FROM MIDDLE OF (K)NOWHEVERE, VENICE OF NORTH – KUOPIO, TO NORTH CAROLINA, HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (HPU): TWO DAYS VISIT AT WORKMAN SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE, HPU
Writer: Szabolcs Felszeghy I am not an enthusiastic traveler who views every weekend as a chance for adventure, nor do I typically travel internationally and only 3 times in my life I was in USA… Therefore, I was delighted when Dean Ali Shazib and Prof. Sompop Bencharit invited me to visit his Workman School of […]
A GLOBAL VR-HAPTIC EDUCATION MEETING CO-ORGANIZED BY THE VR-HAPTIC THINKERS TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND!
The Thrilling Journey From the Middle of (K)nowhere, Kuopio, to the Wild West, Salt Lake City. I visited the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, for the first time in my life this summer, the capital city of Utah, and the Mormons…
How’d I get the chance to visit the Land of Mormons?
Back to the middle of knowhere
An interview with Professor David Morton Preamble Life turning towards normalcy, it seems, feels practically like a shake-up to the “new normal”… It was three years ago that the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a pandemic. And now, even cities and countries with the strictest coronavirus precautions have been rolling back their restrictions […]
Sadan päivän tutkimusmatka
Hyvä lukija, kerron tässä blogissa Yhdysvaltojen Pensylvaniaan sijoittuvasta tutkimusvaihdosta tammi-maaliskuun aikana. Suomi 100 -teeman sopien matkan kesto on; mitä muutakaan kuin sata päivää! Toivon blogista apua erityisesti sellaiselle henkilölle, joka pohtii ulkomaan tutkijavaihtoa, mutta ei oikein tiedä mistä aloittaisi valmistelut. Tervetuloa mukaan seuraamaan matkaani! Kuka? Nimi: Saara Sillanmäki Koulutus: LL, tohtorikoulutettava ja kliiniseen fysiologiaan ja […]
Under the Carolina blue sky
– “I’m so delighted to see you! – “Welcome home! – “Enjoy your stay in North Carolina!” These were the first words I heard after arriving at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, USA. An elderly man was standing beside the passport control and greeting passengers with a welcoming smile on his face. […]
Old dog learning new tricks
So your postdoctoral research is over – years ago, and you feel that you still want to learn new directions to your research. Well, longish research visits do not have to be past life – it might be time to a new visit to foreign university! That was just what happened to me. I decided […]
Why in Ohio?
“I actually changed my college. I left my first one and came here. Ohio University is a better place. Here, people are friendly. This is more like at home.” – Alexis, second-year student, Social and Communication studies Ohio University has been ranked first in the nation for overall student satisfaction, based on a […]
On the move… and college sports in the USA
Now, for a Finn with some enthusiasm of sports in general, participating college sports is an experience. My great hosts here in Nebraska took me to a college football game in Lincoln of the Huskers (GO BIG RED!) and ice hockey game of UNO Mavericks (GO MAVERICKS!). What makes the games here so unbelievable is […]
On the move…literally!
I have great honor to start writing here at the UEF On the move blog. However, I believe I won’t be the only one as there are many UEFians On the move around the world. My blog posts deals about research collaboration trip to the US, Nebraska, to cities called Lincoln and Omaha. In these […]