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18.8.2021 | University news

University of Jyväskylä and the Student Union celebrate the Jyväskylä Pride Week 2021

20.8.2021 | Research news

The activity of an unusual phytochrome revealed

16.8.2021 | University news

The University of Jyväskylä keeps its position in Shanghai Ranking

16.8.2021 | Research news

Depressive symptoms and irregular eating increased during the COVID-19 pandemic among middle-aged women

12.8.2021 | Student recruitment

Application for admission to doctoral training 15.8.-14.9.2021

11.8.2021 | Research news

Tuning gold nanoclusters for targeted gastric cancer therapy

10.8.2021 | Research news

Human Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus infection incidence follow rodent abundance variations in Northern Europe

5.8.2021 | Research news

The Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä: A novel set of techniques opens a new region of exotic atomic nuclei for optical studies

3.8.2021 | University news

University preparing for autumn semester in line with previous Covid policies

2.8.2021 | Research news

Poor wellbeing at work in healthcare also affects patient satisfaction

26.7.2021 | University news

Celebrating and online networking in Jyväskylä International Summer School

29.6.2021 | University news

Celebrating science in the fall!

22.6.2021 | Research news

Open learning spaces do not increase children’s physical activity

21.6.2021 | University news

EERA Summer School 2021 – Keynote lectures available for everyone!

18.6.2021 | Research news

Moderate and vigorous physical activity attenuate arterial stiffening already in children

16.6.2021 | University news

JYU to open its activities from 21 June

15.6.2021 | Research news

From orange juice to sea water, and between the ground and 4-story building - Poison frog tadpoles can survive (almost) anywhere

14.6.2021 | Research news

‘Language in the Human-Machine Era’: Researchers from all continents join forces to predict how new technologies will change our languages and communication

12.6.2021 | Research news

High genetic running capacity promotes efficient metabolism with aging

10.6.2021 | University news

Open vacancies for six Deans at JYU

8.6.2021 | Study news

Digitalisation challenges teachers' ICT skills – update your competences online

8.6.2021 | University news

JYU keeps its position among the world’s best universities

7.6.2021 | Research news

Book launch: Pedagogical framework, design principles, recommendations and guidelines for a STEM learning environment design

3.6.2021 | Research news

High-intensity strength and impact training attenuates skeletal aging

26.5.2021 | University news

Education at JYU among the best of the world

25.5.2021 | Research news

Superflimsy graphene turned ultrastiff by optical forging

20.5.2021 | University news

University of Jyväskylä prepares for the autumn term

20.5.2021 | University news

Renovation of the library building will be completed - Jyväskylä University Library Lähde will open in August 2021

19.5.2021 | University news

Keijo Hämäläinen continues as the rector of the University of Jyväskylä

17.5.2021 | University news

Application period for the rector’s position has ended

17.5.2021 | Research news

Two research periods were awarded at the JYU Research Period call 2021

7.5.2021 | Research news

Call for writings: Working poor in Finland

6.5.2021 | Research news

Five new Academy Research Fellows for the University of Jyväskylä

30.4.2021 | Research news

Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles

28.4.2021 | Research news

JYU.Wisdom: JYU can be carbon neutral by 2030 at the latest

27.4.2021 | Research news

Six top scientists from the University of Jyväskylä chosen as new members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

26.4.2021 | University news

University of Jyväskylä performing steadily in CWUR university ranking

21.4.2021 | University news

The University of Jyväskylä close to the top in ecological sustainability

21.4.2021 | Research news

Age at the menopause can be assessed using predictive modeling

20.4.2021 | University news

Central Finland Health Care District, excluding Jyväskylä, returns to COVID-19 basic level – JYU’s current policies valid until further notice

20.4.2021 | Research news

The NEW ABC project is underway with the aim of enhancing the integration of immigrant children and young people into education

20.4.2021 | Research news

The COVID-19 crisis is a unique opportunity to move towards more sustainable and equitable society

19.4.2021 | Research news

More efficient circular economy: Acids from biowaste for metal recovery – fertilizers as a by-product of the process

15.4.2021 | Research news

Quality and quantity of enrichments influence well-being of aquaculture fishes

11.4.2021 | University news

Accident in the Accelerator Laboratory did not present a wider danger to others

31.3.2021 | University news

Matti Häll donates four million euros to education in the field of technology

29.3.2021 | Research news

Parent’s learning difficulties predict children’s reading and math skills

26.3.2021 | University news

New University Board members since 1 January 2022 from outside the university community: Tapio Huttula, Antti Koivula, and Hanna Maula

24.3.2021 | Research news

The Young Physicist of the Year Sonja Kujanpää enjoys laser spectroscopy and many skills demanding work at the Accelerator Laboratory

24.3.2021 | Research news

During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic older adults left home predominantly for physical exercise

27.8.2021 Co-existing protozoa increases antibiotic resistance gene persistence in bacterial populations (Koskinen)

12.8.2021 Discover the mystery of the brain (Zhang)

3.7.2021 Think few minutes whom you might harm before you make an information security decision hastily (MSc. Hojat Mohammadnazar)

22.6.2021 A colourful look at fast-ﬂying particles (Ramnath)

18.6.2021 FM, YTM Zachris Haaparinne (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, General History) ONLINE EVENT

18.6.2021 New nanofabrication method for studying the thermal conductance of three-dimensional phononic crystals (Heiskanen)

18.6.2021 Single-Event Radiation Effects in Silicon Carbide Power MOSFETs (Martinella)

14.6.2021 Laser-spectroscopic studies of rare earth element- and lithium-bearing minerals and rocks (Sari Romppanen)

14.5.2021 Large scale geometry on Lie groups (Kivioja)

4.5.2021 Noncovalent interactions as a tool for supramolecular self-assembly of metallopolymers (Bulatova)

29.4.2021 Thiourea and selenourea as versatile objects for the investigation of the σ-hole interactions (Chernysheva)

Trauma, Resilience, Safety (TRS): A Music Psychotherapy Model for Addressing Illness Burden in Oncology (Rossetti)

17.4.2021 "Language proficiency facework and perceptions of language proficiency face in L2 interaction". (Ahvenainen)

26.3.2021 Modification of graphene using laser light (Hiltunen)

12.3.2021New probes for virus research from the combination of fluorescent dyes and nanoparticles (Saarnio)

12.3.2021 DNA nanostructures bring new methods to biomedicine and bioscience research (Ijäs)

12.2.2021 Cancerous PP2A inhibitor proteins - novel perspective for cancer therapy (Thapa)

12.2.2021 Microalgae with waterfleas can treat aquaculture wastewater and prevent loss of nutrients (Stevčić)

4.2.2021: Professional roles of Russophone journalists in Estonia reconsidered (Jufereva-Skuratovski) ONLINE EVENT

17.12.2020 Halogen Bond in Crystal Engineering: Structural Studies on Crystals with Ruthenium Centered Complexes and 1-(4-Pyridyl)-4-thiopyridine Zwitterion as Halogen Bond Acceptors (Xin)

16.12.2020 Neurocomputing and probabilistic propagation in computer vision (Braithwaite)

12.12.2020 Skin cancer research with convolutional neural networks and hyperspectral camera (Annala)

11.12.2020 Efficiency, enjoyment, errors - customers’ value outcomes as key for digital service design and development (Lumivalo)

10.12.2020 Technologies on the edge of tool and toy (Köse)

9.12.2020 Challenges of Gendered Journalism: Exploring Work Life Experiences of Ghanaian Female Journalists (Kodwo Boateng)

9.12.2020 What happens in our brain after working long hours? (Liu)

7.12.2020 Coherency Management by Architecture? (Valtonen)

5.12.2020 Uniqueness results for fractional Calderón problems (Covi)

2.12.2020 What group analysis brings (Wang)

26.11.2020 Cambridge Classics in the History of Ideas: Main Studies and Commitments of Method in the Work of Quentin Skinner & John Dunn ONLINE EVENT

25.11.2020 How brains listen? (Zhu)

28.10.2020 Discover the Secret of Sleep (Yan)

23.10.2020 Doctoral student developed a new research method for detecting species-specific extinction risk (Lakka)

9.10.2020 How Can the Basic Properties of Neutrinos be Probed by Nuclear Physics? (Jokiniemi)

Sher-E Khoda (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Social and Public Policy) ONLINE EVENT

26.9.2020 Research shows how CRISPR-Cas protects a fish pathogen against phages (Hoikkala)

18.9.2020 FM Julius Telivuo (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Philosophy) ONLINE EVENT

11.9.2020 Bacteria are in key role for successful recirculating aquaculture farming (Pulkkinen)

4.9.2020 Superconductivity from graphene with flat bands (Peltonen)

21.8. 2020 On the equivalence of viscosity and weak solutions to normalized and parabolic equations

21.8.2020 Internet favours emotional communication, charismatic leaders and populist messages (Toode)

17.8.2020 MA Melina Aarnikoivu (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics), ONLINE EVENT

14.8.2020: What happens in the brain when we learn the sound of a letter (Xu)

7.8.2020 Online brand communities drive destination image (Ukpabi)

Deepening the understanding of the interplay between optimal mass transportation and metric geometry (Schultz)

12.6.2020 The Fast Interaction Trigger for the ALICE Upgrade (Slupecki)

12.6.2020 Why Privacy should matter more (Hoel)

4.6.2020 Social Capital in Digitised Servicescape (Nyrhinen)

29.5.2020 Development of nuclear energy density functionals from optimization to uncertainty analysis (Haverinen)

19.5.2020 Oxidative Reactions of Cellulose under Alkaline Conditions (Adibi Larijani)

Tuning Gold Nanoclusters For Targeted Gastric Cancer Therapy (Medicine)

Fler sorkar ger mer borrelios – men med ett års fördröjning

Human Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus infection incidence follow rodent abundance variations in Northern Europe

Aalto University: FITech offers courses from Aalto and eight other universities to study free of charge

Teknologien i Huaweis nye sportsklokke er utviklet i Norden

Coping through crisis with coronamusic

6 ways music boosts wellbeing

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The Age You Need to Push Kids to Stay Active (According to Studies)

Enforced Reduction in Physical Activity and Recovery in Older Adults

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Events

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30.6.2021–30.10.2021 | Exhibition

Elämän liikenneympyrässä - Art acquisitions of the University of Jyväskylä on display in Soihtu exhibition center

24.8.20219.00–18.30 | Congress

Brain and Language 2021: Virtual Conference & Methods Workshop

1.9.202112.00–21.00 | Student event

Opening Festivities

24.9.202109.00–23.00 | Other event

Researchers' Night 2021

5.10.2021–6.10.2021 | Congress

Nanoscience Days 2021 - Abstract submission is open!

20.10.2021–22.10.2021 | Congress

The 21st International Symposium: "Hot Topics in Exercise Physiology"

11.11.2021–13.11.2021 | Congress

AFinLA 50th Anniversary Symposium

11.4.2022–13.4.2022 | Congress

The 1st International Music Therapy Conference on Childrens's Music Therapy

14.8.2022–19.8.2022 | Congress

EUCMOS2020 conference on Molecular Spectroscopy - postponed to August 2021

27.8.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 27.8.2021 FM Anna-Kaisa Ylikotila (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Finnish History) ONLINE EVENT

27.8.202112.00–16.00 | Dissertation news

Dissertation: 27.8.2021 M.Sc. Katariina Koskinen (Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Department of Biological and Environmental Science) ONLINE EVENT

2.9.202112.00–16.00 | Dissertation news

Dissertation: 2.9.2021 M.Sc. Lara Ambrosio Leal Dutra (Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Department of Biological and Environmental Science) ONLINE EVENT

3.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 3.9.2021 M.Sc. (Econ.) Pasi Aaltola (School of Business and Economics, Accounting)

3.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 3.9.2021 M.Sc. (Econ.) Toni Juuti (School of Business and Economics, Economics)

3.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 3.9.2021 M.Sc. Tiina Kovanen (Faculty of Information Technology, Software and Communications Engineering) ONLINE EVENT

4.9.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 4.9.2021 YTM Joonas Pennanen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Philosophy) ONLINE EVENT

4.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 4.9.2021 M.A. (Educ.) Kaisu Peltoperä (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Early Education)

4.9.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 4.9.2021 FM Jyrki Honkonen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Music Education) ONLINE EVENT

7.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 7.9.2021 Master in Functional Analysis of Clinical and Health Contexts Ana Belén Gallego Alonso (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Psychology)

10.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: M.A. (Educ.) Heidi Mouhu (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

10.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 10.9.2021 MA (Psych.) Heli Siltala (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Psychology)

10.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 10.9.2021 PhD Pertti Järvinen (Faculty of Information Technology, Information Systems) ONLINE EVENT

11.9.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 11.9.2021 FM Pekka Hassinen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Contemporary Culture)

16.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 16.9.2021 M.Sc. Joonas Niinikoski (Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Mathematics) ONLINE EVENT

24.9.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 24.9.2021 FM, YTM Johanna Turunen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Contemporary Culture)

25.9.202112.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 25.9.2021 TaK Laura Katriina Aura (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Art Education)

25.9.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 25.9.2021 M.A. (Educ.) Anne Martin (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

27.10.202112.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 27.10.2021 M.Sc. (Econ.) Nguyen Ngoc Duy Khoa (School of Business and Economics, Strategy and Entrepreneurship)

24.8.20219.00–18.30 | Congress

Brain and Language 2021: Virtual Conference & Methods Workshop

1.9.202112.00–21.00 | Student event

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