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HELSINKI UNIVERSITY BULLETIN26.4.2012                                                         

 
     
 
 
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MEILAHTI CAMPUS NEUROBIOLOGY
Stupid goldfish in a bowl

A goldfish in a bowl is a stock allegory for stupidity we know for example from Donald Duck. Recent brain research supports this assumption.
 
 

MEILAHTI CAMPUS MEDICINE
The end of the dead end
 
Why do most anticancer drugs prove to be ineffective when tried in patients? The Medical Campus of the University of Helsinki collaborates with industry to find the answer. - Read more >
 
 
 
CITY CENTRE CAMPUS LINGUISTICS
Undercover work on chat
 
Do you find it impossible to maintain a polite level of discussion online? Don’t worry, it’s not you, it’s the medium. Professor Marja-Leena Sorjonen, expert on conversation analysis, knows why. - Read more >
 
 
 
COLUMN SAMULI SILTANEN
Tonight: Top Scientist Helsinki
 
It's about time to start ranking scientists in the reality-TV manner! Professor of the Industrial Mathematics Laboratory, Samuli Siltanen, with the laws of the game at the ready. - Read more >
 
 

 
 
 
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Ambling by vintage facades
How is graphic design in evidence in the city? Just stop, raise your eyes from the cobblestones and enjoy: old and even older traces of past decades here and there. Some of the vintage signboards make one wistful and nostalgic.  
 
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Women plus power equals change
“Athenian democracy, where only some men had voice, will not do in the 21st century,” says Helen Clark. Clark and President Tarja Halonen will be giving The Kapuscinski Development Lectures at the University of Helsinki on Monday 7 May. The topic of the day is European Development Policy. - Read more >

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