ARC Grant 2009 winner Tuomas Koskenniemi from the University of Helsinki was one of the featured guests at a reception hosted by the American Resource Center on Friday, May 21. The reception also marked the conclusion of the 13th annual Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies. This 4-day rigorous convention of distinguished experts [...]
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90 years – a very good beginning
For the past two days, the U.S. Embassy, the University of Helsinki, the Foreign Ministry of Finland and the Fulbright Center, together with many other organizations and individuals, have celebrated the 90th anniversary of U.S.-Finnish diplomatic relations. We were especially honored to have President Tarja Halonen speak at the opening session of the seminar. We [...]
SciFest in Joensuu
My memories of school science fairs usually involve a papier-mâché volcano “erupting’ uncontrollably and setting a Styrofoam model of Saturn on fire. Luckily that is not what I encountered at the third-annual SciFest in Joensuu last week. In a three-day event, SciFest packed the Joensuu Areena with sophisticated displays that engaged visitors with the cutting-edge [...]
Earth Day
Mothers have Mothers’ Day. Dads get Fathers’ Day. In the US even the groundhog gets his own day on February 2. So it seems only fitting that Mother Earth should get her spot in the limelight on April 22. After all, without the Earth there would be no moms, dads or groundhogs. Earth Day was [...]
Welcome to our new blog!
Terve! I am Wendy Kahler, Environment, Science and Technology Officer at the American Embassy in Helsinki. I arrived in Finland in August 2008 and will be working here for three years to promote cooperation between the US and Finland on environment, climate and technology issues. This is my first time living in Europe, having spent [...]