More donation-related news
Kalevala Koru Cultural Foundation grants EUR 164 000 for doctoral thesis work
The grant will promote issues of sustainable development in design.
School of Business donor stories: Mika Koskinen
The high level of teaching has always been our School’s strength and competitive advantage. All courses were without exception interesting and of high standard. Although I have made my career outside of business, my studies in business have helped me enormously in the operational environment of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
School of Business donor stories: Seija Goldstein
'As I graduated from the Helsinki School of Economics, I could not have expected in my wildest dreams that I would end my career as a nationally recognized expert in regional publishing – in the United States!'
Aalto University establishes a unique professorship in ownership
The professorship, established with donated funds, promotes high-quality academic research and teaching as well as Finnish ownership expertise and the culture of ownership.
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation granted Aalto University EUR 10.5 million to establish a bioinnovation centre
The centre will accelerate the transition to a circular economy and bioeconomy, and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth in Finland.
Two suitcases and one man
Life is a game and this – working and studying – is my way of playing it, Kalevi Hyyrynen used to say. The Aalto alumnus, who remembered his alma mater generously in his will, was keen on learning new things throughout his life.
UPM offers 10 000 surgical masks to the School of Chemical Engineering
UPM has actively acquired face masks due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and also contributed them to purposes of general interest. “The School of Chemical Engineering educates professionals in the fields of sustainable use of natural resources and new materials, and therefore contributing to the continuation of teaching is important to UPM,” says Pirkko Harrela, Executive Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, UPM.
Huawei and F-Secure donate information security students - attracts excellent students to Finland
These donations will contribute to HAIC's ability to offer generous scholarships to several students admitted to study information security at Aalto in 2020
Making understanding quantum computers easier
IBM collaborates with Professor Sabrina Maniscalco and her group to develop new transformative tools for teaching and outreach about quantum technologies
Otaniemi, like coming back home
Tauno Voipio, godfather of the Electric Workshop course, believes in learning through doing.
Dear donors, this is how you make us feel
Today, on #GivingTuesday, we celebrate our donors and feel thankful to all of you, who have supported our work over the years.
Several researchers at School of Business to receive a grant from Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
The Foundation wants to work towards maintaining the preconditions for scientific and artistic activities and to enable experimental projects.
Pekka Töytäri appointed as Professor of Practice of product-service systems sales
The professorship focusing on sales management is established with donations from the Weisell Foundation, Valmet and Wärtsilä.
Donation from the Finnish Business College Foundation to the School of Business
d funds will be used for the development of teaching and learning.
From clean energy to personalized medicine – a book about the power of the university
The Aalto Effect is a tribute to the ambitious and uncompromising work of dozens of researchers.
FEMME IN STEM artwork visualises technological development
Women and Technology media work competition combines diversity and the role of women in technological development.
Helsinki GSE recruited expertise in competition economics
Jiekai Zhang, PhD from Toulouse Business School, has been appointed assistant professor in competition economics and empirical industrial organization at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. The position is housed at Hanken School of Economics.
Put the brakes on climate change – producing high-grade chemicals from carbon dioxide
A study aiming to use CO2 as, for example, transport fuel have received significant funding from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Renewable energy research gets a significant donation
Finnish Petroleum and Biofuels Association donates EUR 240 000 to renewable energy research at Aalto University.
