MBI Programme in Bioinformatics at the Faculty of Science. She is working towards Master’s degree and it’s not her first one. Continue reading “Making a change through Bioinformatics”
International Teacher of the Year is Howard Sklar
Each year the Student Union of the University of Helsinki honours an international teacher who has made a unique contribution to the learning opportunities for their students.
This year Howard Sklar Ph.D. at the Department of Modern Languages, English Philology, was voted Best International Teacher of the Year by the Student Union (HYY). Howard Sklar received the prize during the International Evening.
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The Student union´s Anniversary week 20-26.11.2013 and Anniversary party 26.11.2013
The student union of Helsinki University has its birthday again in November, which is celebrated with the anniversary week on 20-26 Nov. For the week, we have collected a variety of things to do and special offers for students, and the week culminates with HYY’s 145th anniversary celebrations.
Come and enjoy the culture!
You can find anniversary week’s programme also here: http://hyy.helsinki.fi/en/media-arkisto/uutiset/hyy-145-–-anniversary-week-20-26-nov-2013 Continue reading “The Student union´s Anniversary week 20-26.11.2013 and Anniversary party 26.11.2013”
COME AND JOIN US: International Evening @University Main Building
The Rector of The University of Helsinki invites you to the International Evening for international scholars, staff and students in the Great Hall of the University Tuesday November 19th 2013 at 5 p.m. The programme in the Great Hall will be followed by a Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Entrance: Aleksanterinkatu 5 Continue reading “COME AND JOIN US: International Evening @University Main Building”
Green Cafe – Delicious and climate friendly food on Restaurant Day 16.11.2013!
As part of our Reduce a Ton! carbon emissions reducing campaign the University of Helsinki challenged the associate Helsinki city manager Pekka Sauri to share his seasonal vegetarian recipe. We have now reached the goal of vowing among students to reduce more than 400 000 kg of carbon emissions and it is time to cook!
By using Sauri’s recipe, UH and HYY are organizing a restaurant – Green Cafe – for a day on the next Restaurant day. All profit will be donated to HYY development cooperation projects.
On the menu: Mushrooms with barley and oven-cooked root vegetables, vegan crêpes, coffee and tea.
The venue: Uusi ylioppilastalo at Mannerheimintie 5 A.
Welcome!
Restaurant day, or Ravintolapäivä, is a success story of how normal citizens can make their city more fun. The first Restaurant day was held in Helsinki in 2011 and since then it has spread to all corners of the world. The previous Restaurant day was celebrated in over 220 cities in 35 countries! Join us and take part in Your University’s own restaurant!
Join our Facebook event for Green Cafe and see what else is being cooked at the Restaurant Day website.
P.S. We are only a few tons away from reaching our final reduction goal, the savings of 500 000kgs of CO2-emissions! To contribute, click to Climate info and make your savings!
– Green Team
Lets make the university greener!
Last year the University of Helsinki joined a Climate Partnership program and made four Climate Commitments. One of these was to gather a Green Guide, where the students can find all the environmental information they need in one place. The guide has now been published in Flamma intranet!
On top of the Green Guide the University and Climateinfo have an emission saving challenge together called Reduce a ton. You can make your own little climate promises and join the race! Continue reading “Lets make the university greener!”
International lab work at Department of Chemistry
I wouldn’t be here unless I loved it”, agree both Athina Sidiropuolou from Greece and Daniel Rico from Spain. They are students at Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, completing their Master’s studies.
Before the University of Helsinki, Athina Sidiropuolou studied chemistry at University of Patras, Greece. Now she is a second-year student in Master’s Degree Programme in Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry.
“I have also worked in institutes in Greece for 10 months, and last July I had a research project in France for a month. Now I’m working on my project for my Master’s thesis,” Athina adds. Continue reading “International lab work at Department of Chemistry”
Next application period opens on December 2, 2013
Do you want to study at the University of Helsinki next year? Get ready! Next application period for graduate studies opens on December 2, 2013 and closes on January 31, 2014 at 16:00/4 p.m. (GMT +2).
The University of Helsinki has one intake of students per year at the graduate (Master’s) level. Students apply via University Admissions Finland (UAF). Please remember that the application form is available during the application period only. The key steps to apply can be found from here! Continue reading “Next application period opens on December 2, 2013”