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One year of UNITE!: pioneering the European higher education of the future
Since the kick-off in November last year, decisive foundations have been laid and various initiatives and projects have been launched.
Access control practices are changing - read the instructions on how to proceed
The changes will take effect during December 2020, and will apply to everyone on Otaniemi campus.
Fixed - Problems in login ºÚÁÏÍø identity management portal
Problem fixed. Activating accounts and resetting passwords are possible with strong authentication.
Challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize announced
The challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize 2021 are related to genetic engineering, recycling of battery metals and food waste in stores.
Working on campus at the School of Engineering? Remember to reserve your workspace
Aalto University wants to make the tracing of any possible coronavirus exposures in the workplace as effective as possible. To this end, the university is adopting a workspace reservation system, which everyone coming to work on campus must use to reserve their workspaces beforehand.
A unified process for campus tours was the main goal of the lean project
Anastasia McAvennie: it is paramount to consider user experience in the renovation project.
What would you like to ask the Aalto University Board?
Members of the Board will answer questions related to the long-term development of the university at a community event on 24 November – you can propose questions in advance and tell us about weak signals you may have noticed!
Problems with TEAMS / ZOOM network connections
During the morning of November 11, 2020, problems with TEAMS / ZOOM network connections have been detected. We're working on the problem.
ACRIS service unavailable 11 November 2020 at 2 - 8 pm
ACRIS (Aalto Current Research Information System) is unavailable on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 at 2 - 8 pm due to service break.
Aalto ENG Teaching Forum 2.11.2020 teachers were encouraged to take a sustainable development into account and include it in teaching
The Teaching Forum 2nd November, 2020 focused on sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
My tip for you: Remember to take breaks and calm down
Anna supports the Aalto community through different life situations and works as an expert for well-being and crisis work at Aalto University.
Keep your facility reservation information up to date
It is important for the reservation situation for facilities to be correct if contact tracing for coronavirus exposure becomes necessary.
Winners in the campusart competition rooted in bioart and quantum physics
Laura Piispanen, Noora Heiskanen, Jenna Ahonen and Ayda Grisiute convinced the jury with their creativity.
Sari Baldauf and Karel Luyben to continue as Board members
The term is three years and will begin 1 January 2021.
Registration open to Towards Oasis: Dialogues in Radical Wellbeing - Creating Belongingness in Higher Education Communities
Already almost 200 attendees from Finnish higher education institutes have registered to the online symposium that takes place on 19 November 2020.
Leap for learning project update: from idea to projects, from planning to deployment
Information about coming changes and their schedules (e.g. related to Sisu) will be published on Leap for learning pages in aalto.fi from November onwards. The projects in Aalto Service Platform are moving towards demos, testing and piloting.
Aalto is transferring to centralised waste sorting stations
When the coronavirus pandemic started this spring, we were all faced with something new. CMT (Aalto University’s Crisis Management Team) decided at the time, that personal waste bins would be removed to ensure that the persons providing cleaning services could better focus their resources on disinfecting the most important contact surfaces.
Flow of Studies II to improve course sizes, teaching schedules and periods
The work of the Flow of Studies Task Force II has been a general success. The task force plans to publish a final report of its results on for the purposes of further action and decision-making.
Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
