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Measurement of corporate social responsibility main topic at Knowledge Sharing Breakfast
  How are the realisation and impact of corporate social responsibility measured?
      
      
    
  From the Dean: About technology development
  The progress of technology is closely coupled to scientific discovery and invention.
      
      
    Researchers and companies generate ideas together
  Make it Digital! workshop seeks bold research initiatives in the fields of industrial internet, cyber security, 5G network and big data.
      
      
    French decoration of honor to Filip Tuomisto
  The medal of honour is a sign for fostering and promotion of education and research.
      
      
    
  Plans begin for Finland's first high-field magnetic resonance imaging centre
  The memo of the Ultra-High Field MRI: Transition to Human 7 T in Finland symposium, held in autumn 2015, has been published.
      
      
    Hanne Jurmu and Anton Vartiainen awarded the Chloé Prize of the Hyères Fashion Festival
  Aalto’s fashion students received also jury’s special mention for their men’s collection.
      
      
    Platform economy to bring a competitive advantage to Finland
  A study on the opportunities of digital platforms to Finland shows surprisingly few companies planning on creating their own digital platforms.
      
      
    The School of Science celebrated spring
  The traditional spring party was held at Design Factory.
      
      
    Industry-oriented telecommunications engineering programme is launched
  The overall objective is to educate students in Master’s Degree Program in two specialization tracks of Telecommunication Engineering.
      
      
    Thesis focusing on children’s mobility in the city awarded Lappset Group stipend
  The awarded work is the Master’s thesis completed at the Aalto University Department of Architecture by landscape architect Aino Leskinen.
      
      
    
  Faculty and alumni represent department of marketing at 2016 AMA Conference
  The Aalto University School of Business was well represented at the annual Winter Marketing Academic Conference in Las Vegas
      
      
    Finnish research team maps the human erogenous zones
  Finnish researchers have revealed a map of bodily regions capable of triggering sexual arousal when touched
      
      
    Small Business Center's operations to be transferred to Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences
  The personnel of the Center will continue working for Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences.
      
      
    Taking construction project management into cloud
  VisiLean is a mobile application and cloud service that allows engaging workers in planning and following work in construction projects.
      
      
    
  Individuals who were exposed to the Finnish Great Depression invest more cautiously
  This effect can be seen in financial decision-making 15 years later, even if the depression did not have a direct impact on the individual's wealth.
      
      
    
  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study flat-band superconductivity
  This  Fellowship was awarded to theoretically explore the concept of flat bands as a means to achieve high-temperature superconductivity.
      
      
    Excessive measurement of marketing performance may lead to information overload
  Companies must focus on indicators that are of key importance to their business activities, researchers recommend.
      
      
    Digital disruptions in mobile phone markets
  Every Finn has an opinion on why Nokia lost its position as a leading phone manufacturer some years back. The study sheds some light to this.
      
      
    
  Code Alphabet MOOC awarded for societal impact
  Open online course in coding for teachers receives honorary award in eEemeli competition.
      
      
    Good ventilation should be ensured when using tabletop 3D printers
  A new study shows that printing releases nanoparticles whose spread into the indoor air should be restricted.