Finlandia Foundation Pittsburgh Chapter

08/03/2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/style/pittsburgh-tech-makeover.html

The city is newly stylish, with hyped restaurants and an Ace hotel, thanks to a steady flow of Carnegie Mellon grads who decided to stay.

02/08/2017

In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Finland, the Finnish Embassy in Washington DC is publishing “Centennial Story of Finland” series. Below you can find links to the first two parts:

Part I
http://www.finland.org/public/default.aspx?contentid=356553&nodeid=35833&culture=en-US

The second part examines Finland's first ten years as an independent country.

Part II
http://www.finland.org/public/default.aspx?contentid=357736&nodeid=35833&culture=en-US

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To find out more about different centennial events, please visit http://www.finland100usa.com/calendar.htm

02/06/2017

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reima-global-leader-in-premium-kids-outerwear-launches-in-the-us-300398053.html

WASHINGTON, Jan 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Since 1944, Reima has been creating outerwear for kids. Our long-standing...

02/01/2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/24/in-a-casino-in-pittsburgh-an-ai-program-is-beating-poker-champions-for-the-first-time/?utm_term=.98602e6d32d4

Poker, with its hidden hands and bluffing, is much harder for AI than, say chess, where players have a lot of information because the board is visible.

04/20/2016

http://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org/finnish-room-to-open-at-university-of-pittsburgh/

03/25/2015

http://www.sciencealert.com/no-more-physics-and-maths-finland-to-stop-teaching-individual-subjects

Finland, one of the leading educational hotspots in the world, is embarking on one of the most radical overhauls in modern education. By 2020, the country plans to phase out teaching individual subjects such as maths, chemistry and physics, and...

11/29/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQgvKxrNQY&sns=fb&app=desktop

You know how mysterious it is that Santa can get to every house and home around the world in just 24 hours? Well, we here at Finnair happen to share somethin...

06/03/2014

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/01/rye-bread-finnish-new-york-health-demand

Simo Kuusisto is winning over health-conscious Americans with Nordic bread, while learning they can be more 'vocal with demand than their wallets'

12/06/2013

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää Pittsburghin suomalaiset!

05/06/2013

http://www.hs.fi/m/kuukausiliite/Amerikansuomalainen+on+ylpeä/a1305675606023

02/08/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMV3cu4tX8

All footage is shot with a Nikon D80 over the past two years.

05/26/2012

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/society-the-only-way-is-finland-7778796.html

America may once have been the Land of Opportunity, but thanks to its rising levels of inequality – not to mention the nightmarish visa restrictions – our political class now has another destination in mind. "If you want the American Dream," Ed Miliband says, "go to Finland." This week, the Labour l...