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University of Jyväskylä first university to go through the third audit cycle –students and well-being emphasised at the university

The University of Jyväskylä was the first university to go through the third audit cycle. The university received special praise in the audit for its educational leadership and the diverse ways in which the personnel’s well-being at work is supported.

Kuin kaksi marjaa. Tutkimuksessa valmistetut dityppioksidin ja hiilidioksidin metallikompleksit auttavat ymmärtämään yhtäläisyyksiä ja eroja tärkeiden kasvihuonekaasujen kemiassa. Kuva: Monika Stolar ja Chris Gendy

Choosing the right partner: Synthesis of a rare metal complex of nitrous oxide opens new vistas for the degradation of a potent greenhouse gas

Like its chemical relative carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas and the dominant ozone-depleting substance emitted in the 21st Century.

Tutkijat löysivät Laurinvirrasta viisi kutupesää rakennetun kutukynnyksen yläpuolisilta soralaikuilta. Kuva: Itä-Suomen yliopiston maantieteen laitos, kuvankäsittely: Jyväskylän yliopisto/Chris Mäkinen

First observed redds give hope to success of remedial actions in Laurinvirta, the River Pielisjoki

Researchers made promising observations about the success of recovery measures realised in Pielisjoki, North Carelia, the Vuoksi watershed.

Teknologiajohtaja Elmeri Lahtisen käsissä on malli Weeefinerin talteenottoteknologiaa käyttävästä suodattimesta. Kuva Kaisa Hänninen.

Jyväskylä-based WeeeFINer Oy offers a remarkable solution to a global problem – Unifund and Hanki Development as investors

WeeeFINer Oy provides solutions for circular economy and has developed a new technology for the recovery of critical metals.

Innovation agreement with the region of Jyväskylä

Strategic innovation partnership with the Finnish region of Jyväskylä to improve players’ physical-sport performance

Study reveals a new potential mechanism underlying loss of muscle mass during menopause

Menopause is associated with several physiological changes, including loss of skeletal muscle mass.

Researches suggest that to secure high levels of multiple forest ecosystem services in the future, they should be targeted in forest planning already now. Picture: University of Jyväskylä/Maria Triviño

Intensive forestry reduces ecosystem services and slows down their recovery

Intensive forestry that prioritizes timber production threatens to have long-lasting negative effects on other forest ecosystem services, finds a new study recently published in European Journal of Forest Research.

Tiina Kontinen valittiin UniPID:in johtoryhmän puheenjohtajaksi. Kuvaaja Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen.

”Global challenges require global collaboration”

Associate Professor Tiina Kontinen selected as chairperson on UniPID, the Finnish University Partnership for International Development

Coronavirus policies on the Jyväskylä campus from Monday 15 February

From 15 February 2021, JYU will start to return to the acceleration phase operating models of the COVID-19 epidemic. Operations on the campus will be opened in a limited way for research, teaching and support services.

Viljandin maakunnassa sijaitseva Vörtsjärvi on päätutkimuskohde Viron, Suomen ja Tanskan vesistötutkijoita yhdistävässä TREICLAKE-projektissa. Kuva: Jyväskylän yliopisto/Anna Kuparinen

International project supports Estonian lake research and European collaboration

Freshwater ecosystems and their unique biota are highly vulnerable to local and global human stressors.

Näin se käy: positiivinen jodi antaa "elektroni-lahjan" positiiviselle hopealle. Kuva: Antonio Frontera ja Kari Rissanen

Interaction between iodonium and silver cation was demonstrated for the first time

An international research team led by Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) and Professor Antonio Frontera of the University of Balearic Islands (Spain) has demonstrated that positively charged iodine (termed iodonium) is...

The University of Jyväskylä extends the spreading phase restrictions to week 6

Jyväskylä is still in the spreading phase of the coronavirus epidemic. After negotiating with health authorities, the University of Jyväskylä will extend the more stringent restrictions of the COVID-19 spreading phase until 14 February 2021.