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The Ministry of Education and Culture has allocated a total of 225 million euros to universities for pilot projects in doctoral education. The University of Eastern Finland is involved in 11 pilots now selected for funding.

Associate Professor Miina Porkka's ERC-funded research project AQUAGUARD investigates how human actions modify the water cycle and how these changes affect life on Earth.

Seven people applied for the post by the deadline. The Rector will be elected from among five candidates, as two of the candidates do not meet the eligibility criteria.

MXenes are new and very promising nanomaterials that are being intensively explored in many fields of science and technology.

FM Tanja Turunen's research relates to human infertility and provides new insights into sperm function in different microenvironments.

Interestingly, diet quality appeared to modify several associations of particulate matter exposure with cardiometabolic health.

Mahboubeh Kafil, MSc, discovered innovative and highly efficient biomaterials for cleaning up contaminants from wastewater.

The entrepreneurship team of the Talent Hub Eastern Finland project had the opportunity to interview two emerging startup entrepreneurs about their entrepreneurial journey in the Joensuu region.

The brand-new book Reducing Emissions of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Perspectives from Law and Governance draws relevant lessons for the future of global climate policy.

The University of Eastern Finland was ranked 39th in the UI GreenMetric ranking comparing more than a thousand universities worldwide.