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About 150 degree students celebrated their graduation in a joint ceremony at the Joensuu and Kuopio campuses.

The lecture topics range from radiation biology to forest planning, and from pharmaceutical policy and brain health to literature and education.

The use of background music was found to reduce dental students’ stress and improve their performance during preclinical tooth preparation exercises.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society has granted Academy Research Fellow funding to Mirella Miettinen and Armi Mustosmäki.

The international Master’s Degree Programme in Toxicology at the University of Eastern Finland is the only graduate programme in the field in Finland. Toxicology expertise is utilised in chemical risk assessment.

Researchers at UEF explored health and livelihoods impacts associated with climate change in the remote Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) in Lopur, Northern Kenya, Turkana.

The research infrastructures of the University of Eastern Finland have been added to the national Research.fi portal, and they are also increasingly visible on the university’s own website.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has decided on funding to support early-career researchers and scientific renewal through 44 new Academy Research Fellowships.

The topics of the anniversary seminar include recent research in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma as well as alumni career stories.

The treatment of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome is controversial. According to the PhD thesis, it is worth offering operative treatment as an alternative to patients with troublesome NTOS symptoms if they do not respond to conservative treatment.