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Students decided: two community pianos arrived on campus

Aalto University's student participatory budgeting project for 2023 has been completed, and the winning idea is a community piano.
Campus, Cooperation, Studies, University
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Piano Top Loungessa

Seed funding available to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven and University of Helsinki

Aalto University, KU Leuven and the University of Helsinki launch the 2nd exploratory seed funding call to explore research collaboration possibilities. The funding call is open until 10 September 2024.
Research & Art
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Three female students studying

Aalto’s New Cross-Cutting Minor: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (Luonnonvarojen kestävä käyttö)

Aalto’s new multidisciplinary minor, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (Luonnonvarojen kestävä käyttö) is ready to add to your study plan!
Studies
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Aalto-wide sustainability minor logo

Kierrätyskeskus Boksi donation point now in A Bloc

Boksi is located on the 1st floor of shopping center A Bloc, opposite R-kioski, and is available during the center’s opening hours.
Campus
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Donation to Recycling Centre's Boksi donation point

“We consider our students as active agents of transformation” Get to know the teachers behind the Sustainable Cities and Societies summer course

Explore why the course Sustainable Cities and Societies by Aalto University Summer School is one of the most critical topics right now.
Studies
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Anahita Rashidfarokhi and Elif Erdoğan Öztekin

Preparing Aalto Graduates to be Responsible and Influential Sustainability Experts

Aalto equips faculty with strategies to integrate sustainability into programmes, courses and individual competence development.
University
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Sustainability talks headshots of key experts

Understanding climate warming impacts on carbon release from the tundra

Tundras could transform from carbon sinks into a carbon source, exacerbating the effects of climate change
Press releases
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Open-top chambers in a tundra environment.

Program now available for the sustainability event of the year - Speakers include economist Kate Raworth and president Tarja Halonen

This year, Sustainability Science Days, a joint event of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki is collaborating with the world's largest Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress SRI. The event will bring together 2,000 experts to solve global sustainability challenges.
Press releases
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People registration to SSD

The New European Bauhaus festival brought together European decision-makers and experts in cross-sectoral sustainable development

Aalto University participated in the New European Bauhaus Festival with its sustainable construction exhibition, Time out! Rethinking construction.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Ursula von der Leyen in her opening speech

Integrating entrepreneurship into forestry and agriculture education is critical for Africa

Assistant Professor Patrick Shulist co-develops entrepreneurship education with African partners
Cooperation, Studies
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Two African women working on a project

UPM supports Aalto University's pulp research and education

High quality research enables high quality education
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Biotuotekeskuksen avajaiset

Aalto University shakes up construction practices at the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels

The exhibition Time Out! will be on show in Brussels from 9 to 13 April 2024 as part of the NEB Festival.
Research & Art
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image of a wooden pillar from little finlandia and the text time out

Graduate Sustainability Competencies and Influence in the Workplace – Aalto University's Latest Research

Aalto University's Meeri Karvinen successfully defends her doctoral dissertation, February 2024.
Press releases
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Picture of leaves in water.

Aalto University funds students' sustainability actions with tens of thousands in a year – “This is something we haven't seen anywhere else”

Aalto University’s Sustainability Action Booster is a pioneering grant designed to support student-owned sustainability actions on campus and beyond.
Campus, University
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Photo collage of some of the actions funded by the Sustainability Action Booster grant

Aalto focuses on pulp research to boost a shift to a low carbon economy

A ground-breaking research programme together with universities, research organizations, and companies is established to reform the traditional pulping processes. As the target of the programme is industrial scale relevance, it requires a pool of scientists and the industry to work together internationally.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Nanoselluloosaa

Aalto University School of Business joins Digital Education Council

The global alliance has a shared vision to drive sustainable innovation
Cooperation
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Digital Education Council

Economist: A natural resource tax on hydropower would generate revenue and improve the state of the environment

A natural resource tax would be a way to distribute the costs of environmental protection so that they would not fall solely on electricity consumers
Press releases, Research & Art
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The picture shows the School of Business Professor of Practice Iivo Vehviläinen in a forest.

KY nominated Professor Katri Kauppi as Teacher of the Year 2024

Students describe Kauppi’s teaching style as energetic and inspiring
Awards and Recognition
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Professor Katri Kauppi. Photo: Jaakko Kahilaniemi

Brighter together: designing sustainable technologies to create electronic devices

An article about an Aalto research project focusing on light-emitting electrochemical cells has been published in Chemical Science.
Research & Art
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Photoactive Organic Materials research group

Join the Unite! Train from Barcelona to Grenoble - apply by April 7

Join the sustainable mobility and interculturality journey with students from 9 Unite! universities.
Studies
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Two students standing next to a train studying a map.