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President鈥檚 letter 30 April 鈥 We are doing well with our core activities
鈥淭he breadth and depth of the work that has been done across the organization is amazing,鈥 says President Ilkka Niemel盲.
Updated personnel profile pages launched on 4 May
The update will occur after office hours. You can edit the visibility of your information after the launch.
Flexibility is needed in work practices
HR Services has updated guidelines on recruitment, vacation and part-time work practices.
Online events, outdoor activities, and sense of community 鈥 this is how computer science and 鈥榠nfo鈥 students will celebrate Wappu
Wappu 2020 will take place even though students cannot organize public events or large gatherings
Foundation for Finnish Inventions names new board chair
Juhani Talvela, Lic. Sc. (Tech.), has been appointed as the new chair of the Foundation for Finnish Inventions board. His predecessor continues as a member of the board.
First Pulse Survey: Most employees feel comfortable in working remotely
The Pulse Survey is conducted every week.
An MRI in each other's arms shows how physical contact alters the brains of couples
Researchers can now scan two people together, showing that touching synchronises couple's brains, making them mirror each other鈥檚 movements
International group of researchers: Mobile phone data should be utilized more to curb the corona pandemic
These types of data could help to curb the spread of the pandemic and to evaluate the effectiveness of restrictions
Preparing for multiple scenarios in challenge-based online teaching
Experiences and thoughts on adaptability and online learning from Aalto University鈥檚 staff who manage challenge-based learning programs.
Funding boost to make quantum circuits reliable
A new EU funded project led by professor Mikko M枚tt枚nen aims to demonstrate that quantum-circuit refrigerators can be reliably manufactured
Nearly 500 members of the Aalto community participated in our virtual community event
A total of 1 021 comments were given on the four strategy themes - summaries of the comments published as attachment of this news article.
Wirtual Wappu calls Aalto's faculty and staff to celebrate vappu and the community together
Traditional event moved to a virtual environment.
Pulse Survey on remote working to start
Aalto employees will receive a link to this weekly survey by email every Thursday
Aalto rises to 2nd place in responsible consumption in THE Impact Ranking
The University Impact Ranking by the Times Higher Education University assesses universities against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Aalto University鈥檚 overall ranking was 47.
The age of digitalization and crises - how to navigate the unknown
Systemic problems call for changes, and this applies to higher education and research as well. The U-Create seminar discussed the limitations of our current university models and discussed alternative value systems, such as care.
Aalto is the best-known university among young people
Finns under the age of 30 find Aalto鈥檚 degrees valued by employers.
AI makes dentists鈥 work easier 鈥 new model helps localise the mandibular canals
Finnish researchers developed a new automatized way to localise the mandibular canals
A new interface will renew the whole library system
A new interface will make the lives of teaching personnel and students smoother.
Open question survey: How has the pandemic affected the ways of working
The data collected with this survey is used to by researchers of Fast Expert Teams network to increase understanding of the current changes so that new practices and ways of working could be developed.
