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Study shows that a background in visual arts shapes how the brain processes color.

The Central Finland Care Foundation (Keski-Suomen hoivasäätiö) has decided to donate €30,000 to the University of Jyväskylä. The donation is allocated to the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences’ research programme on active ageing.

The new professor of sport and health sciences, Riikka Kivelä, University of Jyväskylä, investigates various health-related effects of physical activity at the cellular and molecular level.

Introduction of Piia Einonen from February 2026.

MA Edwin Nfor explores in his doctoral dissertation how professional journalists navigate an environment that increasingly intersects with citizen journalism, digital platforms and political control.

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have successfully employed machine learning-driven simulations to investigate the thermal dynamics one of the most well-studied gold nanoclusters.

The University Collegium of the University of Jyväskylä had its organising meeting on 3 February 2026.

On Friday 30 January 2026, the students and members of the work communities of the University of Jyväskylä and Jamk University of Applied Sciences gathered in the Paviljonki to hear about the plans of the university consortium under construction.

Teachers’ experienced stress, burnout, and work engagement are associated with the emotional support, instructional support, and classroom organization that students receive during teaching situations in Finnish comprehensive schools.

Our physical education alumni Kari Seppä is a legend in Oulunsalo.

The theses have already inspired action at universities: from making sustainability competence part of studies to investing in related research. The focus now is on nature positivity and improving reporting.

Researchers have shown that DNA viruses infect cells and take over the host cell nucleus induce dramatic structural modifications. The study sheds new light on the virus-induced fundamental nuclear remodeling.