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A new machine learning model will streamline the calculation of accurate thermodynamic properties of atmospheric organic aerosol constituents.

Director of the Open University of the University of Jyväskylä, Dr Jukka Lerkkanen, has been voted into the Supervisory Board of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU). This will be Lerkkanen's second term on the board.

A study conducted in collaboration between the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Eastern Finland found that high aerobic fitness does not protect children from metabolic syndrome.

The University of Jyväskylä will award 15 new honorary doctorates in May 2023. The eleventh Conferment of Degrees Ceremony for the whole University will be held on 19–21 May 2023.

University of Jyväskylä is developing microalgae monitoring methods for commercial cultivations in a two-year research project, coordinated by VTT and funded by Business Finland.

The University of Jyväskylä was ranked 401-500 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings that compares research-intensive universities.

A study at the University of Jyväskylä found that men are biologically older than women. The observed sex difference is partially explained by men's more frequent smoking and larger body size.

Filmmaker Klaus Härö has selected the refurbishment of the University of Jyväskylä Library as the winner of the Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2022.

European Researchers’ Night was held again at the University of Jyväskylä on Friday, 30 September 2022.

The Rector of the University of Jyväskylä Keijo Hämäläinen has appointed Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration) Antti Rautiainen as Professor of Accounting through an invitation procedure.

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The eleventh Conferment of Degrees Ceremony of the University of Jyväskylä will be held on 19–21 May 2023. Registration for the Conferment Ceremony begins on 1 October 2022.