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School of Engineering Alumni of the Year commemorated with steel sculpture
  The Alumni of the Year are listed on a steel sculpture that has been treated with copper sulphate and an acid solution for a vibrant and dignified look.
      
      
     
  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.
      
      
     
  Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
  Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years 
      
      
     
  Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
  Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
      
      
     
  A spark to change the world - Aalto alumnas' startup helps people make climate-positive choices
  In the future, personal climate action will be as natural as personal finance is today.
      
      
     
  Turning wastewater nutrients into fertiliser
  The NPHarvest process allows for the recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater.
      
      
     
  Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October
  After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
      
      
     
  Aalto students and employers connected during the Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week
  Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week was organised between 5th - 9th of October 2020. The virtual week substituted the physical Aalto Talent Expo fair that was postponed from October 2020 to January 2021.
      
      
     
  Otaniemi already has 1,800 metres of track
  The construction of Jokeri Light Rail is under way in Otaniemi. A total of 1,800 metres of track has already been laid on Maarintie, Maarinrannatie and on Lahdenpohjanraitio next to Ring Road I. 
      
      
     
  Adam Yousfi wins the Millennium Youth Prize with his work on water pumps
  In the competition, innovators under the age of 19 take on global sustainable development challenges.
      
      
     
  New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published
  The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.  
      
      
     
  Challenge – let’s make smart cities!
  Smart City Centre of Excellence is announcing an international challenge to find great science intensive ideas. 
      
      
     
  Construction and real estate expert Pekka Metsi named Alumnus of the Year 2020
  'In an expert field like ours, competence development continues over an entire career. Our field lacks doctoral graduates, an issue we have also tried to remedy through our joint efforts with Aalto University.'
      
      
     
  Aalto University joins Node by Slush as the main partner
  In the role of the main partner, Aalto will visibly present our university’s expertise in the field of multidisciplinary research and entrepreneurship.
      
      
     
  New simulation code to eliminate need for super computers in modelling indoor aerosols
  Focused on public indoor environments, the code will be openly available for researchers and other professionals
      
      
     
  Funding for project to design future universities
  Europe-wide collaboration aims to make research more open and diverse
      
      
     
  Aalto Sustainability Hub launches new Green Nudge Team programme for students
  The Green Nudge Team programme is currently looking for students interested in a meaningful and hands-on way to contribute to sustainability at Aalto University.  
      
      
    Shaking Up Tech returns, this time as a virtual open event
  This year, the event that encourages young women’s interest in the field of technology is online due to covid-19. The event is open to all upper-secondary school students.
      
      
     
  On 8 October, 17-year-old Asa-Marie Kultima assumes the role of Aalto University President in the Girls Takeover campaign
  At the beginning of October, the ‘Super Week’ for girls, young people and technology will also host a Shaking up Tech event open to all and select the winner of the youth innovation competition.
      
      
     
   
           
           
           
           
           
           
        