• Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University

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    Carl G. Gahmberg appointed as new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University The Åbo Akademi University Collegiate Body has appointed Professor Carl G. Gahmberg as the new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University. By virtue of the special provisions pertaining to Åbo Akademi University as given in the Universities Act, Åbo Akademi University shall have a Chancellor.

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  • European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence

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    European Commission Launched the Euro-Bioimaging ERIC – A Gateway to European Imaging Excellence The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies and resources in biological and biomedical imaging – as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Imaging technologies have a central role

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  • The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems

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    The European MegaM@Rt2 project uses AI and advanced modeling techniques for the continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems Åbo Akademi University is participating in the Teknologia 19 industry fair in Helsinki, where ÅAU together with other Finnish partners will present some intermediary results of the European MegaM@Rt2 Project (megamart2-ecsel.eu). MegaM@Rt2 is a three-year

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  • Memory training builds upon strategy use

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    Memory training builds upon strategy use Researchers from Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Umeå University, Sweden, have for the first time obtained clear evidence of the important role strategies have in memory training. Training makes participants adopt various strategies to manage the task, which then affects the outcome of the training. Strategy acquisition can also

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  • Åbo Akademi University is planning to move its library services in the Vaasa campus to Academill 

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    Åbo Akademi University is planning to move its library services in the Vaasa campus to Academill  Åbo Akademi University’s Rector Moira von Wright has made a decision to initiate planning for the purpose of moving the library services of the Vaasa campus from Tritonia to Academill. The library services will become a part of Åbo Akademi University’s Library. Åbo Akademi University has contributed to the establishment, development and

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  • Moira von Wright inaugurated as new Rector of Åbo Akademi University 

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    Moira von Wright inaugurated as new Rector of Åbo Akademi University  The opening ceremony of the academic year at Åbo Akademi University was celebrated in Vaasa on Wednesday, 4 September and in Turku on Thursday, 5 September.  In Turku the official programme began with a service in Turku Cathedral and the ceremony then continued in the Old Academy Building, where the retiring Rector Mikko Hupa inaugurated Professor Moira von Wright as the new Rector

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  • Åbo Akademi University will launch an international Master’s Programme in Education providing students with a Finnish teacher qualification

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    Åbo Akademi University will launch an international Master’s Programme in Education providing students with a Finnish teacher qualification Next autumn, Åbo Akademi University will launch a new international Master’s Programme in Education within the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies in Vaasa. The two-year Master’s Degree Programme in Teaching and Learning is comprised of 120

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  • Biomedical scientists studying cellular filament-related diseases get together in Turku

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    Biomedical scientists studying cellular filament-related diseases get together in Turku The 11th European Meeting on Intermediate Filaments, EUROIF2019, organized by scientist and medical doctors at Åbo Akademi University and the University of Turku, brings together over 100 international experts in biology, biochemistry and medicine to Turku, June 8–11, 2019. The meeting topic Cellular and Mechanical

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  • Åbo Akademi University and Neste enter cooperation

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    Åbo Akademi University and Neste enter cooperation Neste and Åbo Akademi University have signed a letter of intent on strategic cooperation. The aim of the cooperation is to improve the competitiveness of both parties while increasing Finnish chemical industry expertise, including such fields as chemical and process engineering, bioeconomy, and circular economy. – Neste represents

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  • Adjunct professor Luisa Torsi receives chemistry award

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    Luisa Torsi, adjunct professor within molecular process and material technology at Åbo Akademi University has been awarded by IUPAC as one of twelve “Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering 2019”.

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