Celebrating a Decade of Aalto Fablab
Aalto Fablab celebrates 10 years of innovation, participation, digital manufacturing, and creation with an exhibition and a birthday fiesta on the second half of November 2021!
You can still register for training in research data management and open science
So far, we have over 1,500 registrations for our RDM and open science webinars this autumn.
Paula Hohti Erichsen awarded the Roland H. Bainton Prize for Art History
Professor Hohti Erichsen is specialized in the study of early modern dress, textiles, fashion and decorative arts.
Oops: A circular economy workshop abuzzed activity and ejected personal biases
Head of Radical Creativity Riikka Mäkikoskela witnessed the power of creativity while leading a workshop.
Insulation from old jeans, walls from waste concrete – less guilt and more solutions are needed for construction
The biggest environmental act would be not building at all. But a circular economy can also mitigate the environmental impact of construction.
Irene Purasachit saw the floral industry’s waste problem firsthand – now she makes material for handbags from discarded blooms
Nearly half of cut flowers end up in the trash, never making their way to dinner tables or first dates
Mariana Amatullo appointed University Board
Mikko Kosonen and Ilkka Kivimäki to continue for a new three-year term.
‘A deeper understanding of landscape can be the key to designing better cities’
I claim series presents landscape architect Maria Jaakkola.
Aalto Pioneering Excellence awards given to School of Arts, Design and Architecture communications team and School of Engineering Majakka project
An Honorable Mention was given to the Aalto Thesis project of the School of Business, which focuses on the development of theses.
Two new Centres of Excellence University – the university is also involved in two consortia
Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transfer and Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials were chosen as Centres of Excellence led by Aalto University
Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland donates EUR 125,000 University
Aalto University is one of the universities receiving funds from the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland under the Finnish Government’s matched-funding scheme.
Grants for Aalto people from the Wihuri Foundation
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation grants were awarded to 35 people in Aalto University – majority of the grants are for dissertation work
Aalto University starts reporting on the sustainability of its endowment: “We want to increase transparency”
The sustainability report shows that the investment funds we use are well aligned with sustainable investing principles. The long-term goal of the Endowment is a carbon neutral investment portfolio.
They changed Finnish fashion in the 2020’s
”Intimacy” exhibition at Helsinki Designmuseum presents 40 designers and companies at the intersection of novel politicization and digital disruption of fashion.
Idaliina Friman is the Young Designer of the Year 2021
The winning collection was created from recycled and surplus materials.
Open online design course launched for non-designers
Design Bits is an introduction course to help people everywhere become more creative problem-solvers
The degree is valued and the studies prepare well for working life
The school monitors closely how teaching and degrees meet the changing needs in working life.
We invite applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Creative Technologies
Aalto University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate level professor in all areas at the intersection of computational sciences and arts or design.
Art from a Venetian Lagoon to Otaniemi
The artworks, placed in the building of the School of Chemical Engineering, focus on the ecological consequences of human activities
Student - share your vision of the university of the future and win a trip to Lisboa!
Applications are open from 20 September to 22 October. Gather a team of students from other Unite! partner universities and prepare a video with your vision of the university of the future.
