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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.

University Lecturer Susanna Kohonen is happy about having found international colleagues and peer support on Twitter.

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has granted a senior researcher post to Docent Šárka Lehtonen. Her lab develops human-based models to study the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease.

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland has continued its order which prohibits, in the municipalities of its area of jurisdiction, all public events and general meetings, both indoors and outdoors, which have more than 20 people attending.

MNSc Emilia Laukkanen's PhD thesis showed that coercive measures are used frequently in psychiatric care, and nursing managers’ attitudes are associated with their use.

The University of Eastern Finland has calculated its carbon footprint. Becoming carbon neutral by 2025 is one of the objectives of the University of Eastern Finland’s Strategy Action Plan for 2021–2030.

Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs.

Saara Koikkalainen from the Karelian Institute was elected to join the Board of Nordic Migration Research (NMR).