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Ambassador’s Journal: October 27, 2009

Arrived in Oulu in the morning and a light fog was still hanging in the air.  This gave the most beautiful look to the birch trees and the last golden leaves of autumn.  First stop was a very informative meeting at Oulu Innovation where a lot of important work is being done to keep Oulu [...]

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 [...]