Author: VIC

The queue for the West Wing Cafeteria was unusually long this Thursday, but the students were not lining up for cinnamon buns. They were attempting to liquidate their assets. What began as a controlled experiment in monetary policy by the [ECO-BUS] Economics & Global Commerce track descended into a chaotic, real-time lesson on market psychology…

As the autumn rain lashed against the windows of the Turing Lab this week, the [CS-ADV] Computer Science cohort was engaged in a heated debate—not about code syntax, but about the definition of a joke. For the annual “Code & Culture” hackathon, Year 12 students were tasked with building a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model…

At 02:00 this Tuesday, while the rest of the city slept, a team of Year 13 students from the [SCI-PHY] Physical Sciences track stood in the centre of the Turku Cathedral nave, holding their breath. They were not there for prayer, but for physics. This expedition marked the commencement of the Autumn Term’s advanced module…

For the past three months, the copper dome of the Virtanen Observatory has been silent, rendered obsolete by the perpetual brightness of the Nordic summer. However, as the twilight begins to deepen into true darkness this August, a team from the [SCI-PHY] Physical Sciences department has been racing against the sunset to complete an ambitious…

While the main campus corridors have fallen silent for the summer recess, the coastline of the Turku Archipelago has become a hive of activity for the Virtanen Summer Research Fellowship. This July, a select cadre of twelve students from the [SCI-PHY] Physical Sciences and [CS-ADV] Computer Science tracks remained in residence to execute “Operation Vesi.”…

The smell of ozone and old paper filled the Great Hall this week as the academic year culminated in the unveiling of “Project Phoenix,” a seminal collaboration between the History Department and the Computer Science Faculty. For the past six months, students have been working to digitally reconstruct the city of Turku as it stood…

As the academic year enters its final, critical phase, the atmosphere in the Senior Common Room is understandably charged. With external examinations underway, stress regulation becomes as vital as content retention. In a timely intersection of pastoral care and hard science, the [BIO-MED] Life Sciences cohort has released the findings of a month-long study titled…

A delegation of twelve Sixth Form researchers from Virtanen International College has returned to Turku this week following a landmark five-day academic exchange at the prestigious Parvis School of Economics and Music in the United Kingdom. The summit, titled “The Ledger and the Lyre,” represented the first formal collaboration between our [ECO-BUS] Economics & Global…

The silence of the Upper Library was replaced this weekend by the hum of cooling fans and the frantic scratching of whiteboard markers as Virtanen International College hosted its inaugural “Vector Zero” Bio-Informatics Hackathon. The event brought together students from the [MAT-FUR] Further Mathematics and [BIO-MED] Life Sciences tracks for a gruelling 36-hour sprint. Their…

The scent of sawdust and strong coffee has finally cleared from the West Wing Atrium, marking the conclusion of this year’s rigorous cross-disciplinary module between the [ART-DES] Visual Arts & Nordic Design track and the [ECO-BUS] Economics stream. The exhibition, titled “Form, Function, & Finance,” challenged Year 12 students to design modular urban furniture capable…