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How does an oil company make a green leap? Can the procurement community help Ukraine out of trouble? Welcome to the Prodeko seminar on responsible business on 6 May!

The theme of this year's Prodeko seminar is Navigating Responsibility and Growth, and speakers include Kaisa Hietala, Exxon Mobil's Board of Directors, and Sammeli Sammalkorpi, CEO of Sievo Oy.
Research & Art
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Prodeko seminar Navigating Responsibility and Growth takes place on 6 May, 2022.

The 5G Hack the Mall summer course

This year’s Aalto University 5G summer course will again be held as an online training course from 6 to 17 June 2022.
Research & Art, Studies
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Backed by 5G online event

Biorefineries and Herbert Sixta in spotlight at 2022 seminar

Biorefineries research group annual seminar presented the latest developments in forest-based, sustainable refineries and analytical tools.
Campus, Research & Art
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Herbert Sixta presents at the Biorefineries Annual Scientific Seminar 2022

Artificial intelligence to assist the brain

Neuroscience and neurotechnology are gaining a fresh ally in the form of artificial intelligence, which can assess dementia risk and enhance the effectiveness of depression treatments.

Aalto Magazine, Research & Art
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Kuvituskuvassa on vaaleanpunaisella pohjalla mustavalkoiset ihmiskasvot ja niiden yläpuolella sinisävyinen piirroskuva aivoista. Kasvojen ympärillä on yksittäisiä sanoja kuten "jungle" ja "tomato" sekä aivosähkökäyrää symboloiva aaltoviiva.

Film Silence breaks a taboo

A short film directed by Saara Hakkarainen tells a story of a silenced secret.
Research & Art, Studies
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Ohjaaja Saara Hakkaraisen lyhytelokuva Hiljaisuus rikkoo tabua / Aalto-yliopiston elokuvataiteen laitos

Students are your most important resource, says TEK — Organisation has made 1.2 million euro donation to tech-sector universities

Aalto's share of Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK's donation is 370 000 euros. At Aalto, students' coping is supported by developing teaching and support services, monitoring student wellbeing and strengthening the wellbeing of the entire community.
Cooperation, Studies
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Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering students on a course on electronics.

Exhibition: Design creates equality

Exhibition "Design for Every Body" at Design Museum explores the importance of design from the perspective of equality.
Research & Art
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Kaiken kansan muotoilua -näyttely Designmuseossa pohtii muotoilun merkitystä tasa-arvon kannalta

Blood cancer cells and the immune system are best frenemies

The University of Helsinki and Aalto University collaborated in an international study, which demonstrated that the body's immune system is complicit in a rare type of blood cancer, suggesting a reconsideration of conventional knowledge on the disease.
Research & Art
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an illustration of large granular lymphocyte leukemia cell

Design builds transformation capacity

The book Designing Change is a quick and readable cross-section of Aalto's world-leading design research
Research & Art
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Designing Change book covers. Visual design: Cleo Bade

Unite's new Mission Statement 2030 leads the way forward for the university alliance

Unite! wants to pave the way for the excellence in research, innovation and education that is essential to meet the challenges of our time.
Cooperation, University
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People in Harald Herlin.

Professor Emeritus Herbert Sixta: “The most important task of a professor is to educate young people, to help them build their career”

After an extensive career in academia and the forest-based industries, Professor Herbert Sixta has retired. Having worked in Austria for 25 years, Sixta arrived in 2007, where his research in biorefineries helped create, among other things, the Ioncell process, a technology that turns used textiles, pulp, and paper into new textile fibres sustainably and without chemicals.
Research & Art
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A portrait of professor emeritus Herbert Sixta.

Viruses in the air? Researchers study how air cleaning devices, masks, and UV light reduce risk of infection

The project is aimed at finding workable and cost-effective ways to protect offices.
Press releases
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Hengittävä nukke aerosolitutkimuksessa

A new type of hand prosthesis learns from the user — and the user learns from the prosthesis

New research enables more functional and robust robotic prostheses.
Research & Art
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Aalto_handprosthesis.png

Ending energy imports from Russia could cut other electricity imports to Finland – model shows what chain reaction could mean for the security of supply

A risk analysis by Aalto University shows that electricity supply could stop far short of demand: in the worst-case scenario, the gap could be more than 2,500 hours per year.
Press releases
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Kaasuputkia

Why the world’s happiest country (and yours) should think more about people’s wellbeing

How a country’s institutions take care of its people shows up in how satisfied people are with their lives
Research & Art
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A child's smile

Smart urban planning makes daily life smooth in Finland

Easy access to green areas and an environment of trust are some of the ingredients for success
Research & Art
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A photo of two young children crossing the street together.

African European scientific partnership to tackle future critical materials shortages

A collaborative African European project RESTART dedicated to the implementation of a full value chain for recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic solar panels has begun.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Melted metals

The Annual Review provided an overview of the achievements in 2021

The virtual event presented the key results and achievements of the School.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, University
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Aalto ARTSin vuosikatselmus vuoteen 2021

How can new fields benefit from data analysis and artificial intelligence? Heikki Mannila returns to university to develop multidisciplinary collaboration

Mannila left his position as President of the Academy of Finland and began on March 1 as professor at Aalto University, where he last served as Vice President 2010–2012
Appointments, Research & Art
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Heikki Mannila standing in front of window

Landscape architect Kaisla Rahkola receives Lappset prize

Rahkola examines landscape history and landscape impacts of the mining industry.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Maisema-arkkitehti Kaisla Rahkolan diplomityö sai Lappset-stipendin 2022