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Aalto Online Learning nominated for Hacking Higher Education finals!
Give your support and vote for Aalto Online Learning on Friday 20 September at the latest!

The next stage of the strategy process - there's still time for your input!
At the community event on 18 September, we will focus on discussing our strategic choices and emphasis points.Â

Bengt Holmström to promote doctoral student research
Nobel Prize Laureate Bengt Holmström will be linked to Helsinki Graduate School of Economics and Hanken as Hanken Foundation Distinguished Fellow as of 1 January 2020.

Falling Walls Lab Finland: Hear about the most innovative ideas around right now
Sign up today for an opportunity to hear innovative ideas and groundbreaking research from scientists and creatives working in Finland right now

Ilkka Niemelä: 'Balancing Finland’s education system a must'
Speakers at the Aalto University opening ceremony included Minister of Science and Culture Hanna Kosonen and Chair of the Student Union Tapio Hautamäki. In connection with the opening ceremony, the School of Business building at the heart of the campus invited visitors.

Alumnus of the year Kari Knuutila: Aalto University looks far into the future
According to the Alumnus of the year of the School of Chemical Engineering, in industry one can see sustainable development become business.

Start of the new academic year
The opening week of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture will be held on 2-6 September. The beginning of the new academic year will be celebrated at a joint Aalto Day One event on Tuesday 3 September.

A new technique for making exciting metal oxide frameworks
Researchers have developed new materials that can absorb and release small molecules, and it can be controlled by shining light on it.

Two unique exhibitions by Aalto University at the Oodi Library to experience and play
The Finnish EU presidency is now in full swing and for September (when the EU level AV conference will take place), Aalto is offering two very different exhibitions to be on display at the Oodi library in Helsinki.

Building interdisciplinary connections through a new joint position
This September will be a start of building a new connection between disciplines as Sebastian Schlecht takes on the position as the professor of practice in Sound in Virtual Reality.

Professor Seppo Ikäheimo is the Espoo Ambassador 2019
According to professor, voluntary compensation becomes a way of contributing to sustainable development in conferences.

Maarintie to be closed to vehicles in September
Light rail construction work is underway at Maarintie. Pedestrian and cycling routes remain open, while route changes are possible

The Millennium Youth Prize finals in autumn 2020
A competition for young people to solve challenges connected to sustainability

Aalto Thesis: Boosting multidisciplinary collaboration and work-life relevance
Aalto Thesis is a newly launched model for an integrated project-based and work-life oriented master’s thesis, executed as a part of a multidisciplinary Student Team.

Changes to internal communications at the School of Engineering
Stay up to date after the closure of Inside.

Dyes and viruses create new composite material for photooxidation reactions
A recent study shows that native viruses can be employed as a scaffold to immobilise photoactive molecules to potentially oxidise organic pollutants present in wastewater, under visible light irradiation

How to design courses for actual learning - stepping on the shoulders of others
Akseli Huhtanen shares insights on learning design.

Auroral crackling sounds are related to the electromagnetic resonances of the Earth
A study that correlates the sound of the Northern Lights with the Schumann resonances
