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In the spirit of Pride, the University of Eastern Finland will organise a range of events raising awareness of the diversity of sexuality and gender on 20–24 September 2021. The goal is to increase respect for diversity.

The Pellesmäki Orchard in Kuopio is a living gene bank. The first apple trees were grafted in 2004 and now, the orchard is home to more than 350 different apple cultivars, and over 60 pear cultivars.

Simcha Jong, a new part-time Professor at UEF’s NEURO Research Community, believes that an interdisciplinary approach is critical to tackling neurological disorders.

New and adaptive governance that brings together public and private sector actors and researchers, and which forms a shared knowledge base and goals for the governance of common pool resources, is needed.