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Due to their ability to store carbon in the form of peat, peatlands play a key role in the carbon cycle.

MA Marie-Christine Boilard defends her doctoral dissertation in political science "Debating Development as a Human Right: a conceptual history of the politics in the formation of the right to development at the United Nations".

The University of Jyväskylä was ranked 501–600 among the world’s best universities in Computer Science in the Times Higher Education – World University Rankings.

Anniina Kiesilä's dissertation deals with supramolecular chemistry of anion-binding receptors.

The glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris only occurs in deep and cold waters.

The Nanoscience Days 2019 will be held on 8th–9th of October, 2019 at University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Enni Nygrén's dissertation deals with rubidium recovery from power plant fly ash.

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European Researchers’ Night took place on Friday, 27 September 2019, in 11 locations across Finland.

The University of Jyväskylä has sadly observed the incident in the Savo Consortium for Education on 1 October. JYU expresses condolences for the loss and wishes strength to victims, relatives and other parties concerned.

Humanities at the University of Jyväskylä was positioned 201–250 among the world’s best universities. Times Higher Education – World University Rankings listed 536 best universities in the field of Arts and Humanities. Last year the position was 176–200.

Peerage of Science, together with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), EMBO Press, eLife and Hypothesis, on Monday announced TRiP - Transparent Review in Preprints.