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The School of Business has a strong motivation to continuously develop sustainability

Our students' views formed the results of the international Positive Impact Rating (PIR), in which the School of Business was found to be at a good level in promoting sustainability issues
University
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Positive Impact Rating 2023

Funding granted for research into physics of microscopic plant roots

The aim is to create a new micromechanical tool to better understand how root mechanics arise from cells and how living materials like plant roots adapt to external stresses
Research & Art
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Professor Matilda Backholm facing the camera

Single-atom dopants in metallic nanoparticles can offer high tunability for plasmonic-catalytic applications

CEST researchers use TDDFT-based calculations to study the tunability of the plasmonic-catalytic properties of nanoparticles
Research & Art
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graphic illustratinig metal atoms

WiTLAB Side Event at UIA Copenhagen

Aalto WiT Programme launch and workshop - Side event at UIA Copenhagen 2023
Research & Art
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Aalto WiTLAB x UIA CPH

ANI Open House on 15th of June 2023 at 12:00-15:00

Welcome to ANI Open House to celebrate 10th anniversary of Aalto NeuroImaging Infrastructure. Doors are open 12:00-15:00 on 15th of June 2023.
Campus, Research & Art
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National Researcher's Profile Tool launched

Researchers can create a nationally visible profile in Research.fi portal. Profile is compiled with information transferred from organisations and ORCID service and information already transferred to Research.fi. Released in November 2022 as a beta version, the Researcher's Profile Tool was officially launched on 25 May 2023.
Research & Art
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In September, 15 new Academy Researcher Fellows will start at Aalto

The Academy of Finland has granted Aalto University funding for 15 Academy Research Fellowships
Research & Art
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A closeup of a woman in green light wearing goggles that reflect colourful pixels

Nearly 20 million euros for research

A total of 45 researchers received Academy Research Fellow and Academy Project funding from the Academy of Finland
Research & Art
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On the background, white radiant lines over a black bacground and only hair and shoulder of a person passing by visible

Patrick Rinke: making sustainable materials with AI

Professor Patrick Rinke’s pioneering expertise in finding sustainable and climate-friendly materials with machine learning methodology has arguably never been more in demand
Research & Art
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Graphic illustration of materials science, AI and physics with equations, B&W photos and a photo of prof. Rinke.

Kurotuksia - Higher Powers student exhibition blending math and arts opened at Heureka

Aalto University's interdisciplinary course "Crystal Flowers in Mirror Rooms: Mathematics meets Art and Architecture" culminates in the exhibition Kurotuksia - Higher Powers, which opens today at Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre. It celebrates a decade of promoting interdisciplinary interaction in the course and is the second time the course has an exhibition at Heureka.
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The Ocean’s Curtain is inspired by the way the surface of water looks when viewed from the seabed. Kurotuksia - Higher Powers exhibition. Photo: Mikko Raskinen.

Strengthening the collaboration in the bioproduct sector between Finland and the United States

At the end of May, a large American delegation visited Finland to familiarize themselves with our forest and wood sector expertise. FinnCERES, the materials bioeconomy Flagship led by Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is involved in developing new business opportunities through bio-based material innovations.
Cooperation
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USA-Suomi-seminaari Otaniemessä

Sofia Guridi is designing a better world with smart textiles

Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life.
Research & Art, Studies
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Sofia Guridi pictured in a lab setting.

Significant Academy of Finland funding for for the multidisciplinary consortium project PAWWS – People and Animal Wellbeing at Work and in Society

Astrid Huopalainen, Assistant Professor at Aalto University, Linda Tallberg, Assistant Professor at Hanken School of Economics, and Anna Hielm-Björkman, Docent at University of Helsinki, are principal investigators of the project
Research & Art
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A dog and two researchers. Photo: Aalto University/Mikko Raskinen

Supercomputer simulations provide a better picture of the Sun’s magnetic field

The new findings challenge the conventional understanding of solar dynamics and could improve predictions of solar weather in the future
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Maintenance break in ACRIS on 5 June 2023

Maintenance break in ACRIS on 5 June 2023
Research & Art
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ACRIS service break

Ruusa Vuori wins the Näytös23 Award with her delicate collection

Aalto University's Fashion Show on Friday 26 May displayed collections by Bachelor's and Master's students.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, Studies
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The winning collection by Ruusa Vuori at Aalto University's fashion show Näytös23, a model walking on the catwalk

New book on the development of Industrial Engineering and Management in Finland and internationally

The book describes Industrial Engineering and Management as part of economic development and changes in the universities of technology.
Research & Art, University
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Eero Eloranta

The Academy of Finland awards Ville Vuorinen for his research on the spread of the COVID-19 disease

Ville Vuorinen, who studies the physics of air and fluid flows, is awarded for his exceptional scientific courage and creativity, as well as for his work to promote the social impact of science.
Awards and Recognition
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Portrait of Professor Ville Vuorinen

Perspectives on open data: Aalto Research Data Uncovered

Marika Tervahartiala and Kamyar Hasanzadeh took the stage to share their insights on opening geographic and visual data.
Research & Art
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Picture of Marika Tervahartiala and Kamyar Hasanzadeh after the event in front of the Hybrid Stage area.

Quantum scientists accurately measure power levels one trillion times lower than usual

A new device can measure power levels with unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity, offering a major step forward for quantum technologies
Press releases
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Photo of a bolometer