According to a recent Finnish study, higher levels of moderate and vigorous physical activity can curb arterial stiffening already in childhood. However, sedentary time or aerobic fitness were not linked to arterial health. The results, based on the ongoing Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study conducted at the […]
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Livestock management and nomadism are the primary source of livelihood for nearly 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 40% of the land area of the continent is composed of arid or semi-arid areas which are not well suited to plant propagation but where livestock keeping is possible. In Ethiopia […]
With the help of the new AcademySampo portal, one can easily find information about people who registered to study at the university in Finland between the 1640s and 1890s. On Runeberg Day, Friday 5 February, a new AcademySampo portal will be published, which will gather a huge amount of information […]
The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t seem to discourage students from studying abroad, since the international Master’s degree programmes taught in English at the University of Eastern Finland attracted a record number of applications this year. There were a total of 1,996 applicants to the university’s 20 Master’s degree programmes taught in […]
Social investments during childhood, such as investment in education and the attitudinal climate, will shape future careers. In early childhood, the mother’s encouraging attitude towards financial independence predicts becoming an entrepreneur or a university graduate. Growing up in a farming family predicts entrepreneurship, and good success at school predicts higher education. […]
Maria Melnikova became intensely active in the start-up community of Oulu during her studies in International Business Management. Her enthusiasm for entrepreneurial life paved the way for her career. Maria Melnikova is a veteran of the Oulu start-up community, having been involved with the creation of several organisations and events […]
Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node FiBI has been accepted as a service-providing Node to the pan-European Euro-BioImaging consortium for imaging technologies. The new Node improves the prerequisites for conducting high quality research and increases the researchers’ opportunities for international collaboration. Euro-BioImaging is European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the top imaging communities […]
This autumn an invitation to respond to a career tracking survey will be sent to those who completed a master’s degree, a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree or an early childhood education teacher degree in 2015 or a doctoral degree in 2017. By responding, you help solidify the connection between […]
The multidisciplinary mentoring programme supports both students’ transition into professional life and researchers’ and other personnel’s career development. The mentors are University’s alumni, and other volunteers who want to share their professional life experience and views, and also their professional network. The main feature of the mentoring programme is the […]
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has invited four new members from the University of Jyväskylä: Professor Pekka Abrahamsson and Junior Visiting Professor Nikolay Kuznetsov from the Faculty of Information Technology and Professor Karoliina Honkala and Professor Mikko Salo from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science. The Academy has […]
